grand national tips thread

[Diamond]

Rambling Minster to win
Brooklyn Brownie and State of Play each way

QUITE EXCITED NOW

 

[spacemonkey]

Butlers Cabin £5 each way.
Rambling Minster £5 win.
Parsons Legacy £5 each way.
Big Fella Thanks £2 win.
Darkness £3 win.

C'mon.

 

[dlx1]

Rambling Minster - EW
Comply or Die - EW

 

[Geri]

Fucks sake.

 

[Diamond]

What a ball's up.

 

[TrippyLondoner]

lol,wow@the false starts

 

[dlx1]

bets 9 to full & 2 to be shot

 

[Geri]

Yaaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dlx1]

Comply or Die

come on bad boy

 

[spacemonkey]

Lost all my bets but won the office sweep.

 

[1927]

Had a feeling a shock was on the cards so bet mega outsiders but the wrong ones. Fundamentalist, Nowhere and Stan !!

 

[Numbers]

I had a 5er each way on him

 

[Diamond]

Made my stakes back exactly and nothing more with state of play placing fourth. It always feels a bit odd when that happens - a very hollow success.

 

[al]

Bastard Black Apalachi

Bastard

 

[heinous seamus]

My brother just phoned me, he had 20 quid on the winner.

 

[Threshers_Flail]

My dad put 50p each way on the winner, how some on here put more than that is beyond me, well done.

 

[Mr Retro]

not really, i think it's quite an easy race to predict (famous last words).

Famous last words indeed!

 

[Geri]

We have either won £100 between us or £200, depends where Rambling Minister ends up.

 

[Mr Retro]

Hows that? Did you lay him?

 

[Numbers]

My dad put 50p each way on the winner, how some on here put more than that is beyond me, well done.

My mam told me she had him backed cos it was a woman trainer

£600+ for 5 bet

 

[Geri]

Hows that? Did you lay him?

I dunno, something to do with our free bet and the bookies paying out on 1st - 6th. BBC reported he came fifth, but they were mistaken.

Still got a winner each though.

 

[Mr Retro]

My mam told me she had him backed cos it was a woman trainer

I think it's brilliant that a woman trainer won on the one day of the year the sport is in the spotlight. Good for racing.

 

[Mr Retro]

I dunno, something to do with our free bet and the bookies paying out on 1st - 6th. BBC reported he came fifth, but they were mistaken.

Still got a winner each though.

Oh no! Unlucky, shit commentry that they got your hopes up like that only to be wrong

 

[Geri]

Now the stupid website is only saying I'm getting £15 back. I put £10 on!

I wish I had gone to a bookies.

 

[Mr Retro]

Now the stupid website is only saying I'm getting £15 back. I put £10 on!

I wish I had gone to a bookies.

Who did you back and how much did you have on? If you think the return is wrong give them a mail and they will correct your balance

 

[Geri]

I had a tenner e/w on My Will.

Gambling is stupid.

 

[Mr Retro]

You should get £30 back. 1/4 odds of 8/1 = £2x10 and your tenner back.

Gambling is fun - you are up a tenner and look at the entertainment you got too!

 

[Geri]

The odds were 15 to 2 on the site I used.

At least I didn't lose!

 

[The Octagon]

Potentially stupid question (and after the horse has bolted, so to speak), but what is the downside to betting the same amount on every horse in the National (to finish in the top 4)?

I know it would have paid off in this race particularly, with the winner being 100-1, but as far as I can see whichever 4 horses came in first would result in you making your money back at least (just, if it was the lowest priced horses).

Am I missing something?

 

[London_Calling]

If you use a bookie and convert all the odds on offer in a race to percentages (for example 4/1 = 25% chance), the toal percentage would be in the region of 115-117%. Obviously there is only 100%, the extra 15-17% in the bookies built in profit. Hence, over time, you can't beat the bookies unless you have a very good angle.

Look up 'overround' on Google for a better explanation.