Nice to see Inothewayourthinking in the initial National entries. Obviously doesn't mean it goes but we have a chance...🤞 Your DRF poke is shortening also...👏👏
@@peterbason2882 yea nice to see his name there, we live in hope😊. And yea Backtonormal sneaked in lovely at the bottom hopefully he turns up Sunday and we get a run for our money. Gavin has a great squad could be set for some season.
Great video as usual. Interesting comments from Willie on Anzadam, first Aintree was on the radar but the fact that it's a longer trip didn't impress him. Then a novice chase campaign next season was mentioned seeing the manner that he jumped the third last hurdle. If he does go novice chasing he would likely clash with the Donnelly owned Lalumba who is set for the same. In the end I was somewhat surprised that Willue didn't mention the Eurovision Song Contest as his big target. Willie is impossible to read, he said previously that Lossiemouth wouldn't meet Constitution Hill before Cheltenham as it would take away the mystery of the big day. That was misleading too. I can picture Willie planning his breakfast the night prior. "Now will I have porridge? There's eggs in there that look good, oh don't forget the corn flakes....". Willie's Cheltenham bingo lol
Mr smoke hope your well I have a few doubles n trebles I wants you opinion on Sir gino,con Hill double But add brightterdaysahead/Lossiemouth in 1st day table The 1st 2 with Jonbon,galic warior,St Francis 1st 2 with gallop/fact to file
@@whoppersupper3970 yea big horses those, clearly have great chances. One thing I would say is with multi's like that at this stage I'd be going nrnb, if you've played earlier and got the pretty prices all good just got to get there. Good luck mate
My Cheltenham book is getting well complicated at the mo.. Did get 10/1 on Bioluminesence straight after the race on Sunday. Cant believe Paddys pushed her out a couple of points before shortening her to 6/1 about 5 mins later....🤣🤣
@@peterbason2882 nicely done mate, Paddys do some mad shit sometimes. I backed Redemption Day last year for Punchestown antepost, I think around 12/1, then after final decs they pushed him out to 25/1, I had on much less than I wanted too for fear of breaking the account and 5 mins later was back to 12/1 or so. Wish I'd have had the lot on and to hell with the account now🤣
Thats a great double Steve, kaid D'Authie (supreme) and kopek (Gallagher's)...ive just got deja vu a la slade steel last year which i had next to nothing on that this workahead of Henrys pops up in the supreme...thoughts??
Workahead only has the one entry I think so I am tempted to play him. William Munny was far from disgraced on Sunday and workahead dispatched him easily. Definitely wouldn't put you off that. Henry's horses running really poorly at the moment but you would expect him to have them primed for the festival.
@@The_Cheltenham_Bandit I know you take a book approach and in that case I'd say definitely get Workahead onside, he'd be one of just a handful you could give a good chance to on the day. He's a player for sure.
@smoking_cheltenham got £150 in free bets coming my way over next week on a couple of burner 365 accounts...boom, workahead will be well and truly in the book
@@kevinshirt8665 cheers Kev and yea I thought she was good too. Think sixandahalf might be better though. At least for the race this year. Do like her though and I'd say she's the main danger right now.
I went into the youtube site of Let's talk racing today. I commented on yourself being the best assessor of a racehorse around and worth listening to. I expect I'll face a ban from their page lol
Cant wait until the weekend Steve should shake everything up.Got a good position on Maugreen/Sixandahalf so touch wood one of them wins really like Maughreen she could be some chaser.Must admit Steve hated taking the 5s on her and 11/2 a few weeks ago shocking value really but just went by my gut feeling.Dont know what you think ??? Jonbon, Dancing City, The Jukebox man look awfully short now in there targets they must be much bigger prices on the day surely.Stencil was the horse i took out of the weekend loved his jumping got a bit tired but stuck at it looks a lovely beast going forward Anzadam well he has some swagger eh!! great video mate.
@@markjefferies435 cheers Mark and I'm on same 2 for Mares Nov so we're seeing it the same way there. Had a bit more again on Sixandahalf after watching Maughreen. Glad to have her onside, was lucky to get a shade over 6/1 with a 365 boost, but I've got about a 75/25 split in favour of Sixandahalf and thats how I see it at the moment. Left a small bit of room to have a small bit on something else nearer the time if I fancy. Yea agree they look short enough right now and Stencil will be popular for the Boodles but got to see what turns up in that Naas race where all the winners keep coming from, albeit the winner last year didnt run but was a nr and would have been fav. All the best mate and roll on the weekend.
