Grand National 2007
 

Who's gonna win it?
Just logged into my Coral account (that I got a free £10 bet with last year) and found I have £2.25 in winnings from last year :D
Anyone having a bet there are lots of places (hills, coral, betfair, skybet are examples) that will give you a free bet - usually match your bet up to about £25, ie you put a £10 bet on and they give you another £10


Heres the list

HEDGEHUNTER
FOTA ISLAND
EUROTREK
L'AMI
MONKERHOSTIN
ARMATURK
THISTHATANDTOTHER
BILLYVODDAN
NUMBERSIXVALVERDE
IDLE TALK
ROYAL AUCLAIR
CLOUDY BAYS
KNOWHERE
KELAMI
POINT BARROW
CELTIC SON
SIMON
BALLYCASSIDY
CLAN ROYAL
GALLANT APPROACH
LIVINGSTONEBRAMBLE
DUN DOIRE
KANDJAR D'ALLIER
SLIM PICKINGS
ZABENZ
BEWLEYS BERRY
LONGSHANKS
BOTHAR NA
GRAPHIC APPROACH
HOMER WELLS
LIBERTHINE
SILVER BIRCH
PHILSON RUN
PUNTAL
THE OUTLIER
TIKRAM
MCKELVEY
NAUNTON BROOK
IRIS ROYAL
JACK HIGH
SONEVAFUSHI
JOES EDGE
LE DUC
RISK ACCESSOR
DUNBRODY MILLAR
UNDENIABLE
HAKIM
JOUEUR D'ESTRUVAL
LOU DU MOULIN MAS
SYBELLIUS D'ARTAIX
IVOIRE DE BEAULIEU
MARBLE GARDEN
COWBOYBOOTS
IRON MAN
PARSONS LEGACY
THE BANDIT
FAIR PROSPECT
JUST IN DEBT
IRIS BLEU
MODEL SON
KORELO
MARK THE MAN
EXIT SWINGER
RIDE THE STORM
ESPOIR DU BOCAGE
SHANNON'S PRIDE
THEATRE KNIGHT
HEROS COLLONGES

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I used to do quite well on the National but not looked at it for about 5 years now.

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:rofl38: ....exit swinger pmsfl wonder what inspired that name :rofl38: just in debt awww poor horse lol :rolleyes:

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I like the grand national tho dont have my grandads luck when it come to horses usually pick donkeys hehehehehe:D

I put a bet on if funds allow or play for fun with the kids - nearly did it last year if i did an each way bet:(

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I've just put £2.00 ew on Theatre Knight - well I had to, didn't I?:D

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Yup I'll be having a bet. Only thing is I usually choose an horse because of it's name ..... none stand out there .... Hmmmm I'll have to have a think on that! :confused:

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68 horses in ONE race ...:eek: :eek: thats a sodding cavalry charge , is the field usually so big or do a lot drop out before the race ? :confused:

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It's possibly the most brutal horse race in England. Quite often only 10 to 15 finish and frequently there are serious injuries to either horse or riders. Yet, it is the most watched and betted on horse race in the country.

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Pretty sure 40 is the maximum. A few drop out before the day then they have a ballot ... I think

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Think you might get your money back, it's next to bottom of the list for horses that will run in the final 40

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mine's gotta be billyvoddan, only because me n tinks where talking about billys earlier ;)

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yep will be having a go myself as always ...but like tinks i usually go for the names , and nothing seemed to jump out of that line up....

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They limit it to 40 horses for the race itself. They have been watering the course because its too dry and so too hard/fast for the horses. The first time i backed a horse in the national was red rum because i liked the colour red and i won - every time he ran i backed him and won!!! Every year my mum said hes not going to win and wouldnt back him - the one year she said that she would back him he didnt run he pulled out the day before!!!

This year im going for Idle Talk - his assistant trainer has been there many years and won it four times so he knows what hes doing.

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coming from an Accy web user, "Idle Talk" no way can it fail to win

:D ;) :D ;)

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for some reason im driven to jack high!!:D
dont tell me....., its rubbish!!

