Grand National 2008

GazChap · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2008 23:09

Did anyone have a flutter? I decided to have a crack at it, it was the first time I'd ever bet on the horses in my entire life. My Dad and brothers were having a go so I figured I'd join in.

I had a look through the list of horses. I know bugger all about horse racing so I didn't even bother looking at the odds or anything. I just picked a horse that had a name that struck a chord with me and put a £5 each way bet on it.

The horse I picked reminded me of ED-209 from RoboCop. You know, the whole "Put down the weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply" lark.

I picked Comply or Die.

Go me!

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

Good bet, how much did you win?

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

GazChap wrote:

Did anyone have a flutter? I decided to have a crack at it, it was the first time I'd ever bet on the horses in my entire life. My Dad and brothers were having a go so I figured I'd join in.

I had a look through the list of horses. I know bugger all about horse racing so I didn't even bother looking at the odds or anything. I just picked a horse that had a name that struck a chord with me and put a £5 each way bet on it.

The horse I picked reminded me of ED-209 from RoboCop. You know, the whole "Put down the weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply" lark.

I picked Comply or Die.

Go me!

This. Exactly this. £5 E/W on Comply or die, with Ed-209 overtones. Are you me?

I won £37 at odds of 10-1.

GazChap · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2008 23:49

How did you manage that then, when I won £66.25 at 9/1?

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

I believe I meant £2.50 each way, so the full "doubled" amount came to £5. I spent £5.

GazChap · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2008 23:55

Aaah.

Grim... · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:18

I won £54 on the first faller, and I will have come second and third in the work sweepstake. Whoo!
Only one horse dead though - I went for three.

Shewolf · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:16

I nearly bet on Comply or die..then I mentioned it to Sheepeh and BAH. I didn't bet on him myself in the end.

I did get 3rd and 4th though.

Malc · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:18

Grim... wrote:

I won £54 on the first faller, and I will have come second and third in the work sweepstake. Whoo!
Only one horse dead though - I went for three.

I came 2nd in the office sweepstake. (£23.50) and put 20p (I only had £2.00 in my online bookies account) E/w on a few horses (one each for the family), only one of which finished (not in the top 4).

Still I'm up almost £20. Which paid for takeaways (spending it before I've even received my winnings!)

Malc

Ian Osborne · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 424

How many horses died this year?

Craig · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 1236

One. Pay attention.

Shewolf · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 14:30

Can anyoen tell me which horse died?

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

Quote:

McKelvey, which finished second in last year's race, had to be put down after it unseated jockey Tom O'Brien at the 20th fence, then collided with a barrier and was unable to stand up.

Apparently.

KevR · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 14:36

The same horse nearly died in the National last year.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

It's at this point I'd like to be able to say "horses dying at the Grand National is terrible and cruel"...

But I'm terrified of the things, so all I can say is "Good show, but next year, try harder. Perhaps install some sort of spinning blade arrangement at Beechers Brook. Go for 10 horse fatalities!"

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sun Apr 06, 2008 21:16

I bet on about seven horses. I was very excited when my 400-1 shot was winning after about 15 fences, but then I think it remembered its place and decided to run backwards or something.

Still, I had a five on CoD (how could I not bet on a horse with that acronym?) to win, and after subtracting my losses on the other horses I'm 25 quid up.

Though I lost 15 of that by betting on United/Everton on a double today. Oops.

Shewolf · **Posted:** Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:23

Omg, it was Mckelvey.
Geez, that's fucked up. A TV show has been going on about him for ages and most of the people that watched it bet on him.

Morte · **Posted:** Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:09

Shewolf wrote:

Omg, it was Mckelvey.
Geez, that's fucked up. A TV show has been going on about him for ages and most of the people that watched it bet on him.

No reason for the show to finish, there must be a couple more episodes available...people need to know how glue and dog food are made.

/Gets coat and flys, flys like the wind.

Shewolf · **Posted:** Mon Apr 07, 2008 13:19

Oh how I would slap you.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Apr 07, 2008 13:26

I had 4 bets, all To Win. Got nowt.

My outside bet was 'Iron Man' Yeah Halozers! It fell very early.

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