Hi bro I was at the trials East India dock was impressive Really interested in where you think Kai’d dauthie goes Got an acca East India dock - triumph Kaid dauthie (wherever goes ) Stumptown - cross Protektorat / ban bridge - Ryanair Gaelic - QMCC Dancing City - browns Why’s your thoughts
@@NolzyComedy Hi mate, yea was impressed with him, cracking chance. Think Kaid A'uthie will go Supreme if he's good enough and think they're all good chances, I'd say Banbridge will probably go Gold Cup if anywhere. You may need to get lucky with the weather for him, if its decent ground but downpours forecast for Friday then you're on with the Ryanair. Unless they go Champion Chase lol. Good luck mate and all the best
Interesting point you made concerning bookie sponsored podcast last year everyone one thought Johnny Dinesen cracked it with a massive price on ballyburn for supreme will know what happened there if you watch carefully enough sometimes you can work out when the pundits are putting up horses on behalf of the bookies because they are pundits not actors. CH and loads of nickys horses were sick last year not injured CH is special yyou got to go to 1978 and golden sygnet to find a novice hurdler that might give him a race and CH would be fav for any champion hurdle in the last 60 years. We should be grateful to have a horse in our time and on that subject GDC if he wins 3rd gold cup easy like last 2 years. He would put himself in the picture as alltime great so we should appreciate these horses even though the are never betting options I thought anzadam and William munny looked possible chasers.dancing city looks the yardstick for 3 mile novice chaser he’s on different course this year he might favour it then again he might not like Cheltenham .went off on my own ramble and flask job there mate keep the videos coming 🐎❤️🐎
@@peterseymar7189 no worries mate we're all ramblers here enjoyed reading your comments. Completely agree regards Constitution Hill & Galopin, special horses and will get the biggest roars should they oblige. Quite rightly so. All the best Peter
Got to be careful to say this quietly as you're not allowed to criticise the sport's golden girl but I have a feeling some of Henry's troubles could be down to the jockey not riding as strongly as she was since her injuries. The horses are clearly being peaked for the festival so it's not solely down to Rachael but I do worry a little that she's partly to blame. I've had a couple of slightly risky bets this week. Took the ante post for Bioluminescence in the mares and took 14s Jagwar for the novices handicap and 16s Iroko for the Ultima before they ran at the weekend. Also took 16s for Delta Work in the cross country. All are fair bets but could quickly go wrong. I've gone 7/1 NRNB for kopek des bordes in the Turners as I couldn't get on anywhere where he was 10s and the difference between 7s NRNB and 8s AP wasn't worth the gamble. Masaccio, Transmission and Johhnywho all interest me for handicaps but don't know what races they're going for yet. Skelton is building a bit of an army for the grand annual with Unexpected Party, Etalon and Harper's Brook all looking well handicapped I think. Stencil also looks a good Fred Winter shout but hasn't been missed in the market and probably have to look elsewhere now. I was also hoping Brentford Hope might get a mark to go in the County but getting so close to CH even heavily eased down might put paid to that. I left Maughreen alone and quite happy with that now - Sixandahalf's big defeat of Qualimita looks much stronger form than what Maughreen showed and she looks a false favourite to me, but obviously the fact she came out and won meant she couldn't get any bigger than she was before running - similar thing to what happened with Lulamba where really all he had to do was win and he was inevitably going to shorten. I think we pretty much have a complete jigsaw after the DRF so I'll probably have to have a go at some of them before they run at the weekend - need to make my choice on the Irish juveniles and what i want as my 2nd string behind Lulamba and hope East India Dock isn't the winner. Busy week ahead.any shorter
@@adking18 yea dont know about that with Rachael, didnt have much time to get going again before Henrys went in to one of their annual dips. I do know what you mean though, not quite sure but gun to head right now if I had money down I'd prefer the lad on. I wonder if she'll have a big profile winner in the Spring and maybe hang up her boots. Like those bets mate, you've timed those just right I'd say, nice tickets to be sat on. Those horses you mention of definite interest in the hcps, I'd be pretty sure you'll have a profitable Festival. Thanks for the input mate and all the best
@smoking_cheltenham Yeah I'm starting to have a bit of squeaky bum time as I know how easily these things can go wrong when it's all looking good but would like to think I'm set up OK for a profitable festival. I had 16/1 sir gino for the Triumph all of last year and he was pulled out the week of the festival so they can fall apart quickly. Jukebox Man ruled out for the season today works out well for me though as I'd like to think I've got the Browns covered now as long as dancing city doesn't win it. Got my biggest bet on ballyburn and then got brighterdaysahead to win and quai de bourbon and croke park covered each way. Hopefully any others that fall by the wayside in next few weeks are also ones I don't have on as I'm sure there'll be a few more of them drop as the screw starts to get turned in prep.
