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Poster of the Year: Gingertipster
Thread of the Year: Perm Advice
https://theracingforum.co.uk/forums/topic/perm-advice/I also vote for GT to make him popular and “get on his tits”
“P.S. Please don’t put me forward for this award, don’t want to be involved and genuinely hate to be popular. Besides, it won’t stop me telling TRFers where you’re all going wrong.”
Are you Sheldon Cooper in disguise?
“P.S. Please don’t put me forward for this award, don’t want to be involved and genuinely hate to be popular. Besides, it won’t stop me telling TRFers where you’re all going wrong.”
Are you Sheldon Cooper in disguise?
No, Matron. But I do see some similarities. :lol:
Value Is EverythingGet a room you two.
:)
I might just add though that it is much harder to be hostile to someone that you have actually met in person. So often we can hide behind our anonymity (who is the real “Steve Caution” for example?) but once you have met people like Nath, Jac and Mark in the flesh you see that they are real people. Well….Mark is fairly UN-real I suppose but you get my point.
Even the self-proclaimed legend in his own lunchbox, the great “Ante Post King”, is a lovely Steve Cram lookalike called Gordon from Nottingham with a young daughter and a passion for Soft Cell. Not the big, bad wolf that he liked to play on here during his pomp.. :)
Would love to meet you one day at the races Steve. I’m sure we’d get on…..
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
Bobby (VTC) is a forum legend and that will never change. He’s won this three years in a row and he’ll forgive me when I say time for a change this year, for me, at least.
Bobby’s output is phenomenal but given the regularity of Gingertipster’s posts, he cannot be far behind in word count. More importantly the quality of his analysis is of such a consistently high order he could easily make a living tipping. He’s improved noticeably in the last year or so and I’m proud of how much he’s learned from debating with me :)
So it’s Gingertipster for me.
Will complete other categories later.
Get a room you two.
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I might just add though that it is much harder to be hostile to someone that you have actually met in person. So often we can hide behind our anonymity (who is the real “Steve Caution” for example?) but once you have met people like Nath, Jac and Mark in the flesh you see that they are real people. Well….Mark is fairly UN-real I suppose but you get my point.
Even the self-proclaimed legend in his own lunchbox, the great “Ante Post King”, is a lovely Steve Cram lookalike called Gordon from Nottingham with a young daughter and a passion for Soft Cell. Not the big, bad wolf that he liked to play on here during his pomp.. 🙂
Would love to meet you one day at the races Steve. I’m sure we’d get on…..
I have no doubt we would get on well Joni.
As you say though, it’s harder to be truly subjective with people you actually know and the tendency is to either not get involved at all, or to let things slide with people you consider to be friends, whereas you might let rip on a “stranger”
I miss the Ante Post King here. He’s been pretty harsh about my selections in the past but that’s been easy to forgive with the awful season he has had himself
He’s a man I am sure I could have a pint and the best of crack with.I find forums to be interesting to observe. You can always find the same sorts of stereotypical users on every forum. The tendency is for little groups to form and there is always a feeling of exclusion in some parts. I therefore try to remain outwith any group and just do my own thing.
I say things as I see them, acknowledging that I will be wrong a lot of the time.
There is a recurrent feeling on forums that I am having a go at someone’s tips. It’s just not true. If I see a horse as a bad bet I feel the need to let people know that. Sadly, some inevitably take umbrage and sometimes the mods are on my case. It happened with Moon Racer at Cheltenham on another forum, with people then telling me they were glad my tip Faugheen was injured. Still I was proven correct with all my concerns about Moon Racer, as the owners probably ruined the horse for good in a vainglorious pursuit.
Anyway, when I say something I feel is unfair I usually make an honest apology for it but it is inevitable that some people won’t accept it. That’s just the way it is.
I have had plenty pelters on here, including threats, which is not nice. My physical problems even got the mickey taken here but I never complained about it. If people knew the pain I live with every day I am sure the joke would not have been made. I even had someone suggest I should be refunding people for losing selections I make on races. Sweary tirades and threats followed. Someone reported one of my posts because I said I was happy that I had backed Gustav Klimt for the Guineas at 33/1. Goodness knows what harm there was in that.
