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Ascot 1.50 Just five line up for the 2M 7F Grade 2 Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase. It’s hard to fancy the outsider The King Of Ryhope but a case can be made for the others with the pick being Lucinda Russell’s Apple Away who as the only mare in the race receives a healthy 7lb sex allowance here. A smart hurdler who beat the boys in the Grade 1 3M novice hurdle at Liverpool she’s taken well to fences and bumped into one last time out at Warwick in the shape of Grey Dawning. She looks the one to beat here and may have most to fear from Paul Nicholls’s Brave Kingdom who’s won two novice handicap chases this season. APPLE AWAY 1 point win @ 6/4 BetVictor Wincanton 2.05 A small turnout of just five go to post for the Jennings Bet Kingwell Hurdle, a Grade 2 race run over 1M 7F and 50 yards although with only 6lb officially between the quintet the race is a bit of a puzzle. The enigmatic Goshen won this race in 2021 and 2022 (the only two times he’s raced here) and in first time blinkers has claims but is not one to trust implicitly whilst Nemean Lion arrives in good form and can run well but its the locally trained by Paul Nicholls’ Rubaud that takes the eye here. An easy winner over course and distance of the Elite Hurdle in November he was last seen when a tad disappointing fourth of five in the Unibet Hurdle at Cheltenham last month. With Harry Cobden riding at Ascot Lorcan Williams comes in for his first ride on the Chris Giles owned six year old. RUBAUD 1 point win @ 5/2 William Hill Ascot 2.25 A good turnout of sixteen hurdlers line up for this class 2 2M 3F and 8 yard handicap hurdle. Last year’s winner Irish Hill is an interesting runner as he is now 3lb lower and with his useful jockey Freddie Gingell taking off another 5lb it would be no shock were he to run a big race. He looks a good value each way bet. The danger may well be Charlie Longsdon’s Rare Edition. He was a useful novice last season who flopped at the two big British festivals but bounced back to form last time when running out an easy winner at Kempton in January under today’s jockey Harry Cobden. He’s worth a small saver with the main bet being on Irish Hill. IRISH HILL 1 point each way @ 9/1 Coral 1/5th 12345 RARE EDITION 1/2 point each way @ 11/2 bet365 1/5th 12345 Haydock 2.40 Just the six for the 3M 58 yard Virgin Bet Rendlesham Hurdle. Bar the two rags Wakool (although he did win this last year) and Martha Brae any of the remaining quartet could take this with slight preference for Botox Has. Gary Moore has his string in fine form and his eight year old has to shoulder a 6lb penalty for his Grade 2 victory at Wetherby last November. He’s kept good company since and may not have been suited by a first time visor last time out at Cheltenham. Caoilin Quinn is riding very well at present although is unable to claim here as its a Grade 2 contest. He can run well with Red Risk looking a danger on their Wetherby form last year. BOTOX HAS 1 point win @ 9/4 bet365 Ascot 3.00 Ten staying chasers go to post for this 2M 7F 180 yard Premier Handicap Chase. Back at his favourite course Venetia Williams’ Victtorino who won two valuable handicap chases over course and distance last backend can strike again now upped in trip. He’s only 4lb higher than his last winning mark and would have found the trip of 2M 4F on the short side at Cheltenham last time out. Charlie Deutsch knows him well and he holds a big chance with last year’s third Revels Hill a likely danger despite his 294 day lay off. VICTTORINO 1 point win @ 7/2 bet365 Haydock 3.15 The Virgin Bet Grand National Trial Handicap Chase is run over a stamina sapping 3M 4F 97 yards and this year we have eleven horses facing the judge. Many are in with chances including Dan Skelton’s bottom weight Snipe but it’s the Nicky Richards trained Famous Bridge that has conditions to suit and looks sure to put up a big showing here. He’s already won two valuable handicap chases at the Lancashire track this season over 3M 1 1/2F on testing ground and the additional half a mile today looks likely to suit this eight year old who’s latest pulled up run at Doncaster can be forgiven as the ground was too lively for him that day. Sean Quinlan rode him to those two victories earlier this term and is in the saddle once more. FAMOUS BRIDGE 1 point each way @ 6/1 Paddy Power 1/5th 1234 Ascot 3.36 The feature race at the Berkshire track today is the four runner 2M 5F 8 yard Betfair Ascot Chase worth £175,000 guaranteed. The best in at the weights is Venetia Williams’ L’Homme Presse and he will no doubt be hard to beat although he would prefer the ground to be softer and looks scant value at around 8/11. Sail Away can’t win and Ahoy Senor doesn’t look the same horse he was last season so maybe the one to be with is the Paul Nicholls trained Pic D’Orhy who has always run well at this venue. Runner up to Shishkin in this race last year he was an impressive winner over course and distance in the Nirvana Spa 1965 Chase back in November (the race where Shishkin refused to start). Not disgraced since when runner up to Banbridge at Kempton this consistent nine year old is maybe the value bet especially if the ground continues to dry. PIC D’ORHY 1 point win @ 9/4 bet365

