Clash City Rocker Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Cheltenham's Four Day Horse Racing festival starting tomorrow (Tuesday). We're going Friday, Gold Cup day (and hopefully Thursday if we can change a work day!!!!). Anyone else going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Oh boy, this brings back memories. As a student in Cheltenham I ended up working up at the Racecourse one year. I froze while standing in the outer part of the Fosters lager tent. Brrr. The weather always seemed to be wild, wet and incredibly windy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Him Indoors will be watching it on the telly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 My uncle will be up there , best suit, trilby and binoculars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 One of my friends is going today with his dad. The school have allowed the day off too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Well I suppose he will be using his maths when working out the odds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 we went on Gold Cup day a couple of times before we had the children, it is an amazing atmosphere. We won £150 on the Gold cup one year when we were really young and it felt like winning the lottery we had put £5 on which was a fortune. The buzz around the town is great, and the traffic is We get people walking along the main road outside our house at all hours in all sorts of conditions and clothing They closed the M5 a few years back and there was stationary traffic outside out house for hours with people getting out of their taxi's limos and coaches and walking, it must be about 6 miles from here to the racecourse Hubby wanted to get to the betting shop a couple of miles down the road that day and because we knew the back ways we managed to drive there and back in about 20 minutes It is incredibly exposed at the racecourse and even on a nice day it is cold, we watched Desert Orchid get narrowly beaten in a hail storm one year the only year I backed him Some of the hospitality tents have been blown down so they are really up against it trying to be ready Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Clash, My FIL was delivering that way today and came back commenting on the queues on the motorway He said that if people had gone down to 11a then gone the back way in they would have been alright as that was clear... Have a good time. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 It's the road from 11a that comes past our house and we can usually tell if the motorway is busy, having said that it was quite quiet past us today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clash City Rocker Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 Cheers Helen, Been going to the festival every year for more than 10 years (except the Foot & Mouth year). My MIL always buys us the tickets for Christmas. We always catch he train so we can both have a few beers!!! before the racing. and a few more after, just to let the traffic clear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 My friend went to Cheltenham today and asked if I wanted him to put a bet on for me. I ummed and aahed about it then thought what the heck!! I won £14!!! You'd think it was a million the way I leapt into the air I NEVER win anything. Had £1 on one horse in each of the 6 races. The others came flipping nowherd so I had all but given bup by the last race, and it won Hoorah!! After the week I've had I finally think my luck might be changing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clash City Rocker Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 Joojoo Try this Friday Cheltenham 2.00pm JCB Triumph Hurdle. "Franchoek" odds aren't as good as they were before Christmas but if you got a spare £1 for an Each Way Bet Don't tell anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 My lips are sealed "disappears off to raid penny jar" crikey just looked at the odds - how low are they? is that as near to a dead cert as you can get in betting terms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Bet you're glad you weren't going today CCR although it is windy here it isn't as bad as further north I presume the damage was done yesterday evening when it was pretty windy but only for a short time. The course is pretty exposed we go to car boots up there sometimes and it is always windy, it must be serious orthey wouldn't have called it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clash City Rocker Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 Change of plan!!!! Torn my Calf Muscle playing football last night, "Deliberately" if you listen to Mrs CCR, So I'm going nowhere for a few days/weeks. The second time I've done it in just under a year (April 2007 last time) . Not as young as I used to be "Can someone fetch me a drink please!!!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...