9 Days Until The National!

Good luck with One For Arthur :-) He'll be one of my E/W bets with The Last Samurai, Cause of Causes and Highland Lodge. As always will be running the Sweepstakes at our local pub and another for family (love doing the sweepstakes)! Now I just need a couple of really long odds!

Not sure anything will ever match my win with Hallo Dandy in '84, even though I technically too young to bet back then!
 
Tiddlypom said:
Good luck with your runner, but after the heartbreak of According to Pete (fatality in the 2012 renewal), I hope that having the cameras at home on One for Arthur hasn't jinxed him.

Can't bear to watch the GN live any more.
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This is exactly how I feel.

I always used to watch with a cold sweat and butterflies in my stomach but after According To Pete, I just can't watch it at all, horrific.
 
He was like a steam train! Starting off steady away but the more coal you shovel in the more power you get, the more speed you gain and nothing is going to stop you from bowling along til the end of the line!

Arthur was Phenominal!
 
EKW said:
He was like a steam train! Starting off steady away but the more coal you shovel in the more power you get, the more speed you gain and nothing is going to stop you from bowling along til the end of the line!

Arthur was Phenominal!
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I'd bet that you're like the balloon which has been wiped on a wool jumper, still stuck to the ceiling! :)

The beauty of his run, for me anyway, was that he won by his own merit, that of his jockey, his training regime and the team who got him there. There wasn't a leading horse who fell, so allowing him to win, there were few hard luck stories of any merit, One for Arthur was the best horse on the day! A team effort as LR said.

We on here EKW expect you to be on parade tomorrow morning, and sober! :D (Some chance of that!).

Alec.
 
Alec Swan said:
We on here EKW expect you to be on parade tomorrow morning, and sober! :D (Some chance of that!).

Alec.
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Every chance of that as I am currently sat working my 2nd job til 1am then I am going showing first thing in the morning but should be back at the yard for 11am for the parade at 11.30am. And I will be 100% sober as I am teetotal anyway lol!

Any one who fancies popping along to the yard tomorrow morning then please do!
 
I enjoyed the racing over the last few days SO much. Maybe it was because I'm rather a Team Tizz fan , but I loved seeing their horses flying ( and all looking SO well!), I loved the atmosphere, the great racing and and seeing such a fabulous horse win the GN - don't shout me down but I loved it even more than Cheltenham this year! Also, come on girl power - wonderful women trainers winning the Gold Cup and National this year, how brilliant!
 
EKW - I am so delighted for you and all the team at Arlary House! I screamed and screamed as he passed me just after the Elbow, my OH and me were hugging and high fiving each other, I was actually shaking trying to pay people out after the race. I hung around to see Arthur being paraded after the last race and got some cracking photos despite only having my battered phone with me.

OH was working at a point in Morpeth yesterday and I had a meeting in Manchester so we missed coming up to see him with everyone else - any chance we could pop up in the next couple of weeks to see him at all? Scu did say we could visit anytime but I figured I should ask someone before we rock up!!

Added bonus was the money I won and I'm a hero in work as I told everyone to back him. My mother also had a cheeky bet after she rang me to put her other bets on for her - she didn't tell my dad and brother so nobody was keeping an eye on him during the race (although I couldn't find him on the big screen anyway until after they crossed the Melling Road, at which point OH and I both said 'this is it, he's winning from here if he jumps!'). Honestly, I am so, so chuffed for you all. He's a real superstar and you all deserve all the praise and glory that comes with winning because he's an absolute credit to you.

P.s. I am sunburnt to a crisp and choked with hayfever but I wouldn't swap it for the world after the experience of being at Aintree on Friday and Saturday - drunk racegoers aside, the atmosphere is phenomenal!
 
Arthur will have a few more racecourse appearances over the next few weeks whilst he winds down for his summer holiday. He will either be at Musselburgh or Carlisle this Saturday. He will probably do a day of Perth. I'm not sure if he will go to Ayr for the Scottish national meeting or not.

The best way to get hold of the boss is to either email or send a pm through the yards Facebook page.
 
EKW said:
Arthur will have a few more racecourse appearances over the next few weeks whilst he winds down for his summer holiday. He will either be at Musselburgh or Carlisle this Saturday. He will probably do a day of Perth. I'm not sure if he will go to Ayr for the Scottish national meeting or not.

The best way to get hold of the boss is to either email or send a pm through the yards Facebook page.
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Thanks.

I wondered if he would be at Balcormo point at the end of the month? We're at Sandon in Staffordshire this weekend but will be at Ayr both days the weekend after. I'll speak to OH and see when we'll be free and then drop a message.
 
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