J J Reilly 2 25 Asc/ 1/40th of a pt ew 18/1 Soaring Glory 2 25 Asc/ 1/40th of a pt ew 28/1

Good luck Division 3 @ian309 @buga00 @Zidane123 @Balearic_Beats @Fader @glavintoby @calva decoy @andellio @Advisor @Gray306 @Wanderlust @Mitchell Hart @silver fox @jockprop @MinellaWorksop @Redphil57 @Data @APitt1988 @Spajermuffin101 @Bedlam

Wow, who did you buy your calendar off! Thought you’d managed to post in an ancient thread rather than start one with a made up date. Duly corrected.

Good luck Division 4 @Artie77 @skyblues88 @imavillan @botmission @BARNSLEYCHOP @Sugardaddyken @dj.orange @Craig bluenose @Gizmo @chillymonster @Soi Bongkot@Joelavfc @u1905068 @DanPUP @Paperclip @Skittle @Alastair @Trotter @tl53 @Cuko @Steve75 @Like A Roughie

Plesant Man 6 45 Wolv/ 1/40th of a pt ew 15/1

Issam 14/1 bet 365 - 14:25 Ascot - 5 places Fontaine Collonges 16/1 bet 365 - 4 places 2 x singles - each way double Venetia Williams has won this three times so I would also include Chambard in 3.15 Haydock at 22/1 (William Hill - single or each way.

And forecasts for a bit of fun all 4

Had 2.50 pts on L15 on the Daily 2.55 Kel Jungle Jack 2 pts win at 6.2 on Betfair 5.02 Kel Cushendun 1 pt ew at 12/1 4p with Skyb Total stakes = 6.50 today

AW selection Wolverhampton 5.10 SOUTHBANK

Whoshotthesheriff 15:25 Kelso - 28/1 general - only 5 runners - single bet Although perhaps a slim one there is a chance that Whoshotthesheriff shows the level of ability he did back in 2022 which would see him win this race.

5pts Ew both

Lucky15Ref: 312681458 4 Selections 1. Good Time Ahead - 9/4Winner - 13:40 Fakenham 4. Go Fox - 9/2Winner - 14:10 Fakenham 1. Jungle Jack - 4/1Winner - 14:55 Kelso 2. Imac Wood - 7/2Winner - 15:10 Fakenham Stake£ 1.50 Potential Returns£ 91.06 Keep bets in betslip? Total Stake£ 2.50 Total Potential Returns£ 298.38 Nb 050 ew Acca

Alright rabbit got right day today gezzer got to be a winner 🍺🍺😂👍

Day 48 +£126 @Carole-dawney last lucky15

I notice that William Hill are offering 4/6 on a nine darter to be thrown in the Premier League, including the playoffs. Considering that two different players missed it by one dart last night, I think there's a pretty good chance of this happening over the remaining nights. There's also Gary Anderson missing the final dart twice during the Players Championship the other day (admittedly he's not in the Premier League, but still it seems more players are getting very close to a nine darter these days). For me, it's worth the risk even at relatively short odds, to throw a few quid on.

I'm enjoying the Players Championship events more than the PL at the moment. I've never done that great betting on the PL. Monday/Tuesday next week we have another couple of those

I'm glad that MVG won a couple of days/tournaments. After the worlds it seemed that Littler and Humphries were going to dominate the season.

I can't see it. MVG was rubbish against Wright and won the night with averages of 89, 99 & 93. Darts is so mental. players always play the name and not the board. You saw it with Price last night. He saw the Littler win as something huge for him. Which tells me that he already thinks that the kid is better than him.

Guys, although you busted I've assumed you'd like to come back in, so post straight into Division 5. @waggy @HERE @ivailobg @Xcout @adamross @Astleavista @MrForce @Tidytips @1945harry @PercyP @TFC