I’m on Potters charm at 16/1 a while ago and then he goes and shows his true colours this weekend just gone. Halfway in the bin already that one 🤷🏻♂️😂
Between social media and the number of podcasts focusing on the Cheltenham festival from October onwards, it's almost impossible for a horse to arrive there "under the radar". As far as potters charm is concerned, it's Broadway Boy all over again...over racing by NTD 🙄
@@crazyhorse562 yea tbf I think he'll get a few winners, his record speaks for itself but I reckon you are right about the value elsewhere. Good luck mate and all the best
I am not knocking him. There is a serious leak in his yard , that is driving the ante post markets. But to whose benefit? I don't think Nicky is involved, but l just can't figure it out and why all seem to know in advance and it just snowballs from there.. Steve maybe a Post Festival ramble about the effects of bookie sponsored podcasts and leaky yards killing the value and maybe directing the punters in the wrong direction @smoking_cheltenham
Nice to see Inothewayourthinking in the initial National entries.
Obviously doesn't mean it goes but we have a chance...🤞
Your DRF poke is shortening also...👏👏
@@peterbason2882 yea nice to see his name there, we live in hope😊. And yea Backtonormal sneaked in lovely at the bottom hopefully he turns up Sunday and we get a run for our money. Gavin has a great squad could be set for some season.
Always a good listen Steve, cheers 👍🏻
Really good video as always mate, I'm heading to the DRF on Sunday so thanks for the backtonormal shout 👍
Cromwell targets these big handicap races
@@willieohara4018 cheers mate and yea just hope he gets in. Good luck Sunday should be a great day
@@smoking_cheltenham I'll have my 👀peeled this week
Insightful update as usual Steve! Thanks for your hard work. 🙏🙏
Great video as usual. Interesting comments from Willie on Anzadam, first Aintree was on the radar but the fact that it's a longer trip didn't impress him. Then a novice chase campaign next season was mentioned seeing the manner that he jumped the third last hurdle. If he does go novice chasing he would likely clash with the Donnelly owned Lalumba who is set for the same. In the end I was somewhat surprised that Willue didn't mention the Eurovision Song Contest as his big target. Willie is impossible to read, he said previously that Lossiemouth wouldn't meet Constitution Hill before Cheltenham as it would take away the mystery of the big day. That was misleading too. I can picture Willie planning his breakfast the night prior. "Now will I have porridge? There's eggs in there that look good, oh don't forget the corn flakes....". Willie's Cheltenham bingo lol
You Ramble as long as you want Steve another great show 👍👍
@@anthonylangan4936 cheers mate appreciate that
Mr smoke hope your well
I have a few doubles n trebles I wants you opinion on
Sir gino,con Hill double
But add brightterdaysahead/Lossiemouth in 1st day table
The 1st 2 with Jonbon,galic warior,St Francis
1st 2 with gallop/fact to file
@@whoppersupper3970 yea big horses those, clearly have great chances. One thing I would say is with multi's like that at this stage I'd be going nrnb, if you've played earlier and got the pretty prices all good just got to get there.
Good luck mate
@smoking_cheltenham yeah there all non runner no bet pal,thanks
Great stuff Steve.yehaaa
My Cheltenham book is getting well complicated at the mo..
Did get 10/1 on Bioluminesence straight after the race on Sunday.
Cant believe Paddys pushed her out a couple of points before shortening her to 6/1 about 5 mins later....🤣🤣
@@peterbason2882 nicely done mate, Paddys do some mad shit sometimes. I backed Redemption Day last year for Punchestown antepost, I think around 12/1, then after final decs they pushed him out to 25/1, I had on much less than I wanted too for fear of breaking the account and 5 mins later was back to 12/1 or so. Wish I'd have had the lot on and to hell with the account now🤣
Thats a great double Steve, kaid D'Authie (supreme) and kopek (Gallagher's)...ive just got deja vu a la slade steel last year which i had next to nothing on that this workahead of Henrys pops up in the supreme...thoughts??
