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Is anyone going to have a little flutter tomorrow?

I won a few quid last year with Comply or Die.

Have been looking at the horses during the week, but several of the ones I wanted to bet on don't appear to be running any longer.

I'm bunging a couple of quid each on Can'T Buy Time and Rambling Minster. The boyf is doing the same for Stan and Irish Invader.

Good luck everyone.:)

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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With William Hill I have picked:

Eurotrek - 100/1

Comply Or Die - 16/1

Irish Invader - 20/1

Southern Vic - 25/1

Annoyingly I hadn't meant to pick Southern Vic but it seems it went through :( Oh well! Bit of a tradition since being on here to have a punt.

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God! I can't believe people choose according to William Hill. I just look at a newspaper, think, "That's a cool name for a horse", and the decision's made.

Bit random, but I generally pick my horse according to following criteria, in this order: horsie's name, rider's colours, form, whether the jockey is a looker then who the trainer is.

Pleased to hear the pundit on Greg's show earlier recommend both of my choices as his top tips. Doesn't mean they'll win, but not bad to hear all the same.

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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Ah rubbish, I still need to pick mine. For a regular racegoer I am extremely unorganised this year. I have my own system of choosing horses - got me five winners out of six races once, but I ain't sharing my theory ;)

Alouette...deployer les ailes;

Alouette...plumerai les ailes.

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Pah! But what a wonderfully conclusive win though. Bet the bookies are pretty hacked off too. Haha.

Although I normally really like Clare, I found her comment to the winning jockey about being able to afford to fix his teeth now very tactless.

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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Poor Hear The Echo was the casualty of this race :(

He really does need new teeth though his are awful

That's very sad.

Yeah maybe he does. It was hardly the time and place to bring it up though.

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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Poor Hear The Echo was the casualty of this race :(

He really does need new teeth though his are awful

Yeah I agree, I said the same. But then my mum made the point that it doesn't really matter if they're bad or not because they'll more than likely get kicked out anyway.

My boss won with Mon Mome. He put his bet on when it was 80/1 and put a £1 on each way though, but he still walked away with £100. He had the same in the sweepstake so got £25 from that, too. I put £1 on Black Apalachi which appeared to be doing okay until the second lap! Sweepstake wise I got L'Ami which didn't do so well...

Pleased it was Venetia Williams' that won - my cousin trained under her guidance. Shame he moved on.

Alouette...deployer les ailes;

Alouette...plumerai les ailes.

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I won my family sweepstake again. Got a box of Creme Eggs this year, haha :P

Although I normally really like Clare, I found her comment to the winning jockey about being able to afford to fix his teeth now very tactless.

I was thinking the exact same thing, I'd be pretty ticked off about a comment like that if I was him. Was a good race though, I love how the favourite almost never wins, the bookies must be planning their summer holidays already...

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