Tipsters Challenge Football Competition Welcome to the brand new Punters Lounge Football Tipsters Challenge The competition will kick off on August 11th and our season will be split into four separate sessions. This allows us to keep things fresh and also for new players to join at various times of the season. 2019/20 Format as follows: 4 ten-week mini-seasons TC1 – Aug 10th – Oct 12th TC2 – Oct 19th – Dec 21st TC3 – Dec 28th– Feb 29th TC4 – Mar 7th – May 9th Entrants split into 8/9 divisions, which will include a maximum of 15 players in each. Players will be distributed into divisions in order of their final total from the previous mini-season. (Top 15 players in Division 1, next highest scorers in Div. 2 etc.…..) Each mini-season will last 10 weeks and players must play in at least 7 of those weeks in order to keep their place in the competition. (So you get 3 weeks off basically) Cash prizes will be awarded at the end of week 10 in that particular mini-season. Punters Lounge Prizes Div 1: £70, £45, £25 Div 2: £60, £40, £20 Div 3: £50, £30, £20 Div 4: £40, £25, £15 Div 5: £30, £20, £10 Div 6: £25, £15, £10 Div 7: £20, £10 (2 Places) Div 8: £20, £10 (2 Places) Div 9: £20, £10 (2 Places) Total: £640 The top 5 OVERALL totals in each mini-season will also receive Punters Lounge Merchandise - see below. Punters Lounge MerchandiseUpdated 3rd April 2019:You can now win unlimited Punters Lounge merchandise, even if you have won them before. It consists of the mug with a wraparound logo, updated to our new 3D logo recently. You'll also win a pack of 10 pens, which have also been upgraded to a much better quality. See below  Rules: Players start with a virtual bank of £100. Players can stake up to 50% of their current bank in any one week until their bank drops to £10. Minimum bet is £5 or half bank if that is lower. Once the bank drops to £10 or lower, the players stake must be either half bank or 'All in'. The player will be eliminated if an 'All in' bet loses. Players can bet on the following markets: Outright Result, Both Teams To Score and Over/Under 2.5 goals. Players are required to select ONE bet per week only and can be a combination of the above. Players can either bet on a single, a double or a treble only on any of the accepted markets. No Editing of bets to change selections, just repost if you change your mind. Players must play in 7 weeks during the 10 week season or will be eliminated. Only exception to the above rule is when a player misses 3 weeks on the trot, this will also result in elimination. Any bets posted outside these limits will be reduced in order written. (i.e.; 4 fold down to a treble) No bets will be accepted that are related in any way, in other words you can only use a team once in your bet whether that be BTTS, Over/Unders or 1,X,2. Any bets posted in error will be settled on the first part of the bet and the others treated as NR's. All bets must be posted by 3pm on Saturday (earlier if it’s a Friday or Sat Midday game. If a game is abandoned or postponed the bet will be reduced, ie; Treble to a double etc.. No rearranged matches will be taken into account. Prices to be taken from the supplied Odds thread only. (If it’s not on there, you can’t do it) Any bets with instructions missing will be governed by the price taken, after that bets will be settled in the positive outcome. (Overs/ BTTS) If no stake has been attached to the bet a default £10 win will apply or half of your bank if its less than £10. If any bet is posted after the kick off, that match will become void and the rest of the bet reduced. Treble to a Double, Double to a Single. If it was a single the whole bet will be void and a no-show will be awarded. In week 10 of the mini season duplicate bets in the same division is not allowed, first come first served, any copied bets will deemed as a loser under the fair play rule. The TC Odds thread will be posted up each Tuesday for the following weekend matches and selections threads will be set up at the same time. League tables will be posted once all matches have been completed for that week, typically this will be after the Monday night match. The Sat 3pm deadline for all bets is put in place so no one can gain an advantage by knowing if an opponent has won or lost before placing his bet. So strictly no posts allowed after the deadline will be accepted. Leagues Covered English Premier Championship League One League Two Scottish Premiership Spanish La Liga Italian Serie A German Bundesliga French Ligue 1

We end the season with a week of only 6 winning bets and a massive overall loss, wiping nearly £1200 off our total bank! So very well done to Division 5 who found half of those winners and did actually make a profit. A tough season for all of us, after the previous record breaking season I think we broke records the other way and every Division made loss! A quarter of us didn't manage to find a winner at all, a total of only 181 winners between us, and we end with just 20 players in the black and all of those will be in Division 1 for the new season. Top of us all is @mickyftm32 and along with @Tiffy and @Cauncie the top 3 all quadrupled their bank, and 4th & 5th placed @Alley Cat Glover and @Larkin22 both trebled theirs. Those top 5 all came from Divisions 1 and 3, and the top finishers of the other 3 Divisions all made the top 10 finishers overall. Both our leading number of winners contenders had a losing week so @mickyftm32 and @Gzeven end up on 7 wins from the 10 week run and will share the prize for Most Number of Wins over the season, micky playing with doubles and Gzeven trebles throughout. WInner of the Highests Odds Win is @Tiffy with a brilliant 40.672 treble (4.4*3.3*2.87) in week 3. @Kingdom for came so close this week with a 40.616 treble (3.4*3.6*3.4) that I'm going to award a suprise second place prize. The new season starts this weekend and everyone who completed will be allocated a new Division based on finishing order. I'll invite those who busted 'all in' back into the bottom Division along with any new or rejoining players. I'll see how many runners we get to decide whether to go back to 6 or stick with 5 Divisions. Overall table here and Division winners below. I'm going to lock the thread temporarily as I'll tag all the winners and put up payment instructions later tonight.