Workahead only has the one entry I think so I am tempted to play him. William Munny was far from disgraced on Sunday and workahead dispatched him easily. Definitely wouldn't put you off that. Henry's horses running really poorly at the moment but you would expect him to have them primed for the festival.
@@The_Cheltenham_Bandit I know you take a book approach and in that case I'd say definitely get Workahead onside, he'd be one of just a handful you could give a good chance to on the day. He's a player for sure.
@smoking_cheltenham got £150 in free bets coming my way over next week on a couple of burner 365 accounts...boom, workahead will be well and truly in the book
Brilliant again Steve, love the fun bet. By the way I thought Maureen was very good considering it was her first run for a year
@@kevinshirt8665 cheers Kev and yea I thought she was good too. Think sixandahalf might be better though. At least for the race this year. Do like her though and I'd say she's the main danger right now.
I went into the youtube site of Let's talk racing today. I commented on yourself being the best assessor of a racehorse around and worth listening to. I expect I'll face a ban from their page lol
@@johngreene347 🤣dont know about that but cheers John
Cant wait until the weekend Steve should shake everything up.Got a good position on Maugreen/Sixandahalf so touch wood one of them wins really like Maughreen she could be some chaser.Must admit Steve hated taking the 5s on her and 11/2 a few weeks ago shocking value really but just went by my gut feeling.Dont know what you think ??? Jonbon, Dancing City, The Jukebox man look awfully short now in there targets they must be much bigger prices on the day surely.Stencil was the horse i took out of the weekend loved his jumping got a bit tired but stuck at it looks a lovely beast going forward Anzadam well he has some swagger eh!! great video mate.
@@markjefferies435 cheers Mark and I'm on same 2 for Mares Nov so we're seeing it the same way there. Had a bit more again on Sixandahalf after watching Maughreen. Glad to have her onside, was lucky to get a shade over 6/1 with a 365 boost, but I've got about a 75/25 split in favour of Sixandahalf and thats how I see it at the moment. Left a small bit of room to have a small bit on something else nearer the time if I fancy.
Yea agree they look short enough right now and Stencil will be popular for the Boodles but got to see what turns up in that Naas race where all the winners keep coming from, albeit the winner last year didnt run but was a nr and would have been fav.
All the best mate and roll on the weekend.
Alas The Jukebox Man is out for the season. First big name out.
@@johngreene347 yea shame for connections and anybody holding antepost tickets for him. Think he'd have had a great chance.
Hi bro
I was at the trials
East India dock was impressive
Really interested in where you think Kai’d dauthie goes
Got an acca
East India dock - triumph
Kaid dauthie (wherever goes )
Stumptown - cross
Protektorat / ban bridge - Ryanair
Gaelic - QMCC
Dancing City - browns
Why’s your thoughts
@@NolzyComedy Hi mate, yea was impressed with him, cracking chance. Think Kaid A'uthie will go Supreme if he's good enough and think they're all good chances, I'd say Banbridge will probably go Gold Cup if anywhere. You may need to get lucky with the weather for him, if its decent ground but downpours forecast for Friday then you're on with the Ryanair. Unless they go Champion Chase lol.
Good luck mate and all the best
Interesting point you made concerning bookie sponsored podcast last year everyone one thought Johnny Dinesen cracked it with a massive price on ballyburn for supreme will know what happened there if you watch carefully enough sometimes you can work out when the pundits are putting up horses on behalf of the bookies because they are pundits not actors. CH and loads of nickys horses were sick last year not injured CH is special yyou got to go to 1978 and golden sygnet to find a novice hurdler that might give him a race and CH would be fav for any champion hurdle in the last 60 years. We should be grateful to have a horse in our time and on that subject GDC if he wins 3rd gold cup easy like last 2 years. He would put himself in the picture as alltime great so we should appreciate these horses even though the are never betting options I thought anzadam and William munny looked possible chasers.dancing city looks the yardstick for 3 mile novice chaser he’s on different course this year he might favour it then again he might not like Cheltenham .went off on my own ramble and flask job there mate keep the videos coming 🐎❤️🐎
@@peterseymar7189 no worries mate we're all ramblers here enjoyed reading your comments.