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idle talk is the one for me and hedgehunter e/w becarfull if you back before saturday if your horse doesnt run you lose your money.

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If you want to avoid a moody horse then don't back Liberthine, it's pregnant

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whys it running if its up the duff!

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The latest list is now up on the BBC website, and just for the girls you can now use your expertise on horse racing and pick the winner by the colour of the jockeys shirt :D :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/othe...ng/4849444.stm

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LOL! Dave

If it's a runner my bets going on Marble Garden :D ...... I hope the jockeys shirt is pink :D

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Not running

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******!! :( ...... Back to the drawing board :rolleyes:

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Oh, well you were right Theatre Knight hasn't even made the final field.

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Anyone got a list of those that have made it?

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the link i posted earler

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That is last years lol!!

My bet was on Ebony Light

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So it is, I just copied a link somebody posted elsewhere :D

Try this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/othe...ng/6538919.stm

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:rofl38: u was just testing us weren't u:rolleyes: pmsl

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Well spotted :D

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Heres the 40 thats running plus the reserves

1. HEDGEHUNTER (IRE) 11-11-12 Willie Mullins IRE
2. EUROTREK (IRE) 11-11-08 Paul Nicholls
3. L'AMI (FR) 8-11-08 Francois Doumen FR
4. MONKERHOSTIN (FR) 10-11-06 Philip Hobbs
5. THISTHATANDTOTHER (IRE) 11-11-05 Paul Nicholls
6. BILLYVODDAN (IRE) 8-11-04 Henry Daly
7. NUMBERSIXVALVERDE (IRE) 11-11-03 Martin Brassil IRE
8. IDLE TALK (IRE) 8-11-02 Tom George
9. ROYAL AUCLAIR (FR) 10-11-01 Paul Nicholls
10. CLOUDY BAYS (IRE) 10-11-00 Charles Byrnes IRE
11. KNOWHERE (IRE) 9-10-13 Nigel Twiston-Davies
12. KELAMI (FR) 9-10-12 Francois Doumen FR
13. POINT BARROW (IRE) 9-10-12 Pat Hughes IRE
14. CELTIC SON (FR) 8-10-11 David Pipe
15. SIMON 8-10-11 John Spearing
16. BALLYCASSIDY (IRE) 11-10-09 Peter Bowen
17. CLAN ROYAL (FR) 12-10-09 Jonjo O'Neill
18. GALLANT APPROACH (IRE) 8-10-09 Charles Egerton
19. LIVINGSTONEBRAMBLE (IRE) 11-10-09 Willie Mullins IRE
20. DUN DOIRE (IRE) 8-10-08 Tony Martin IRE
21. KANDJAR D'ALLIER (FR) 9-10-08 Alan King
22. SLIM PICKINGS (IRE) 8-10-08 Tom Taaffe IRE
23. ZABENZ (NZ) 10-10-08 Philip Hobbs
24. BEWLEYS BERRY (IRE) 9-10-07 Howard Johnson
25. LONGSHANKS 10-10-07 Kim Bailey
26. BOTHAR NA (IRE) 8-10-06 Willie Mullins IRE
27. GRAPHIC APPROACH (IRE) 9-10-06 Charles Egerton
28. HOMER WELLS (IRE) 9-10-06 Willie Mullins IRE
29. LIBERTHINE (FR) 8-10-06 Nicky Henderson
30. SILVER BIRCH (IRE) 10-10-06 Gordon Elliott IRE
31. PHILSON RUN (IRE) 11-10-05 Nick Williams
32. PUNTAL (FR) 11-10-05 David Pipe
33. THE OUTLIER (IRE) 9-10-05 Venetia Williams
34. TIKRAM 10-10-05 Alan King
35. MCKELVEY (IRE) 8-10-04 Peter Bowen
36. NAUNTON BROOK 8-10-04 Nigel Twiston-Davies
37. JACK HIGH (IRE) 12-10-03 Ted Walsh IRE
38. SONEVAFUSHI (FR) 9-10-03 Venetia Williams
39. JOES EDGE (IRE) 10-10-02 Ferdy Murphy
40. LE DUC (FR) 8-10-02 Paul Nicholls

