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THE FESTIVAL. STARTS. TOMORROW!!!!! (Just incase you didn’t know).
My excitement has led me to wander around singing to the tune of ‘tomorrow’ from Annie…. "TOMORROW, TOMORROW, IT’S CHELTENHAM TOMORROW, IT’S ONLY A DAY AWAY".
I doubt i’ll be able to even sleep tonight.
hi zome,
nice to see you around these parts again – it’s been some time.
I daren’t ask what you’ve been up to – but I would like to know
YOU nosey mare
Excited yeah I have been singing cacaraca
When I got me cacarac
I was the eye of mean
down in Devil Gate Drive
Eye lead the angel pack on the road to sin
Knock down the gates
Let me see let me see
Don’t mess the eye about
cos you know where he’s bin
After the drops he just dived right in
yeah damn right in
Damn operation
it affected me speech
CACARAC CACARACI’m certainly looking forward to it – in my view the best four days racing of the year.
My favourite meetings in order of preference and purely in terms of the racing quality
1 Cheltenham Festival
2 Punchestown Festival
3 Aintree Festival
4 Glorious Goodwood
5 Royal Ascot
6 Arc meeting
7 Derby meetingIf asked to do a list list in terms of atmosphere and enjoyment the list becomes.
1 Punchestown
=2 Anything at Cartmel
=2 Anything at Fontwell
4 Derby Day on The Hill
5 Glorious Goodwood
6 Arc Meeting
7 CheltenhamI love Cheltenham more than Strawberry Trifle and I’m looking forward to it so much – but as I’ve said on the main Cheltenham forum, I’m a bit deflated about the quality on show tomorrow (Champion Hurdle aside of course).
I’m sure that by tomorrow I will be all Jiggy and up for the gig (does that sound like Mat Chapman
) but I certainly won’t be losing any sleep as I normally do tonight.Mike
I normally get the week off work, but I haven’t been able to this year which is a pain in the you know what
I’m still excited though! It’s the whole atmosphere and palava that surrounds it, not just the quality of the runners.Can’t wait!!!!!! Got to work but i’ve got friday afternoon off so thank the lord for small mercies!!! I can watch the Gold Cup live!! Yeay!!
When I used to work in the "real world" and I couldn’t get the time off work I would take up "smoking" for three days a year.
During these smoking periods I would only "smoke" in the afternoon, but would have a fag break every 35 mins.
I would go down to the car where I had a little portable television and watch the racing with the BBC radio commentary.
If asked to do a list list in terms of atmosphere and enjoyment the list becomes.
=2 Anything at Cartmel
Only second?
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During these smoking periods I would only “smoke” in the afternoon, but would have a fag break every 35 mins. I would go down to the car where I had a little portable television and watch the racing with the BBC radio commentary.
heheheheheheheheh, Paul. Like it.
I’ve had a chicory for tomoz; who wrote this little beauty – the gambler’s epitaph?
“The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities”.
Best of luck everyone.
hi zome,
nice to see you around these parts again – it’s been some time.
I daren’t ask what you’ve been up to – but I would like to knowHaha…. you REALLY don’t i promise you!
Less of the overthehilly!
I vaguely remember last year Racing UK did free to view replays in the evening, which would be awesome for us poor sods that have got to work. I’ve checked the website and it doesn’t say anything about it. Does anyone know if they’re doing it this year? And if so, what time?
When I used to work in the "real world" …..
I would go down to the car where I had a little portable television and watch the racing with the BBC radio commentary.
I practised similar deviant behaviour
to you Paul when I was in the unreal world.
You gave me a good belly
laugh because your behaviour was more extreme,
however I went far enough,
using a decoy clip board and creating a pretend job.
It is your sort of bare bottomed ingeniousness that enabled
Jilly troops to break back into Colditz
with a high kick and an allo allo
and demand tea and biscuits
) but I certainly won’t be losing any sleep as I normally do tonight.
I’m still excited though! It’s the whole atmosphere and palava that surrounds it, not just the quality of the runners.
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