I'm off up there tomorrow with my new partner for a nice day out. However I don't
have a scooby about horses, horse racing or anything remotely related to horses. Which
is surprising as I worked in Blackburn for 23 years !!!!

However, I digress. I would be ever so grateful if any of you racing pundits out there could give me
any decent tips. I won't hold it against you, I promise.

Dusty rugs, never been beat.

Funkydrummer wrote:I'm off up there tomorrow with my new partner for a nice day out. However I don't
have a scooby about horses, horse racing or anything remotely related to horses. Which
is surprising as I worked in Blackburn for 23 years !!!!

However, I digress. I would be ever so grateful if any of you racing pundits out there could give me
any decent tips. I won't hold it against you, I promise.

Great day out at Cartmel, we are getting the train from Carnforth. Make sure you take a cool box full of food and drink! Unsworth's Yard in the village is worth a visit if you like decent ale. There are a few Clarets (me and my mate) going tomorrow.

No tips as yet, mind you I am useless at the horses.

Here's my NAP of the day,KEEP YOUR MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.Has never been beaten.

Have a great day Funky.

Cartmel is great and we've been there for the last few years but alas not this.

As a policy, I have backed the favourite in every race up there - and won on 5 of the last 6 visits

Tread Warily wrote:Here's my NAP of the day,KEEP YOUR MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.Has never been beaten.

OR IF YOU STILL HAVE A PULSE THEN GO AND HAVE A FEW BETS. GET BLATHERED AND WHO KNOWS YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY WIN. NAP.

Funkydrummer wrote:I'm off up there tomorrow with my new partner for a nice day out. However I don't
have a scooby about horses, horse racing or anything remotely related to horses. Which
is surprising as I worked in Blackburn for 23 years !!!!

However, I digress. I would be ever so grateful if any of you racing pundits out there could give me
any decent tips. I won't hold it against you, I promise.

I don't know anything about horse racing but I do know a bit about driving round there on a race day. It's a bloody nightmare. Gridlock is not even the word for it, I just happened to be passing through and got caught up in it. The whole area seems to come to an absolute standstill. Give yourself a LOT of time and be very, very patient.

Tread Warily wrote:Here's my NAP of the day,KEEP YOUR MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.Has never been beaten.

Bet you just sit in at weekends reading books

You want a front runner at cartmel. Long run in not many get caught

my advise is tell tybrfc not to give you any tips ,hes clueless but thinks he has a knowledge of horses ......

look out for horses that have won there before !!

As mentioned above, make sure you check out Unsworth's Yard right in the heart of the village (providing you enjoy real ale that is!) and probably best to forget about the horses altogether as that's simply wasting your money!!

I do like my real ale, so a visit to Unsworth's yard sounds a great idea.

Cheers everyone.

Just a few ideas for the runners and riders would be nice.

I'm very sweet on one at Cartmel tomorrow - Sticky Toffee Pudding

Funkydrummer wrote:I do like my real ale, so a visit to Unsworth's yard sounds a great idea.

Cheers everyone.

Just a few ideas for the runners and riders would be nice.

So far.

1.55 Decor Irlandais
2.30 Beeno
3.05 Wells de Lune
3.45 Wisecracker
5.25 Green or black

13 of us going tomorrow. Place will be full of Clarets

Another thumbs up for Unsworth Yard. Thought that was my secret place, obviously not

5 and 3s

theroyaldyche wrote:Bet you just sit in at weekends reading books

How did you guess?

Funkydrummer wrote:I do like my real ale, so a visit to Unsworth's yard sounds a great idea.

Cheers everyone.

Just a few ideas for the runners and riders would be nice.

Remember to pack your foldaway chairs..

NL Claret wrote:So far.

1.55 Decor Irlandais
2.30 Beeno
3.05 Wells de Lune
3.45 Wisecracker
5.25 Green or black

3/5 ain't bad. Profit and a good day out. Boom.

NL Claret wrote:3/5 ain't bad. Profit and a good day out. Boom.

Saw your post yesterday and had an accumulator on these 5 and won me £300, cheers NL

claretburns wrote:Saw your post yesterday and had an accumulator on these 5 and won me £300, cheers NL

what bet did you do to win £300 from 3 from 5 short priced winners ?

claretnproud wrote:what bet did you do to win £300 from 3 from 5 short priced winners ?

Had all 5 on an accumulator e/w for £10 on SkyBet.

Reporting back in after a fantastic days outing. The tips above plus one or two of my own
deliberations resulted in a day's profit of £26 and never bet more than £2 each way or to win.

Thoroughly enjoyed the experience which I didn't think I would after previous visits to, admittedly,
bigger courses and events. Didn't manage to get int the village, but you're right, it was heaving.

Thanks again to one and all.

not enough to pop into L'Enclume after racing then. Just remember this, a bad day at the races is better than a good day at work. lol.

If you're driving to the course, go through Grange to Flookburgh, then approach Cartmel from there. The traffic moves much better.

claretburns wrote:Had all 5 on an accumulator e/w for £10 on SkyBet.

I thought it was tomorrow ?

It's on today as well. Re Unsworth's Yard brewery, the guy who runs it most of the time was really friendly at first but seems to be suffering from tourist fatigue nowadays. Struggle to get a word out of him. Good job the ale is still good.