The Aintree meeting thread

[jay_mcfc]

Good ride from AP there, watch it back you'll see what i mean.

Absolutely. Had to niggle and push from a long way out and then rode him well all the way to the finish. It was AP at his brilliant best

 

[BlueMoon_1987]

Good ride from AP there, watch it back you'll see what i mean.

Absolutely. Had to niggle and push from a long way out and then rode him well all the way to the finish. It was AP at his brilliant best

Have to agree. Fairly gutted about Hunt Ball but fortunately I backed him e/w so at least I got my money back.

For those interested, Offshore Account very good horse who placed last year and has already ran these fences three times already. Back him e/w.

 

[LongsightM13]

The ground looks decent rather than the soft we were led to expect. The speed horses are doing the biz rather than the sloggers

 

[ox-blue]

The ground looks decent rather than the soft we were led to expect. The speed horses are doing the biz rather than the sloggers

Ideal for Juniour :-)

 

[Rushton121]

two winners and two 2nds for me out of 4 :D

 

[NDJ]

The ground looks decent rather than the soft we were led to expect. The speed horses are doing the biz rather than the sloggers

I'd say Grumeti was a slogger after
that performance.

 

[LongsightM13]

The ground looks decent rather than the soft we were led to expect. The speed horses are doing the biz rather than the sloggers

I'd say Grumeti was a slogger after
that performance.

But also very high class, was favourite for the Triumph Hurdle I think

 

[MIKEYP]

I have to say the BBC coverage is not very good.All the so called experts/pundits they have there is a disgrace.
Parrott,Wiltshire,Bartlett,Fitzgerald,Balding,Persad,McGrath,Dunwoody,Pitman(have I missed any) are all amateurish,talking over each other.Dunwoody cant get a full sentence out without spluttering and mumbling.9 of them on the Beeb gravy train is a disgrace.The sooner they lose all their racing coverage the better.

 

[Bluebee2]

I have to say the BBC coverage is not very good.All the so called experts/pundits they have there is a disgrace.
Parrott,Wiltshire,Bartlett,Fitzgerald,Balding,Persad,McGrath,Dunwoody,Pitman(have I missed any) are all amateurish compared to Racing UK.9 of them on the Beeb gravy train is a disgrace.The sooner they lose all their racing coverage the better.

Have to agree it is shite, horse I had there fell and they never mentioned it, very poor.

 

[LongsightM13]

I have to say the BBC coverage is not very good.All the so called experts/pundits they have there is a disgrace.
Parrott,Wiltshire,Bartlett,Fitzgerald,Balding,Persad,McGrath,Dunwoody,Pitman(have I missed any) are all amateurish compared to Racing UK.9 of them on the Beeb gravy train is a disgrace.The sooner they lose all their racing coverage the better.

To be fair to them, Racing UK is for the hardcore fanatics so you would expect their coverage to be more technical. The BBC has to find a medium between satisfying the racing experts and also the once a year punters who tune in to events like this.
That said, they are horrendously overstaffed, as they are at every major event they still bother to cover. And C4's Cheltenham coverage pisses all over this