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    Question Grand National

    Who will you be backing ?
    For what it's worth my euros will be on Mall Dini 20/1 ew

    Fred, tell us now
    Not good telling us after

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    Would it be possible to place a bet on to see how many horses will die?

    I did one bet on a race, I was too ill to go and do it myself, so an ex did it for me.
    I did ask for £50 on 1st place to be taken by 'Comply or Die', but she put it down only £5 for each way.

    I was proper pissed off as my horse won and I only won like £60 or so when I could have won maybe 10 times of that.
    Since then, I had never put on another bet nor will ever ask anybody to do it for me again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goatboy View Post
    Off to the glue factory
    And don't forget Asda and Tesco corned beef tins

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    Quote Originally Posted by Floki View Post
    Would it be possible to place a bet on to see how many horses will die?

    I did one bet on a race, I was too ill to go and do it myself, so an ex did it for me.
    I did ask for £50 on 1st place to be taken by 'Comply or Die', but she put it down only £5 for each way.

    I was proper pissed off as my horse won and I only won like £60 or so when I could have won maybe 10 times of that.
    Since then, I had never put on another bet nor will ever ask anybody to do it for me again.
    One of the reasons she became an ex I'm thinking

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    Quote Originally Posted by ORDINARYJOE View Post
    One of the reasons she became an ex I'm thinking
    No, after 5 years it just wasn't working out between us, plus she is also an alcoholic.

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    Grand National to feature two female jockeys with Blackmore set to join Kelly
    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...e-valseur-lido

    Surprised that women are only joining the races with the men.
    In the end of the day, most jockeys are chosen for their size and with many women being naturally smaller than men, I would have thought they would have been part of the races a long time ago.

    I don't know much about horse racing apart from the horses are trained to run like the fuck and first to cross the line (alive) wins.

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    In a few more years there will be plenty more lady jockeys
    More than half of the stable staff that care for the racehorses are female
    If they are as good as Rachael Blackmore, Nina Carberry or Katie Walsh they will be well able to match their male rivals

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    Quote Originally Posted by Floki View Post
    Would it be possible to place a bet on to see how many horses will die?

    I did one bet on a race, I was too ill to go and do it myself, so an ex did it for me.
    I did ask for £50 on 1st place to be taken by 'Comply or Die', but she put it down only £5 for each way.

    I was proper pissed off as my horse won and I only won like £60 or so when I could have won maybe 10 times of that.
    Since then, I had never put on another bet nor will ever ask anybody to do it for me again.
    I remember one of my ex's said she'd drive my car to go the dundrum with the girls because I was blocking her car in her drive. The petrol light was on and I told her she would need to get petrol. Gave her my bank card and asked her to fill it she didn't mind. She said yea and off she went. Later that day we were heading for a meal with friends and when I started my car the petrol needle was just above the red. I asked her why she didn't fill it she said she said it was cold and just put €10 in. Thought noting off it. Few weeks later my bank statement came in, sure enough she put € 10 in, but she never mentioned the near € 400 she spent on clothes. When I asked her about it she said she checked my balance and decided I should treat her. We'd only been dating a few weeks at the time. We split up shortly after and I've never made of letting a girlfriend near my bank card since.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ORDINARYJOE View Post
    Who will you be backing ?
    For what it's worth my euros will be on Mall Dini 20/1 ew

    Fred, tell us now
    Not good telling us after
    Mall Dini is not running so I will go for Vintage Clouds 12/1

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    Quote Originally Posted by goatboy View Post
    Off to the glue factory
    Used to live beside a place that made glue. The smell was terrible when the bloke was making it. he ended up having to move due to animal rights nut jobs bricking his windows.

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