Equinties - the aftermath

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As ever, the come down from the Festival is real so in today's newsletter we thought we'd provide a bit of Cheltenham nostalgia through the medium of Racing Twitter. Enjoy.

Let's dive in.

Princess Zoe bust-up 

We were struggling for newsletter content at one point yesterday, but then a public trainer-owner spat on Racing Twitter quickly put an end to that. 

That’s right, owner of the Group 1-winning mare PRINCESS ZOE, Paddy Kehoe, had a public argument with his trainer Tony Mullins on Racing Twitter yesterday over the ride Danny Mullins gave his mare.

The eight-year-old actually finished a creditable fifth of 21 (beating my expectations!) and only crossed the line five lengths behind the winner, YOU WEAR IT WELL, and in fairness, she came from plenty far enough off the pace in the race to pick up the scraps of the race. You'd think she'd have been a lot closer with a more prominent ride but thats racing, so to have this spat publicly on Twitter with a trainer who clearly loves the horse is quite wild but fucking brilliant to watch.

Mullins believes that a step up in trip is what is needed next for her, however, there is surely plenty more to come from this story so keep you eyes on this space. 

The bad, the mad and the oh so close

No one is a tipster on Racing Twitter, apparenty, but my god there is absolutely no busier place online than racings little betting ether in the build up to the Cheltenham Festival.

IF YOU POST BETS, YOU'RE A FUCKING TIPSTER.

To celebrate our unique community of in-denial wannabe Finndog's, we've found some of the best and worst Cheltenham ante-post bets from the 2023 Cheltenham Festival.

'But what about your ante-posts?' I hear you ask.

Well, we were 1 from 1 this Festival as the Mick Fitz tip from December landed 7/2 on GAILLARD DU MESNIL for members of BGP Capital.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good ante-post bet, but only when we're told to back one and we absolutely know the horse to beat is actually going to its intended target.

So, with good grace in our hearts, we are here to have some light-hearted fun with some ante-post Twitter tips that we have found to educate you all on why ante-post betting is hard, sometimes unneeded, and ruthless. 

No harm meant by this, if you can’t laugh at yourself, then I imagine you're crying your eyes out.

THE BAD 

Everyone has bad bets and everyone will always continue to place bad bets - nothing wrong with that. Here are some of the most painful we've seen...

Racing Blogger had a nightmare with MIGHTY POTTER all season, starting with him getting the wrong race entirely early-on. 

To then re-load on MIGHTY POTTER in his intended race, the Turners Chase only for him to...well, as we all know, run very badly.

This was of course followed by a few more failed 'bankers' from the top of our sport… 

… and from the rest of Racing Twitter as well. 

But, away from bankers, there were a few more fancies gone heavily astray:

THE CLOSE 

There were also plenty of painfully close calls throughout the week of Cheltenham – big price trebles that didn’t land which make you laugh and cringe at the same time as well as one single that, in fairness, did come in which you can only applaud. 

The mad

This section is wholly devoted to one man who simply cannot control his trigger finger. He bets so much its genuinely impressive. he's either a millionaire or in desperate need of therapy. Whoever you are 'Studaawg' - thank you, Racing Twitter would be a boring place without people like you.

Bearish GHYLLS...

BO ZENITH NR...

He was an Irish horse away from landing these short odds but alas no return.

Poor lad even gave back his JONBON winnings.

I did call it tbf...

Remember guys, this was just a bit of fun - if you're but hurt you've been featured, just prove me wrong next time and KEEP FACKING PUNTING.

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Wetherby

DOC MCCOY for Snowden heads this market. He's got a lot of stamina dam side so will get the stiff test but might just be short of pace as seen in his last two bumpers. His Point reads okay but I'd be inclined to take him on despite Snowden's bullish record at course.

Olly Murphy is in great form atm and has second in the market in INDEEVAR BLEU. This chaps blood fucks. He's by super sire BLUE BRESIL and out of a mare whos already produced a good one for De Bromhead. Dam sire is as good as FAME AND GLORY at producing bumper winners so everything points towards a big run from this lad.

I'm so bullish on this lads pedigree that I'm going to suggest having a punt on him at 3's knowing that should he need the run, he'll go in in his next bumper to win your money pack and some (a bit like Olly winner yesterday).

I think the rest of the field can be discounted.

Risk On

Bumper is a bet and any others will be posted on twitter.