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Well done Mark. You sprinted clear at the end. Deserved win.

Thanks Bobby for your sterling work in organising and keeping pace with the scores throughout. See you in the Autumn 🤞

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Out: Rocky’s Diamond & Handstands
In: Ma Shantou & Haiti Coleurs

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Here’s my provisional ten, which may be tinkered a bit before the deadline:

Fastorslow
Final Demand
Handstands
Heart Wood
Kopek des Bordes
Marine Nationale
Myretown
Rocky’s Diamond
The Big Westerner
The New Lion

I’ll ping you the usual next week Bobby.

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Utterly stupid idea. Shifting Cheltenham to a Weds to Sat Festival would make me even less likely to go. Saturday has always been Uttoxeter’s big day and a great ‘wind down’ from the midweek excesses. As apracing said, if the change does have to happen, let them shift the dross to the Saturday and keep the quality races to the midweek…. like it used to be back in the (3-) day !

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🤣🤣🤣🤣 Good man VTC – out of the stalls like a bullet as usual ! So looking forward to this – thanks for organising it once again.

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Well done to EP,Gingertipster and Goodfellow. Great picks !

Thanks once again Venture for your Trojan work throughout the season. As you say it was very competitive and keeping tabs on the scores can’t have been easy, what with other things in life going on (punting, pinting, fishing etc, not to mention the dishes, hoovering etc 🤣🤣) !! God help us through the damned Flat season now and roll on the next TTF !!

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Haha, thanks John for reminding me of Pacemaker International days !! I seem to recall that when this ‘new TTF thing’ began, you had to pick 5 from their list (of about 100 horses) and you could stick in ANY other 5 donkeys of your choosing ….!! You put it in an envelope with a cheque, stuck it in the post and hoped for the best !! I believe you got an update every 4-6 weeks or so, not that I ever troubled the scorer !!

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Well done White Custard – nice picks all round ! Thanks too to Graham for the updates and commentary. I just love this competition, even though it can be so frustrating when a few of your selections turn out not to be the superstars you had hoped ! It’s a real skill in building a decent stable that performs consistently well over the whole season.

On a more somber note, and in light of the Tote’s ‘decision’ to discontinue the TTF, I just wonder if it might be worth members sending them a few requests to reconsider. I’ve already sent an email to that effect. Maybe, just maybe a few more might at least grab their attention ….. It costs nothing !

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I’ve been stagnant for some time, relying on just 3-4 Gooduns. The rest haven’t fired (yet). So here goes.

Out:
Slade Steel
Fastorslow

In:
Galloping des Champs
Sir Gino

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Alastair’s articles were so engaging and beautifully-crafted with wonderful prose and humour. His reflective pieces at the end of Channel 4’s Cheltenham highlights were also a wonderful mix of fact, fiction and emotion. I remember after Istabraq’s first CH…… ‘Aidan phones the parish priest and tells him to get the builders in’ ! He will be sadly missed. RIP

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Good man Bobby ! Great to have the Jumps back on the scene. Here’s my ten – for the moment:

Ballyburn
Brighterdaysahead
Constitution Hill
Fact to File
Fastorslow
Firefox
Grey Dawning
Jonbon
Slade Steel
Teahupoo

I’ll ping you the usual. Thanks again for running this.

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Hope the leg is improving Graham. Can’t be easy with limited mobility & if it’s getting infected too. Still, on the positive side it could be worse …. if you were a horse 🫣 !!

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I spent Friday morning reviewing Istabraq’s races on You Tube. I was privileged to have been at Chelters for all 5 of his Festival runs. I’m glad I did, as ITV devoted all of 60 seconds to him on both the Opening Show and the main afternoon races yesterday ….!

I’ll never forget the sight of C Swan’s white cap steadily carving through the field from the top of the hill and then leaving them all for dead from two out. He was deadly. Rest in Peace old friend.

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Thanks chaps !

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Cheers John. Thanks. I’m amazed that with just 2 days done and barely a handful of winners, the Tote can omit 20% of the scores ….(albeit a single horse)? Is it human error or rubbish bots ? Either way, I despair … 🤦🏻

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Any idea why Luxembourg hasn’t been awarded any points following his win in the Coronation Cup on Friday ? I’ve tried to ask the Tots but I just get their bot …🤦🏻

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Just stick in an entry to this Graham, although I don’t have a clue about flat racing ! Thanks for running it again.

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