Tedthewolf

Its is my countries National  today & i think i have 2 cracking e/w bets in the race and with skybet paying 5 places  these two deffo worth a look. This is  a very competitive & open looking race. We have a lot of the usual suspects in this race  one's that run in  the nationals in the different counties in Ireland. The fav does not fit that bill,  Ifyouatchmenow  from the powerful Willie Mullins yard looks a fine chaser in the making impressive winner lto   but up 8lbs and a price of around 4/1 is not for me today. General Principle does fit bill is a regular in these and usually runs well and is a former Irish national winner  on a fair mark and has a claimer on top is in decent form  but i just can't get excited about the 12/1 on  offer  from bookies so not for me but  would be no surprise to see a big run from this horse today. The strong Elliott yard are strongly represented with 6 runners  a couple of them more  fancied than the one i have backed OUT SAM 12/1 has  Jamie Codd on top who is a damn fine Jockey  this horse won the Cork national  back end of 2018 back down to a very good mark can pick up another one of these races up shortly off this  very attractive mark  ran a cracker in the cross country at Cheltenham although i would have liked 16/1 or more i will settle for 14 big chance today imho as has my second selection  im very sweet on SPACE CADET 28/1 (40's in places but not paying 5 places) running a big race today, that's too big a price in my book. Record of 1/18 run does not look great or anything to be excited about but has run some really decent races in decent company on a good looking mark has a 7lb claimer on top this formerly trained Elliott runner should go well today. One other worth a mention  Ah Littleluck is a res but at 40/1 would be a small e/w  play if getting into the race.
Best of luck all.
 

e/w lucky 15
12th Mar CHELTENHAM 17:30 HANDICAP CHASE 3m 2f 0y - Each Way 13. Militarian40/1 E/W Terms: 1/5 Odds | 5 Places   12th Mar CHELTENHAM 14:10 HANDICAP HURDLE 2m 7f 213y - Each Way 10. Dingo Dollar66/1 E/W Terms: 1/5 Odds | 6 Places   12th Mar CHELTENHAM 16:10 HANDICAP CHASE 2m 4f 127y - Each Way 21. Blazer14/1 E/W Terms: 1/5 Odds | 5 Places   12th Mar CHELTENHAM 16:50 NOVICES' HURDLE 2m 0f 179y - Each Way 18. Whitehotchillifili33/1 E/W Terms: 1/5 Odds | 4 Places

In the first at wolves i think rank outsider  ARCANDA 66/1 with WH paying 5 places 1/5 is well worth a play e/w.

I 'm keeping a close eye on Joseph O'Biens handicap runners a Chelt  even better if he sticks a 7lb claimer on top!

Peter Marsh Chase
9/10 Aged 8 or above
All qualify
9/10 Ran within 36 days
We lose Definitly Red, Flying Angel, Red Indian, Claud And Goldie
9/10 Carried 11st 3 or less
We lose Acting Lass
9/10 Rated 135 or higher
All qualify
15/20 Started at 8/1 or less
All qualify
17/19 Had at least 2 runs this season
We lose Geronimo, 
12/19 Had won at 3m or more previously
We lose Prime Venture
Champers On Ice ran over hurdles lto
Selections
1pt Vintage Clouds 8/1 bet365
1pt  Midnight Tune 6/1 Hills
 
 

225 Haydock
Trends:
9/10 Aged 6 or below
We lose Sykes, Flash The Steel, Potters Corner, Man Of Plenty
8/10 Rated 143 or lower
All qualify
6/10 Ran before this season
We lose Umbrigado, Mega Yeats, Ask Ben, Highland Hunter, 
8/12 first 3 last time
We lose Echiquier, Breaking Waves, Loisduin Bhearna, Tedham
12/12 Ran no more than twice this season
We lose Diomede Des Mottes, Sirobbie
10/12 Not won at 3m before (6 never ran at 3m)
We lose Eight And Bob, Lisnagar Oscar
Selections
1pt EW Stoney Mountain 14/1 Ladbrokes
1pt EW Acey Milan 14/1 Coral

Stayers' Hurdle
Key trends:
12/12 were rated 132+ 12/12 had run in a class 3+ LTO 11/11 returned 12/1 or less 10/10 had run 4-11 times over hurdles 10/10 had won 0-1 handicap hurdles These 5 trends produce a shortlist of 3 (subject to likely SPs):
ASK BEN (12/1) DIOMEDE DES MOTTES (14/1) STONEY MOUNTAIN (16/1)

Last Golden Ticket is coming along nicely according to Donald McCain
No sign of any targets as yet, could still run in a bumper before going hurdling.
Sian McCain posted a nice photo of him on facebook the other day
 

Interesting read indeed.
Good luck BH ?
Great name for a horse.

