£2.50 each way on the winner = £317.50 winnings for me

Still got the winnings to come from the sweepstake in work as well

Happy days

shocker of a day for me. ignored all my usual strategies and came up with a load of duds.

up on the 3 days but feels like ive lost after todays shambles

Tell you what, not accusing anyone on here of lying, but on my facebook, text messeges I receieved etc, it's very co-incidental the amount of people who backed an 100/1 horse, but no one mentioned the horse they backed before it.




The big winner today once again in the national, (can they ever lose in the national?) were the bookies.

Well done to the mugs who put there hard earned cash (i.e more than 100 quid) on "favourites" at 11, 12/1 etc.


My uncle who does (too much) betting on the horses once said to me when I was about 6 year old, if you're going to bet on grand national day, bet on the races beforehand, as "the big one" is easy pickings for the bookmakers.

I sat down with the paper this morning and started my usual strategy of eliminating those I thought simply could not win.

Mon Mome was about the 4th or 5th horse I put the marker pen through.

I ended up with £7.50 which for me isnt bad for me first go at it

3rd and 5th, 6th and 11th for my familys

The downside today ... the death of Hear The Echo following Exotic Dancer earlier in the week.

Rhino Dan, don't be too disappointed. Look at it this way: you've just enjoyed 3 days of sporting entertainment of the very highest order, had a load of fun, and it hasn't cost you a farthing (in fact, you're in profit!)

Invincible, your uncle sounds like a pretty wise man. Today I drew money on the first race (Ainama e/w), found the winner in the second race (Kalahari King), and had a nice pay out in the third (United e/w, backed at 40/1 in the morning). Made myself a nice few bob off the bookies.....then handed it all back on the National.

Common sense must be a marvellous thing !

I had £1 EW on the winner. I had Black Apalachi, Hear The Echo, Offshore Account as my 'proper' three bets, then Mon Mome & a pipe runner, began with a K, that was 100-1 too as a couple of outsiders.

I was gutted, Offshore Account was rapidly going backwards, I hadn't paid Mon Mome any attention. It was a bit bizarre.

Only bet on the Friday & Saturday, had £10 on El Dancer Friday, Mon Mome & Solwhit (sic) I think at 13/2. Enjoyed the racing alot actually.

Didn't the last three races yesterday finish with 100-1, 66-1, 66-1 or similar. Madness.

I think Arteea was the Pipe outsider.

Ketami? If so, i had that one too.