Cheltenham Festival / Swindon Town

[cooperblade]

One of the great sporting double headers of our time.

Anyone else thinking about doing both on March 14th?

 

[Broomhall Blade]

Would love to but finances unfortunately dictate otherwise.
So it will be Sky sports on Tuesday night and 1/2 Day Holiday on the Friday in the pub with mates to watch the Gold Cup and the final day of Cheltenham.
Hopefully things will be looking Good on the promotion front because all my mates are pigs.

 

[Tunstall Fred]

One of the great sporting double headers of our time.

Anyone else thinking about doing both on March 14th?

No

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Le Mans 24
Tour de France
Mark Spitz '72 Olympics
Brazil 4 Italy 1
Swindon Town v Sheffield United
Borg v McEnroe
Red Rum - Three times Grand National Winner
Roger Bannister first sub four minute mile.
Jesse Owen's 1936 Olympic triumph...

Sporting Greats... no matter what year.

 

[YES Blade]

I'm going to Cheltenham on the 14th, but not to Swindon.

I very much doubt I'll be in any state to watch a football match by 7:45!

 

[moDtheGod]

Would absolutely love to, but it's a bit far for me to come these days...

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

Rather stick a rusty nail up mi Japs eye than watch dwarfs on horses running in circles.
Most pointless waste of time yet invented.

 

[moDtheGod]

dwarfs

AP McCoy, arguably the best jockey the sport has ever seen, is 5' 10". Pretty sure Andrew McNamara is over six feet. George Baker is 6'. Joseph O'Brien is 5' 11". Pretty sure Ruby Walsh is also 5' 10".

horses running in circles

Circles like Epsom


and Ascot


and this one


I'd say stick to talking about football but I'm not sure you know much about that either.

 

[snootyfenooty]

Rather stick a rusty nail up mi Japs eye than watch dwarfs on horses running in circles.
Most pointless waste of time yet invented.

In addition to moDthegods explanation about the horse racing side, I should also point out that Cheltenham festival usually coincides with St Paddy's day. Half of Ireland usually comes over for the festival and Cheltenham on St Paddy's day night is absolutely fucking mental. Days out don't come much better than this.

 

[Sean Thornton]

In addition to moDthegods explanation about the horse racing side, I should also point out that Cheltenham festival usually coincides with St Paddy's day. Half of Ireland usually comes over for the festival and Cheltenham on St Paddy's day night is absolutely fucking mental. Days out don't come much better than this.

One of the great sporting events. Anyone who hasn't been doesn't know what they are missing.

 

[wizadry]

I'm not going to Swindon but i'm at Cheltenham on the Wednesday and have booked the Thursday and Friday off aswell to recover, i'm really looking forward to it.

 

[YES Blade]

In addition to moDthegods explanation about the horse racing side, I should also point out that Cheltenham festival usually coincides with St Paddy's day. Half of Ireland usually comes over for the festival and Cheltenham on St Paddy's day night is absolutely fucking mental. Days out don't come much better than this.

Exactly, a full day on the piss with your mates and having a few bets, what's not to like?

 

[Broomhall Blade]

AP McCoy, arguably the best jockey the sport has ever seen, is 5' 10". Pretty sure Andrew McNamara is over six feet. George Baker is 6'. Joseph O'Brien is 5' 11". Pretty sure Ruby Walsh is also 5' 10".



Circles like Epsom
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and Ascot
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and this one
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I'd say stick to talking about football but I'm not sure you know much about that either.

To be fair maybe SBT has only ever been to Chester.

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

I used to go down to Cheltenham every year with a mate. A lad we knew lived at Charlton Kings and he used to put us up for all three days - it was a three-day meeting for a long time. The selfish so and so then moved to Middlesbrough for work purposes and it wasn't quite the same after that.

Always had a brilliant time but the damage it did to your liver and wallet was immense.

I now take all four days off work and a few of us get together each day for a drink and a bet and a splendid time is guaranteed for all.

However, my favourite Cheltenham Festival was the 1992 one. Didn't have a drink at all on the Wednesday so that I could drive myself to Hillsborough that night to stand on their Kop and watch United stuff the Owls 3-1. Made up on the Thursday for the non- drinking Wednesday.

 

[CopenhagenBlade]

Rather stick a rusty nail up mi Japs eye than watch dwarfs on horses running in circles.
Most pointless waste of time yet invented.

But you do watch 22 men run about after a round leather ball and try to kick it into a net

 

[Danny_Boy]

It's a massive festival for matched betting so I will be sat at home with the laptop "working". Made £937 over the festival last year so definitely worth it. I would like to go one year as a mug punter though, bet it's a right laugh.

 

[Hartley Hare]

Rather stick a rusty nail up mi Japs eye than watch dwarfs on horses running in circles.
Most pointless waste of time yet invented.

Blithering idiotic comment.

HH

 

[Ted Danson]

Rather stick a rusty nail up mi Japs eye than watch dwarfs on horses running in circles.
Most pointless waste of time yet invented.