Catt 3.25 HYPERFOCUS ran a cracker last week at York looked have the race won only for Guliver to come with a sweeping fun with similat conditions today this horse looks a solid e/w bet to me and 10/1 aint to shabby with 4 place 1/5 odds.
Ascot 4.40 Agree with Richard  Coln Coulis looks to have an outstanding chance although i dont think the 10/1 on offer is overly generous but the main reason i wont be backing this horse is Jamie Spencer he got the horse beat lto and i have no faith in him. He will have the horse at the back (probably last) early will run on at the death but in this big field will have traffic problems i would imagine, any  other jockey on i would have a win bet on the horse but cant have Spencer riding tactics at all (rant over)
My main bet is SO BELOVED  e/w (around 40/1 but only a few bookies have chalked up hope to get bigger) getting on in years but still a majot threat on a good day and on an attractive mark will also play e/w on ESCOBAR & GLEN SHIEL  both around 16/1

Really interesting for the racing fans 
 

Early thoughts in the portland would be that last years winner MOMENTOFMADNESS who is very well handicaped will try to make all again Buick is on top this year again looks  sure to make a bold bid for back to back wins and looks  solid e/w bet to me @12/1.
 

150 Gd:the trader
225 Gd:royal commando
300 Gd:nayef road
335 Gd:deirdre
410 Gd:indain creak
445 Gd:al dawodiya
520 Gd:good luck fox

Galway Hurdle
I fancy 2 of the mullinshorses he has four in this, a win bet on each and a RFC- SHANNING 13/2 STRATRUM 12/1

Happy to sneak a 80/1 10th with Reed. Well done Lowry

3 winning bets

A 11/1 winer & 25/1 placer id settle for that every week!!!

A 11/1 winer & 25/1 placer id settle for that every week!!!

You forgott one silly Billy
  To lead all four rounds  Mcilroy  60/1 betfair ?
 
p.s  he is a 100/1 for a hole in one with skybet  ive just had a fiver on that ?

.....latest weather report.....

The 148th Open Championship is set to be played at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland, from July 18 to July 21.
The world's oldest golf championship returns to Northern Ireland for the first time in 68 years, and the weather may be a factor in the outcome.
Extreme weather is not expected during the four days of intense play on the rugged links which feature frequent changes in direction and elevation.

Italy's Andrea Pavan plays his tee shot off the16th tee during a practice round ahead of the start of the British Open golf championships at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. The British Open starts Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

On Wednesday, the golfers got a taste of Northern Ireland weather as gusty winds and a soaking rain dampened spirits during the final day of practice.
First round action is slated to begin on Thursday, and rainfall and gusty winds will once again be a concern.
While rainfall is not expected to be heavy enough to cause delays, course conditions may change throughout the day creating difficult play for even the world's best golfers.
"Winds of 8-16 mph (13-26 km/h) are expected throughout the day with gusts as high as 25 mph (40 km/h) at times," according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Tyler Roys.


A dry start to the day is possible on Friday for the second round of play; however, the threat of rainfall will increase during the day with a period of rain possible from midday into the evening. Light to moderate winds are forecast throughout the day.
A drier day is forecast on Saturday, but there will be the risk for a brief shower as winds remain light to moderate. Cloud may yield to a few sunny breaks during the afternoon.
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Sunday is forecast to be the driest day of the tournament; however, gusty winds will still bring a challenge to for the final round of play.
"Strong southwest winds of 10-20 mph (16-32 km/h) are expected with frequent gusts as high as 30 mph (48 km/h)," Roys said.
While the day is expected to be dry, rainy spells are expected to arrive during the evening and continue into Sunday.
Heat will certainly not be a concern at this year's Open Championship; in fact, spectators and players will want to dress accordingly as daily high temperatures will range from 17 to 19 C (62-66 F).

