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Timeform chief McGrath happy to take on new rivals
Monday March 6, 2006<br>The Guardian
Spineless Board are acting like an organisation well past its sell-by date
Greg Wood<br>Tuesday March 7, 2006<br>The Guardian <br>http://sport.guardian.co.uk/horseracing/comment/0,,1725153,00.html
Andrew Culf in today’s Guardian on Racing UK’s new second channel, RACING WORLD
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/horseracing … 50,00.html
<br>http://sport.guardian.co.uk/horseracing/comment/0,,1726450,00.html
(Edited by zilzal at 6:51 pm on Mar. 9, 2006)<br>
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Good post over at Diane’s this evening about the ATR/SIS time difference ……..worth a look !
Googling "Diane’s racing forum" gets me lots of information about fast cars in America. Is there something more precise I should be putting into the net’s leading search engine?
Ask for ‘The Black-Clad Sad, Mad, Bad, Baron Of Basingstoke’
Lurk at your peril !
<br>Racing: What Cheltenham means to me <br>For trainers, jockeys, punters, the landlords of Cotswold pubs and even racing reporters the best week of the year has come around again… the heady human and equine brew which is the Festival. Interviews by Chris McGrath <br>Published: 11 March 2006
Golden rules to stick to for a profitable Cheltenham
Monday March 13, 2006<br>The Guardian
Thanks zilzal. That’s a good article. Interesting that all favs at 2/1 or shorter over last 5 festivals have returned a profit. Hada  quick look on Adrian Massey database and you would have had 23 bets in that period withh 11 winners. The full list is
2000 (2 wins from 6 bets with LSP of -2.22)<br>Supreme Novices YOULNEVERWALKALONE 5-4 3rd<br>Arkle Trophy DECOUPAGE 7-4 3rd<br>Champ Hdl ISTABRAQ 8/15 1st<br>RSA Hdl MONSIGNOR 5-4 1st <br>RSA Ch FLAGSHIP UBERALLES 11-10 3rd<br>Cathcart CASTLE SWEEP 7-4 6th
2002 (3 wins from 3 bets with LSP of 5.13)<br>Supreme Novices LIKE-A-BUTTERFLY 7-4 1st<br>Champ Ch FLAGSHIP UBERALLES 7-4 1st<br>Stayers Hdl BARACOUDA 13-8 1st
2003 (4 wins from 5 bets with LSP of 4.88)<br>Arkle Trophy AZERTYUIOP 5-4 1st<br>Champ Ch MOSCOW FLYER 7-4 1st<br>NH 4miler STORMEZ 7-4 2nd<br>Gold Cup BEST MATE 13-8 1st<br>Cathcart LA LANDIERE 5-4 1st
2004 (1 win from 6 bets with LSP of -4.27)<br>Champ Hdl ROOSTER BOOSTER 11-8 2nd<br>RSA Hdl INGLIS DREVER 7-4 2nd<br>RSA Ch OUR VIC 11-8 3rd<br>Champ Ch MOSCOW FLYER 5-6 Fell<br>Stayers Hdl BARACOUDA 8-11 2nd<br>Gold Cup BEST MATE 8-11 1st
2005 (1 wins from 3 bets with LSP of -0.50)<br>Champ Ch MOSCOW FLYER 6-4 1st<br>Daily Telegraph (Ryanair) OUR VIC 7-4 PU<br>Stayers Hdl BARACOUDA 6-5 2nd
Betfair are reported to be unhappy at not getting credit from C4 for Exchange info. Perhaps Betfair should be just grateful for the amount of publicity the exchange market gets from the broadcaster.
Given that the Tote are keeping this show on the road I don’t believe C4 are doing enough for Tote Customers in the way of race number info, Tote market prices and Tote SP results. The Tote afterall  will attract more new people to racing and betting  than the traditional bookmakers and the exchanges.
Betfair cry foul over plugs
Wednesday March 15, 2006<br>The Guardian
Fine colour action  photo of Old Moscow looking after himself with Kauto Star and Ruby prostrate  on Page 82 of the Times today . Almost like a painting  for any who want to remember the old fellow!
But not as good as Naps’ Tuesday Cheltenham photos !
Moscow Flyer reaches end of road
By Alan Lee, Racing Correspondent
<br>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,379-2088013,00.html
"But the more I keep looking at this year’s field, the more I keep coming back to War of Attrition, who, despite having run at two previous Festivals, is still relatively unknown."
War of Attrition to strike Gold for Irish
Spot on Hotspur !
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.j … xhors.html
James Lawton: Dark side of a great spectacle casts shadow over union of man and horse
Brough Scott at his best in today’s Telegraph on his  admiration for Ruby Walsh and Cheltenham:
Walsh happy to take the rough with the smooth<br>By Brough Scott <br>(Filed: 19/03/2006)
Plenty in today’s papers for those who prefer the proceeding analysis to the preceeding hype of Cheltenham.
Alan Lee delivers an entertainig  two page diary of his Festive experience. Disagree with him on his criticism of the post-race jockey interviews. Anthing that brings the racecourse home to the armchair has to be a good thing.
Alan Lee finds winners and losers at a Festival tormented by the loss of nine horses
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, … _1,00.html
<br>Jim McGrath also reviews Cheltenham in the Telegraph. In agreement with his support of the four-day week. Anything that makes things easier for those wishing to attend the first couple of days, not least acquiring tickets, gets my vote
Festival facilities need update
Reference in today’s Paris Turf to the proposed All Weather fixture at Musselburgh is deeply depressing. However good the surface is at Lingfield, for me it’s a glorified dog-track with positioning on the  turn all-important.<br>
(Edited by zilzal at 8:39 am on Mar. 20, 2006)
Anyone do the Jackpot yesterday? Looks like Sue Montgomery did and was glued to the TV for each race. Did the Tote do enough to publicise it ?
Racing: McCoy helps Jackpot hunters strike the target <br>By Sue Montgomery <br>Published: 21 March 2006
The man trusted with Magnier’s biggest buy <br>Todd Pletcher tells Chris McGrath, in Dubai, of his excitement at taking charge of the world’s most expensive racehorse <br>Published: 24 March 2006
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