Completely agree regards Constitution Hill & Galopin, special horses and will get the biggest roars should they oblige. Quite rightly so.
All the best Peter
Got to be careful to say this quietly as you're not allowed to criticise the sport's golden girl but I have a feeling some of Henry's troubles could be down to the jockey not riding as strongly as she was since her injuries. The horses are clearly being peaked for the festival so it's not solely down to Rachael but I do worry a little that she's partly to blame.
I've had a couple of slightly risky bets this week. Took the ante post for Bioluminescence in the mares and took 14s Jagwar for the novices handicap and 16s Iroko for the Ultima before they ran at the weekend. Also took 16s for Delta Work in the cross country. All are fair bets but could quickly go wrong. I've gone 7/1 NRNB for kopek des bordes in the Turners as I couldn't get on anywhere where he was 10s and the difference between 7s NRNB and 8s AP wasn't worth the gamble.
Masaccio, Transmission and Johhnywho all interest me for handicaps but don't know what races they're going for yet. Skelton is building a bit of an army for the grand annual with Unexpected Party, Etalon and Harper's Brook all looking well handicapped I think. Stencil also looks a good Fred Winter shout but hasn't been missed in the market and probably have to look elsewhere now. I was also hoping Brentford Hope might get a mark to go in the County but getting so close to CH even heavily eased down might put paid to that.
I left Maughreen alone and quite happy with that now - Sixandahalf's big defeat of Qualimita looks much stronger form than what Maughreen showed and she looks a false favourite to me, but obviously the fact she came out and won meant she couldn't get any bigger than she was before running - similar thing to what happened with Lulamba where really all he had to do was win and he was inevitably going to shorten.
I think we pretty much have a complete jigsaw after the DRF so I'll probably have to have a go at some of them before they run at the weekend - need to make my choice on the Irish juveniles and what i want as my 2nd string behind Lulamba and hope East India Dock isn't the winner. Busy week ahead.any shorter
@@adking18 yea dont know about that with Rachael, didnt have much time to get going again before Henrys went in to one of their annual dips. I do know what you mean though, not quite sure but gun to head right now if I had money down I'd prefer the lad on. I wonder if she'll have a big profile winner in the Spring and maybe hang up her boots.
Like those bets mate, you've timed those just right I'd say, nice tickets to be sat on.
Those horses you mention of definite interest in the hcps, I'd be pretty sure you'll have a profitable Festival.
Thanks for the input mate and all the best
@smoking_cheltenham Yeah I'm starting to have a bit of squeaky bum time as I know how easily these things can go wrong when it's all looking good but would like to think I'm set up OK for a profitable festival. I had 16/1 sir gino for the Triumph all of last year and he was pulled out the week of the festival so they can fall apart quickly.
Jukebox Man ruled out for the season today works out well for me though as I'd like to think I've got the Browns covered now as long as dancing city doesn't win it. Got my biggest bet on ballyburn and then got brighterdaysahead to win and quai de bourbon and croke park covered each way. Hopefully any others that fall by the wayside in next few weeks are also ones I don't have on as I'm sure there'll be a few more of them drop as the screw starts to get turned in prep.
I’m on Potters charm at 16/1 a while ago and then he goes and shows his true colours this weekend just gone. Halfway in the bin already that one 🤷🏻♂️😂
@@cwmboy902011 yea they're the games we play lol. Tbf he's got to be better than that but yea, not looking good I'm afraid.
@ yeah so I’m with you with the British novice hurdlers, they can all get stuffed..
Between social media and the number of podcasts focusing on the Cheltenham festival from October onwards, it's almost impossible for a horse to arrive there "under the radar".
As far as potters charm is concerned, it's Broadway Boy all over again...over racing by NTD 🙄
The bandwagon on Hendo horses is on a roll. Long may it last. It will create value elsewhere.
@@crazyhorse562 yea tbf I think he'll get a few winners, his record speaks for itself but I reckon you are right about the value elsewhere.
Good luck mate and all the best
I am not knocking him. There is a serious leak in his yard , that is driving the ante post markets. But to whose benefit? I don't think Nicky is involved, but l just can't figure it out and why all seem to know in advance and it just snowballs from there.. Steve maybe a Post Festival ramble about the effects of bookie sponsored podcasts and leaky yards killing the value and maybe directing the punters in the wrong direction @smoking_cheltenham
@crazyhorse562 well I guess the yard is sponsored by a bookmaker🤔