The open comes to God's Country....Wee Norn Iron
Royal Portrush: How one of golf’s greatest masterpieces has been made even greater
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Aerial Views of Royal Portrush Golf Club - An aerial photograph from out to sea of the par 3, sixth hole Harry Colts' in the foreground and the par 4, fifth hole 'White Rocks' behind on the Dunluce Links at Royal Portrush Golf Club the host venue for the 2019 Open Championship on October 10, 2018 in Portrush, Northern Ireland. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) Credit: David Cannon/Getty
  Sporting life Royal Portrush, in County Antrim, is one of the finest golf courses not just in Northern Ireland but the world. Toby Keel paid a visit a few months before the world's best players arrive for The Open.
In 1980, a team of experts began restoring Michelangelo’s ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. It was painstaking work, carried out millimetre by millimetre, with no expense spared in either time or money. Yet even before the 14-year project was complete, the critics’ knives were out: it was crass, simplistic, technically flawed, and completely trampled the artist’s original intention. The controversy rumbles on to this day. Restoration is a tricky business.
In golf, too, restoration is a minefield. Every time The Open returns to the Old Course at St Andrews, the track gets a few tweaks – tiny amends, really, since the place has barely changed in its essentials for over a century. And every time, there’s somebody ready to complain about the updates, grumbling that the Road Hole bunker has been made too big, or too small; or that the new tee on such-and-such a hole ruins the approach angle.
All of this makes it even more remarkable that the updates to Royal Portrush – which will host golf’s Open Championship in July – have been greeted with almost universal acclaim. And rightly so.
The comparison between Portrush and the Sistine Chapel isn’t quite so fanciful as it might initially seem. While even the Antrim club’s most fervent members wouldn’t claim it as one of the Great Works of Man, they will rightly point out that this is one of the finest achievements of golf course design on the planet. The course was regularly ranked in the world’s top 10 by golf magazines across the globe even before the tweaks made ahead of this year’s tournament. And like the Sistine Chapel, it was shaped by the hands of a master: Old Tom Morris, the towering colossus of 19th century golf, first laid the course out on the spectacular dunes of this beautiful coastline. And it was another master who gave the place it’s previous major surgery, back in the 1930s: Harry Colt, the pre-eminent architect of golf’s ‘Golden Age’ who laid out courses including Sunningdale and Muirfield.
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A rainbow forms behind the green on the 431 yards par 4, ninth hole ‘Tavern’ with the 418 yards par 4 15th hole ‘Skerries’ in the distance at Royal Portrush Golf Club the venue for The Open Championship 2019 on September 12, 2018 in Portrush, Northern Ireland. Phot: David Cannon/R&A via Getty Images
But while Royal Portush’s Dunluce course, as it’s officially called, was a masterpiece, it had a problem. Or, rather, two problems: the 17th and 18th holes.
After 16 truly magnificent links golf holes, the finishing pair let the track down rather badly. Playing it was like eating the first nine-tenths of a tasting menu created by a chef with three Michelin stars, only to be served Angel Delight for pudding.
It’s not an uncommon problem with links courses, since they invariably start at the flatter land where the clubhouse lies, move out to the more dramatic terrain, then return to the duller stuff. Royal Troon is a perfect example: the opening and closing few holes are entirely forgettable, while the stretch in between as good as anything in the world. Turnberry has a similar problem with its 1st and 18th holes.
At Portrush, however, a solution been put in place by golf architects Mackenzie & Ebert. Those weaker holes were scrapped and two brand new holes built towards the end of the front nine. That’s shunted everything along by two holes, meaning that the old 16th – a fine dog-leg played to a green surrounded by hillocks and gorse – is now the 18th, while the wondrous long par-3 ‘Calamity’ (230 yards across a yawning chasm with a 100ft drop down to the right) is now the 16th instead of the 14th, meaning that nerves and fatigue will play a great role in identifying 2019’s Champion Golfer of the Year.
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Royal Portrush has magnificent views out to sea from almost every spot
Even better is the fact that the new holes – the 7th and 8th – are immediately among two of the best on the course. The former is a long par-5 played from an exposed, raised tee – wind will surely play havoc, if it blows – to a fairway tunnelling through dunes, while the 8th brings in to play the same drop in elevation that golfers later have to deal with on Calamity. Both offer precisely the sort of experience which marks out a truly great golf course: you’re constantly presented with shots that you can’t wait to hit.
  Tickets for The Open at Royal Portrush have long since sold out – pent-up demand for an Open on Irish soil meant that the entire allocation of almost 200,000 went within days – but practice day tickets are still available. Anyone who loves the game really ought to make the pilgrimage to this magical spot at least once in their lives: Portrush’s course and setting are equally beautiful, and there are a number of other courses and things to see nearby (most notably Portstewart and the Giant’s Causeway) which easily justify a trip of several days.
Green fees on the Dunluce course at Royal Portrush vary from £70 in winter to £205 in summer – see www.royalportrushgolfclub.com for more details, or www.discovernorthernireland.com/golf to find other places to play nearby.

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Just in case it wasnt clear these are Ted's selections for the Open
Outright: McIlroy 17/2 BetVic
1st Rnd Leader: McIlroy 20/1 Hills
Top European: McIlroy 4/1 Laddies
Top Former Winner: McIlroy 7/4 bet365
Top Irish Player: McIlroy 4/9 betfred
Top GB/Ire Player: McIlroy 11/4 Unibet
McIlroy to get Hole In One: 33/1 betway
Best of luck Ted, hope he does it for you mate

Fri 3.00 - bet365 Trophy
My tried & trusted method for whittling down big fields ........ youngest 2 ages which in this case is 4 and 5 year olds, a Distance win, race fit ............ and then if I still have too many, trainers in form and whim
Left me with 3
Secret Advisor 13/2
Kings Advice 12/1
Time To Study 20/1
all prices bet365
 

3.00  NEWMARKET BET 365 HANDICAP (20 RUN)
Hot race again small e/w stakes for me & i wouldnt back anything under a double figure price. The Frankie ridden fav is ridiculuously short 3/1-5/2  not proven over todays trip no way hosay  ain't for me at those odds. Will probably hack up now ! Secert Advisor ran a shocker lto and aint value in my book at around 13/2. Caliburn 8/1 & Collide  9/1 have stamina to prove .
My three small e/w  5 places 1/5 odds WHAT A WELCOME 16/1 TIME TO STUDY 28/1 DESERT SKYLINE 33/1 (just missed 40's damn it)
Best of luck we will need it!!!.....but a cracking handicap