Anyone who thinks that I am harsh should take a look at some of the gyp I have had to take on the forum over the years.
Anyway it’s all just one person’s opinion and I apologise for feeling too passionately about the subject at times. None of us are perfect.
Plenty excellent judges on this forum and plenty of times when they will also be flummoxed by this gloriously unpredictable sport.
There is a hint of mischief about me at all times. Sorry for that. Best not to take me seriously and sorry if it comes across the wrong way.
Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.
You have a wicked sense of humour Steve and you can write a good post, I don’t think the Forum is in any way a Clique (hope I spelt that right) it’s just as Joni says some Threads attract the same posters because of their particular interests like the Competition Threads and more especially us Frankelites do spend a lot of time talking about all things Frankel
. Your views and racing replays have been more than welcome and very helpful and informative.If I could just say one thing… I do think that sometimes it’s best to nail your colours to just one or two selections and then people know where you are with a horse that you fancy rather than the scattergun approach early season which often results in your having non-runners and having to make more selections. Just a view
Why don’t you come along to my Select 3 Horses Saturday Tipster Compy and put your knowledge to the test, even win a small prize at the end of each season. You are more than welcome, only into week 6 it goes on until Grand National Day 2018 when we find out who the winner is…Jac X
Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Forget the past, Steve; the future is what matters.
Do enjoy your informative posts, just wish you’d allow me to get involved in discussions with you.
Feel sure we’d hit it off too.All the best.
Mark
Value Is EverythingMatron,
Might be an idea to move all this stuff over to Joni’s thread?
Value Is EverythingMark,
Unfortunately we cannot merge topics at present.
There is some work to be done by the “hosting company”.
Cormack is on the case.
LostSoldier for Poster of the Year.
I by no means agree with everything he writes but he posits his argument with no little eloquence.
Hi Nathan…. for me it has to be old Billion again….. I know that Matron just keeps posting every day in the “system” section, but there is no repartee or discussion, but Billion, now there’s a rather special animal…. I would say that, without a doubt, there would be no “systems section” without Billion’s input.
OK, there are other posters like Elcatero and Venture To Cognac that post on the systems thread, but they are only replying to Billion…; I would honestly say that, without Billy’s input, you would lose a complete forum…. Billy IS the “Systems” forum… lose Billion and part of this forum dies.
MrE
Just tidying up my nominations Nathan as they’re looking as messy as my daughter’s bedroom
Poster of the Year – Joni, VTC, Gingertipster (can’t decide they’re all great posters)
Thread of the year – Why Frankel Will Rule The World
Flat Horse – Enable
Jumps Horse – Faugheen
Flat Jockey – Daniel Tudhope
Jumps Jockey – Daryl Jacob
Flat Trainer – Aiden O’Brien
Jumps Trainer – Nicky Henderson
Hero – Bradley Lowery – Sunderlands biggest supporter who lived his Grand National Dream this year.
Riding Performance – Danny Tudhope aboard Lord Glitters, Last to first in the Balmoral Handicap at Ascot Champions Day
Broadcaster –
One to Watch in 2018 – John Gosden’s Roaring Lion
Racecourse – Newmarket (Where Champions are made
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Journalist –
Villain – (Joint nomination here) Davy Russell for the Kings Dolly incident.
The lowlife scum who set fire to the stable of Impossible Dream who sadly perished.
Owner Alan and Ann Potts
Commentator – Reggie and Bollie Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Poster of the Year steeple chasing
Flat Horse Enable
Jumps Horse might bite
Flat Jockey SDS
Jumps Jockey Jamie codd
Flat Trainer aob
Jumps Trainer Gordon Elliott
Riding Performance roger Loughran acapella bourgeois
Broadcaster itv come on leaps and bounds
One to Watch in 2018 cracking smart
Racecourse Cheltenham
Journalist Kevin Blake
Villain Davy russell
Owner Potts
Commentator Richard hoiles (stepping in during technical difficulties)Hero Joint nomination for Jim Bolger and Davy Russell, who have raised over half a million euro to date with their annual “Hurling for Cancer” match
VillianAnother nomination for the person who burned Impossible Dream alive and left the mare with such painful injuries.
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