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Star-studded line up?
We WILL have......
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No, NOT an April Fool post, we have 4 x £25 Free Bets* to five away on tonight's Show.
Guests include Sean Boyce, Neil "Talk a Lot" Channing, David Ord & Michael Shinners.
Between 8pm & 10pm, we will be discussing the Grand National Meeting @ Aintree, which starts on Thursday, & culminates with the Grand National on Saturday.
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We WILL have......
And, saving the best until last, we will NOT have.....
Hold up, not done with the FREEBIES yet.
We'll also have the terrificly popular "Last Longer" running, which was an idea of mine that Richard Orford nicked.
Enter tonight's Tuesday Turbo Open, stick your name on the Thread BEFORE 8pm (no exceptions), & the Last Longerist in tonight's Turbo Tuesday Open wins a £33 Seat ino Thursday's £12,000 Guaranteed Sky Sports Bounty Hunter.
PLEASE NOTE - The winners seat into Thursdays Sky Sports Bounty Hunter is not transferable, is only for THIS Thursday, & cannot be exchanged for cash or another Tourney.
What else?
Well from 7pm - 8pm, we'll review the final stages of Sunday's Mega Roller.
8pm - 10pm, we'll be looking at the Aintree Meeting which starts on Thursday, with special emphasis on the Grand National.
10pm - 11pm will be MASTER CASH, so grab a seat, & get a shout out.
11pm - Midnight we'll show the climax of the Turbo Tuesday Open.
Also......
.....as a special treat, from 7pm - until Midnight, we will NOT have to put up with HIM, aka Lord Smirk.
Finally..........
We are HOPING that Neil Channing will remain as a Studio Guest AFTER the Grand National Preview ends, & give us the benefit of his poker wisdom. Can't promise, as he is very busy this week, but we will try & persuade him.
We CAN promise that Orford wont be on though. (NAP)
What are the odds motormouth will stay in the studio long enough to comment on the poker.
That would actually be worth waiting for.
See my previous Post.
Looking forward to tonights show!
It will be called "Texas Holdem No Limit Training at the table"
Will people be allowed to use this at the table during a live poker session?
It will mostly be for poker players in their early stages of learning the game, and will be modified from time to time with updates!
Any body from your panel have any experience of this sort of app. and any helpful comments of how I should go about it!
Maybe somebody from Dragons Den will be interested.
I am using the rough data I have collected so far and it is proving quite successful.
Love channings horse tips.
Anyway, some random National observations:
The top 2 in the weights would both be fantaatic stories if they won (Tidal Bay & Long Run) but they both seem to be past their best to me. Tidal Bay though does seem relatively well in comparing this partcicular handicap to the official ratings
Triolo D'Alene has the stamina & the jumping ability to go well, but a lilltle concerned by how quickly thr others raced away from him late in the Gold Cup
Colbert Station or Double Seven? Which will McCoy ride? I've had a small bet on the latter as I think he's value at the moment, which will disappear if AP chooses him
Balthazar King didn't stay on the decent ground last year, no reason to suggest he will do so on worse ground this time around
Wayward Prince looks a lively outsider, but you're guessing on whether his stamina will hold out
Mr Moonshire - have the same colours ever been by two different winning horses in successive years? If not, it won't be this year either.
Teaforthree has obvious chances but the current price is too skinny. If you faancy him, leave it until early on Saturday when most bookies will be offering some promotional early odds
Battle Group - can't fancy any horse that has failed to finish any of his last three races
Monbeg Dude has obvious claims, which will increase even further if the going is on the softer side
Big Shu - good jumper and with stamina claims, but needs to improve to place in this
Burton Port has the class if you look back far enough; but the ground will be too soft for him
The Rainbow Hunter got impeded and unseated rider last year; decent chances if he gets a clear round but that's a big if
Hawkes Point would have been an interesting contender in nationals of old, but is likely to get outpaced early on and you don't win this from a long way back these days. May plug on for a place though
Pineau De Re has come in for some support in recent days but fall in the Becher Chase over these fences is a concern
Twirling Magnet may be worth a small investment each way if you like a speculative punt at a long price
Lost Glory never looked like he enjoyed it last year and I see no reason why things would be different this time around
One In A Milan represents Evan Williams who has an excellent record in getting horses placed in the race but has only once won a race and it would take some imagination to see him making it two here.
Posted by MAXALLY
Evening all, 2 questions regarding the GRAND NATIONAL.
Firstly for you all, what did you think of the channel 4's coverage last year of the world’s most famous horse race, for me I loved the idea of channel 4 winning the rights to show the race, they deliver week in week out great horse racing coverage. I was worried that they would show other meetings, but this was not the case, and has for me improved as a racing spectacle; the build up to the race with focus of all runners is great too.
Secondly a question for Sean Boyce, with the inclusion of LONG RUN in this year’s race (gold cup and twice king gorge winner) and the forever alterations to the Aintree fences (for health and safety reasons) do you see owners and trainers of many staying superstar horses now trying to win this great race for the future?
On a final note: After the tragedies of four equine fatalities at an attritional Cheltenham Festival last month, jumps racing badly needs a controversy-free National.
Have a great show guy’s.
Looking forward to the show,
in for the last longer please.