I used to have similar views, mainly down to my inherent dislike of horses, then I discovered match betting and now I love the nags. Cheltnam must have been worth almost a grand last year, cant wait for it

 

[Danny_Boy]

I used to have similar views, mainly down to my inherent dislike of horses, then I discovered match betting and now I love the nags. Cheltnam must have been worth almost a grand last year, cant wait for it

See my post above Ted, £937 across the 4 days. Loads of second place refunds and faller refunds plus price boosts and made a shed load from an extra place finish as won back and lay. I booked all 4 days off and it was great plus made a pretty penny.

 

[Ted Danson]

See my post above Ted, £937 across the 4 days. Loads of second place refunds and faller refunds plus price boosts and made a shed load from an extra place finish as won back and lay. I booked all 4 days off and it was great plus made a pretty penny.

yeah I was very similar, had the week off last year too so it was nice and easy, might not be as easy this year while contracting in someones office, maybe a 4 day sickness is on the cards

oh and this year I have 2 sets of accounts!

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Most pointless waste of time yet invented.

I dont know - some of your posts push it close...!

 

[Danny_Boy]

yeah I was very similar, had the week off last year too so it was nice and easy, might not be as easy this year while contracting in someones office, maybe a 4 day sickness is on the cards

oh and this year I have 2 sets of accounts!

I have my accounts but the wife has her accounts as well so at Cheltenham I take over both. I am quite busy at work but I work from Home Wednesday & Friday's so will just hammer it on those days. Looking forward to it.

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

Blithering idiotic comment.

HH

PMSL.
Hare coursing. Now THATS a fucking worthwhile sport.
Cull the fuckers.

 

[seanbeenstattoo]

But you do watch 22 men run about after a round leather ball and try to kick it into a net

Er yea. Funnily enough so does everyone else on here including you.
Always thought dwarfs (or tall cunts) ,all of whom have the obligatory fucking speech impediment bouncing about on a horse looked fucking stupid, and the absolute truth of the matter is ABSOLUTELY NO CUNT would watch the shit if they didn't bet on which stupid twat lashed the beast in first whether its round and round in circles or any other fucking daft shape.

 

[YES Blade]

Er yea. Funnily enough so does everyone else on here including you.
Always thought dwarfs (or tall cunts) ,all of whom have the obligatory fucking speech impediment bouncing about on a horse looked fucking stupid, and the absolute truth of the matter is ABSOLUTELY NO CUNT would watch the shit if they didn't bet on which stupid twat lashed the beast in first whether its round and round in circles or any other fucking daft shape.

Would horse racing be as popular if betting wasn't involved? Probably not, but you can say similar things about a lot of sports.

Would watching people run round a track be as popular if it wasn't an Olympic sport? Would anyone watch someone do laps of a pool if Olympic medals weren't at stake?

Basically you can come up with any stupid comment to trivialise any sport, hobby or past time.

 

[CopenhagenBlade]

Er yea. Funnily enough so does everyone else on here including you.
Always thought dwarfs (or tall cunts) ,all of whom have the obligatory fucking speech impediment bouncing about on a horse looked fucking stupid, and the absolute truth of the matter is ABSOLUTELY NO CUNT would watch the shit if they didn't bet on which stupid twat lashed the beast in first whether its round and round in circles or any other fucking daft shape.

Yep, I love football also love a bit of horse racing and those 'dwarves or cunts' as you put it have got more courage than most for sitting on a horse for our entertainment. I wonder whether you watched the 400m at the olympics, which is just 8 men running around a circle and they're not even on a fucking horse. But you carry on like an ignorant twat

 

[Rufus Smalls]

yeah I was very similar, had the week off last year too so it was nice and easy, might not be as easy this year while contracting in someones office, maybe a 4 day sickness is on the cards

oh and this year I have 2 sets of accounts!

So did Lester Piggott ......... and look where it got him.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Yep, I love football also love a bit of horse racing and those 'dwarves or cunts' as you put it have got more courage than most for sitting on a horse for our entertainment. I wonder whether you watched the 400m at the olympics, which is just 8 men running around a circle and they're not even on a fucking horse. But you carry on like an ignorant twat

Riding a horse - not a pony - is an incredible experience. Frightening, but doesn't half get the adrenalin going. To ride one at the speeds jockeys do AND jump hurdles let alone fences takes a lot more guts than playing football at the top level. Even falling off a pony - bigger than you think - is a long way down even at 5mph.

I'd need a shire these days though. A very strong one.

 

[Sean Thornton]

So did Lester Piggott ......... and look where it got him.

After Lester signed off his full declaration that he had declared all his income and bank accounts after his Inland Revenue investigation, he paid the tax assessed with a cheque from an account he'd failed to tell them about.

Always a reminder of the trivia question, which was the first Derby winner to be ridden by a 22 stone body builder...

 

[Rufus Smalls]

After Lester signed off his full declaration that he had declared all his income and bank accounts after his Inland Revenue investigation, he paid the tax assessed with a cheque from an account he'd failed to tell them about.

Always a reminder of the trivia question, which was the first Derby winner to be ridden by a 22 stone body builder...

Did the judge actually understand anything old Longfellow said in the witness box ??