Reserves:
RISK ACCESSOR (IRE) 12-10-02 Jonjo O'Neill
DUNBRODY MILLAR (IRE) 9-10-01 Peter Bowen
UNDENIABLE 9-10-01 Sue Smith
LOU DU MOULIN MAS (FR) 8-10-00 Paul Nicholls

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i could put 50p each way on all of them i may get a winner then :D got chance of 1st 2nd 3rd n 4th then :D

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god i sounded like a regular gambler then ;)

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Don't forget to do the reserves as well :D

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K.S.H ....what do the numbers (12-10-02 ) after the horses name show ?

thx

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was thinking that misell

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I dunno, I only copied and pasted it :D
Sure a gambler will be along soon to tell us

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i know i know....

the first number is the horses age and the second is the weight of the jokey and the third the saddle :D

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Really? or a guess?

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nowt i can see at this list at the moment i will most probley go with jackhigh so i will say good luck to you all :banjump:

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REALLY ...i rang mi dad next door and asked him :D

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Thanks, you learn something every day, I'll remember that when I put my bet on next year :)

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1st number is the age.. next two are the weight like...
11-11-02
11 years old carrying 11 stone 2 pounds

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What's the saddle No's for
Edit - just read mancie's post

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daddy told me the third was the weight of the saddle

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Looks like some of them jockeys could do with a good dinner :rolleyes:

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lol it would be a buggered horse if the jokey weighed more wouldnt it ya div ;)

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Thats why I asked but then read Mancie's post, 1 is 00 , does that mean he's riding bareback:confused:

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it might be a really light saddle :D lol

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just think about it.. any saddle would weigh more than 2 pounds!:)

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They should all carry the same weight to make it even, 14 stone, that will show the good horses :D

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i was only saying what mi daddy told me:rolleyes:

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Ring him up and tell him he's just started world war 3 :D

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Jesus.. some people just can't help bringing a thread down to sex! :D

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Here goes, another thread going in over 18's :D :D

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lol ok ok you two, shup now ;)

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;) Hedgehunter seems to be very popular,,, its done the course 2 or 3 times... ,i might risk a quid on that..then shut my eyes and stab one with a pin...i seem to be more lucky doing that.....;)

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mmm just picked my 3 for tommorrow ...thanks for posting the names ksh .

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i need to go find mi daddy now so he can put a bet on for me :D

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I soooo hope my luck comes in on the Geegees as not having much luck elsewhere today unless stanley win:D

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ive put 25p each way on....

Billyvoddan
Eurotrek
Mckelvey
Hedgehunter

:D

who have you lot backed??

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Dun Doire (because it reminded me of a game I used to play)

Liberthine (for same reason)

Very scientific reasoning.

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As thats the one thats pregnant which game were you playing ? :rolleyes: :D

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Oh dear :(

Maybe I should read up more. Go pregnant horsie!

Some online geeky gamer mythological celtic... thing.

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lol wasnt warcraft was it?

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starts at 4.15 doesnt it?

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Well gutted the horse i was going to pick then changed me mind last min bloody had to win Grrrrrrrrrrr:mad:

My luck is sooo crap!

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****** another few yards I would have had the winner :(

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Did u go each way:confused: god im soo gutted i was shouting for it to keel over anything but that now stupid for changing my mind:(

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one of mine came in second at 12-1 .... i win 60p lol

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Yep each way @ 15/1 so in profit for the day by a squid :D

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Ah well suppose u cant win em all its either footy or geegees:rolleyes:

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Like warcraft, before its time tho. It was poorly advertised unlike warcraft which everyone and literally their mothers seem to play!

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well i was almost at the end when i got pulled in grrrrrr.......

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it turned out to be £1 i won, so i'm only a pound down ;) lol

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I had 50p each way on PHILSON RUN. and i took the price of 80 to 1.
it came 4th at 100 to 1....:mad:
hedgehunter is running yet.....:)