I've Got A Horse...

[sandyRoe]

Any thoughts for an each way bet today on the Derby?

[cupid04]

Dawn approach

[aelmpvw]

mars looks a decent ew bet to me sandy but don't put your house on it

[cupid04]

£1 each way on all of them, lol!x

[dustypuss]

None of these

[ELVIS68]

Galileo Rock

[askyourgran]

Smoothtalkinrascal at 3.15
Dr Redeye 5.25

my bookies runner has gone out so I'm not putting anything on them.

[Everhelpful]

Ruler of the World or Libertarian.

[cupid04]

Who won then?I've been out!

[Everhelpful]

Did you back them,Sandy?

[sandyRoe]

No. I didn't get a chance to get to the bookies. I suppose you've all been tipping long priced winners like there's no tomorrow.

[aelmpvw]

i'm going to look out for Everhelpful's next tip :-)

[Everhelpful]

You'll end up as poor as me,aelmpw!!

[FredPuli43]

Everhelpful , I wish I could do straight forecasts like that ! You picked the two nice runners that were certain to get the trip, just as the Oaks winner yesterday was (her mother, her grandmother, and her great grandmother, who won the Oaks, all won good races of the Oaks distance; just a clue as to what she would do). Why people, year on year, make hot favourites, in the Derby and Oaks, of runners that have won the Guineas is a mystery, but it makes bookmakers happy. It's won comfortably over a flat straight mile, where runners bowl along, so it must be able to handle, a few weeks later, a testing mile and a half on a U shaped track with steep changes of gradient, where runners have to keep changing pace, and win again. Well, that makes sense! Nobody asks what's in its bloodline apart from the obligatory Derby winner or what its style or character of running is.