Good luck Division 1, make a profit again @mickyftm32 @Tiffy @Cauncie @Alley Cat Glover @Larkin22 @yossa6133 @avongirl @harry_rag @Fire and Ice @fischer21 @bobsyerunkle @Gzeven @Squirrel Nutkin @Superscrumpy @tonythepaint @Kingdom for @Jediknight @Gazza's United @Sterphyle @przemek

Hopefully a few more to join in here, if we get too many I'll look to split into 2 Divisions. Anyone requesting to join in who I don't get chance to acknowledge, please just post in here and I'll sort it afterwards. Good luck @stuboy43 @Dramfech @ivan356 @Rainbow @LEE-GRAYS @Cash Out Kev @waggy @HERE @ivailobg @Xcout @adamross @Astleavista @MrForce @Tidytips @1945harry @PercyP @TFC @Catijohn @Mrjol. @Wtrylika @novirus @Marmalade @Danshot @YAMe @Shashank @tschurchy EDIT: @StephenR91

Here are the odds for week 1 of Season 3 of our FREE Punters Lounge Football Tipster competiton 2023/24. You must use these odds for your bets (single, double or treble combination) which have been taken from the William Hill site this morning. Deadline is a strict 3pm (15.00GMT) Saturday for all bets, any later and your whole bet is disqualified and you count as a no show for the week. If you pick an earlier match you must post before kick off or that game will be discounted and your bet reduced. The season will run for 10 weeks and you must play at least 7 weeks or you are eliminated. I'm setting up the Selection threads for Divisions now and will tag you all so you know which to post in. Here's to a fun 10 weeks and hopefully getting back to a virtual profit again. Good luck everyone. 1 X 2 (Home Win / Draw / Away Win)

Badda Bing 16.57 Dundalk 28/1 BetVictor Each way

Issam 14/1 bet 365 - 14:25 Ascot - 5 places Fontaine Collonges 16/1 bet 365 - 4 places 2 x singles - each way double

atwaad prince 830 chelm 16/1 bet365

225 Ascot Jay jay Reilly 8.9 15.0 Rambo t 8.8 14.0 Hyland 8.6 14.0 Irish hill. 8.4 9.8 These 4 are a bit clear of rest and I can't really separate them as each had it's merits ...with good prices on Betfair I'll try 5pt wins on each and hope they fight it out 😉

go fox 2.10

let's have some fun. Half bank each week, with odds close to evs we'll see where it gets me * Burnley - Arsenal 2 @1,28 Leicester - Middlesbrough 1 @1,55 50 points please GL all * to the poor house, no doubt

Anderson missed it 3 times. I heard a stat (can't remember the exact number) but basically, there have been more "last dart misses" of a 9-darter than ever. Id be a bit greedy and look for 2 or more 9-Darters.

I'm going to take a couple in this to keep me interested. 2pts Gates 7/1 WillHill 2pts e/w Thornton 9/1 Betfred ----------------------------------------- 1pt e/w Hogan 14/1 Bet365 1pt e/w Painter 25/1 Skybet

Yeah, I went with De Decker on the last one and he was unlucky. I will be with him again on the next. Menzies always seems to have that crazy game in him where he underperforms, for me.

Two guys that look promising to me at the moment are De Decker and Menzies. I tried the Belgian to win the worlds (LOL), but of course he failed at the big stage... but on the floor he can score for sure.

Under / Over 2.5 Goals

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Midway through the month so time for the first look at the most winners table @CS 333 has a 2 win lead, @Johnrobertson is second and has well over the 10 point target

Yes please

Good day clonmel came good 20/1 10/1 and non runner +36 for day day 47 +£126

8.30 Chelmsford Awtaad Prince ( win only ) 20/1 Bet 365

He’s only 17 ain’t he. I didn’t go with it in the end. Mainly cause he was playing a welsh player and it was probably not good enough value.

Leg 2 tonight, more of NLHE and hopefully paying the right places. Start time 8.10pm with 20 mins late reg period. @kevsul you need to reregister as I cancelled the one you had pre-regd for. I am still trying to resolve last week's payout error, but sadly I've not yet had a response.

245c lost in music

Portsmouth 1.55 Wrexham 1.95 Notts County 1.95 15 point treble 🤞🏻