Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Or is it just for amateurs and a complete waste of time?
Is the Grand National worth a punt?
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Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Orang Utan said:
I always have a flutter. I never win though.
My horses sometimes get placed 3rd or 4th, but a lot of the type they just trip over the fences 
maximilian ping
Grrrrr
its one of the easiest races to get right. Half the field can be discarded because they are shit and a quarter because of the ground. so then you have about 10. i usually go for one of the favourites (around 6-1) to win and an outsider (33-1) each way
dolly's gal
killing things
my mum always picks the winner the jammy cow! and she always seems to win at least a tonne 
when is it btw? i gunner have a go this year.
when is it btw? i gunner have a go this year.
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
dolly's gal said:my mum always picks the winner the jammy cow! and she always seems to win at least a tonne
when is it btw? i gunner have a go this year.
is that £98.44?
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Perhaps someone should run a book on how many horses fall or die?
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Next Saturday.dolly's gal said:
The 14th
dolly's gal
killing things
Throbbing Angel said:
dunno. i was trying to sound knowledgeable
she always seems to get a hundred or so
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Not this Saturday mindsnuffyzee said:
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
dolly's gal said:dunno. i was trying to sound knowledgeable
she always seems to get a hundred or so
I know - tonne is a metric tonne innit, ther's different sorts of ton (long, short etc) I was trying to be funny
anyway
these horses.....
dolly's gal
killing things
Throbbing Angel said:
what's a monkey? maybe i shoulda just said that...
i always refused to bet - too many fucking horses die - but we were away last year at a party on the IoW and there was a sweepstake i joined in with to be sociable.
my concern for the horses dissipated as i took the lead and won
my concern for the horses dissipated as i took the lead and won
Throbbing Angel
this is no longer a place of honour
monkey = five hundred pounds (£500). Probably London slang from the early 1800's. Origin unknown. Like the 'pony' meaning £25, it is suggested by some that the association derives from Indian rupee banknotes featuring the animal.dolly's gal said:
dirtysanta
Original Casual
dolly's gal said:
£500 quid.
Maybe you'd be better off with pony. £25
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Dubversion said:i always refused to bet - too many fucking horses die -
my concern for the horses dissipated as i took the lead and won
and now?
dolly's gal
killing things
dirtysanta said:
i'd rather win a monkey than a pony any day of the week! you'd be mad not to surely?!
dirtysanta
Original Casual
dolly's gal said:i'd rather win a monkey than a pony any day of the week! you'd be mad not to surely?!
oops
i wasnt following the thread. I thought it was about putting money on.
dolly's gal
killing things
dirtysanta said:oops
i wasnt following the thread. I thought it was about putting money on.
lol i'm more of a pound each way kinda girl!
Minnie_the_Minx said:
wouldn't bet. Still don't like it really..
gave the money to the people who'd put the party on
dolly's gal said:lol i'm more of a pound each way kinda girl!
yep. that's what it says on the toilet walls in Hackney, anyway
Hi
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=58
offensive pic
These people keep records instead.
Kind of makes you feel guilty about backing the industry. Had a couple of winners (picked first runner with odds of 50/1) lost more often though.
Orang Utan said:
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=58
offensive pic
These people keep records instead.
Kind of makes you feel guilty about backing the industry. Had a couple of winners (picked first runner with odds of 50/1) lost more often though.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I dunno, I eat meat and I don't feel guilty about thatCoffee said:Hi
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=58
offensive pic
These people keep records instead.
Kind of makes you feel guilty about backing the industry. Had a couple of winners (picked first runner with odds of 50/1) lost more often though.
dolly's gal
killing things
Dubversion said:yep. that's what it says on the toilet walls in Hackney, anyway
gotta pay for cheg's white lightening somehow innit
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
Coffee said:Hi
http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=58
offensive pic
These people keep records instead.
Kind of makes you feel guilty about backing the industry. Had a couple of winners (picked first runner with odds of 50/1) lost more often though.
I love horse racing. Like, love it with all my fibre. If I come into 20,000K the first thing I'll do is buy a horse.
Horses being killed is regrettable and very hard for me to square it with myself. But the emotive bullshit you get on a site like veggies.org does no good for anybody. "Every year x horses are raced to death" What does this mean?
The horse in the picture has no jockey on his back. Is he being raced to death?
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Always have a flutter on this and like others, usually takes the form of backing one on the nose and one or two long-odds each-way as there's nearly always a long-priced nag in the first 4. Also enter the pub sweepstake and sometimes a work one as well. Total outlay ~£5 usually. Total winnings - anything from nowt to ~£60 one year. My g/f seems to have the golden touch tho, she's backed a winner regular somehow.
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
Coffee said:Seeing as the horse in the picture is saddled and wearing reins i would say he was certainly being rode. I assume an break like that would ensure the end of its racing usefulness, and so perhaps his life?
so its not imposable that he was rode to death.
Maybe, but it's not clear to me. Do you know what I mean about veggie.org though? "Rode to Death" is so emotive. It contributes nothing.
Ok Urban Punters
I will let you in on a hot tip
(straight from the horse's mouth)
The horse is called Simon
I think you can still get 20 to 1 on it
Worth a five pound wager:
The animal rights thing is regrettable and I dont have an answer to it any discomfort is confounded by the fact that the gigis is the sport of toffs, kings and yuppies to boot:
gwan simon you budddddgggiiiieeeeee!!!!!
I will let you in on a hot tip
(straight from the horse's mouth)
The horse is called Simon
I think you can still get 20 to 1 on it
Worth a five pound wager:
The animal rights thing is regrettable and I dont have an answer to it any discomfort is confounded by the fact that the gigis is the sport of toffs, kings and yuppies to boot:
gwan simon you budddddgggiiiieeeeee!!!!!
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