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That's me done for the evening, mustn't be greedy,
Gotta blow
Goodnight all

SC

Good morning all.

Cheltenham now back to a quiet regency town, all the racegoers gone home. Peace reigns again. I need a good breakfast, I think I'll start with a double banana split.

Double banana split! interesting breakfast,

I think I will go for double sausage, double bacon, double egg, tomatoes and 2 toast plus a mug of tea.

Spaceman
The BS was only a starter, the FEB as you describe is the main course, followed by toast and marmalade.

I'm back

Spent up Jeff?

I hope you all had a bit of fun taking part in the Cheltenham Tipster Competition. Please see below the picks for Thursday and Friday, let me know if you spot a mistake. I will tot up the winnings later today.

Thursday - 3:15 Cheltenham

Name	Selection	Bet	Total
Spaceman	Baracouda	500 WIN	1,250
jeffmack	Baracouda	500 WIN	1,250
chocolat	Rule Supreme	250 E/W	1,969
Socrates	Baracouda	250 E/W	468
daves dazzlers	Baracouda	250 E/W	0
fundamentalist	Inglis Drever	500 WIN	0
jj50	Baracouda	250 E/W	0
stockbunny	Emotional Moment	250 E/W	0
Priscilla	No Selection	0	0
little willie	Rule Supreme	500 WIN	0
optomistic	Rule Supreme	250 E/W	468
Dil	Korelo	500 WIN	0
Lambykins	The French Furze	250 E/W	0
Steph	Baracouda	500 WIN	0
Photomad	Baracouda	500 WIN	2,125
compoundup	Emotional Moment	250 E/W	968
STORMCALLER	Baracouda	250 E/W	968
Golddog	Crystal DAinay	250 E/W	1,250
DocProc	Baracouda	500 WIN	1,655
gardyne	Inglis Drever	250 E/W	2,844

Friday - 3:15 Cheltenham

Name	Selection	Bet	Total
Spaceman	Beef Or Salmon	500 WIN	1,250
jeffmack	Grey Abbey	500 WIN	1,250
chocolat	Strong Flow	250 E/W	1,969
Socrates	Celestial Gold	250 E/W	468
daves dazzlers	Beef Or Salmon	500 WIN	0
fundamentalist	Celestial Gold	500 WIN	0
jj50	Celestial Gold	500 WIN	0
stockbunny	Celestial Gold	250 E/W	0
Priscilla	Celestial Gold	250 E/W	0
little willie	Royal Auclair	500 WIN	0
optomistic	Strong Flow	250 E/W	468
Dil	Pizarro	500 WIN	0
Lambykins	Astonville	500 WIN	0
Steph	No Selection	0	0
Photomad	Beef Or Salmon	500 WIN	2,125
compoundup	Grey Abbey	500 E/W	968
STORMCALLER	Grey Abbey	500 E/W	968
Golddog	Grey Abbey	500 WIN	1,250
DocProc	Kicking King	500 WIN	1,655
gardyne	Sir Rembrandt	250 E/W	2,844

Opto
Just about, luckily a winner Thursday cushioned the blow.

Well done Jeff, a nice day or two out and not too much out of pocket that's good going.

Just covered my Cheltenham losses on the rugby. Before last weekend I bet with two Irish boys Wales V Ireland for the 6 nations at 300 each.

A man's work is never done! I had to spend the day in the garden. We had the first BBQ of the year. I am still baffled as to why women can't cook on a BBQ and leave it to us men.

Morning, misty days here in Hastings.

Just watched the F1 GP, looks like it could be an interesting year for F1.

FEB for me then a day of paperwork.

A nice sunny day here for the Palm Sunday parades. The first starts in an hour or so and they go one throughout the day until midnight. Lots of fireworks and bands (nothing in Spain ever happens quietly...) and copious amounts of beer and wine....

Ok Guys and Girls, unless I have made a mistake in the selections for Thursday and Friday (post 2440), here is the result of the Cheltenham Tipster Competition.

Result

Name	Total	Position
Spaceman	1250	joint 7th
jeffmack	1250	joint 7th
chocolat	2469	4th
Socrates	793	12th
daves dazzlers	325	joint 13th
fundamentalist	3000	3rd
jj50	325	joint 13th
stockbunny	0	Last
Priscilla	0	Last
little willie	0	Last
optomistic	968	joint 10th
Dil	0	Last
Lambykins	0	Last
Steph	0	Last
Photomad	2125	5th
compoundup	968	joint 10th
STORMCALLER	1293	6th
Golddog	1250	joint 7th
DocProc	4155	2nd
gardyne	5906	1st	WINNER

gardyne, if you send me your name and address I will get your prize off to you. Very well done.

And Hilary was right, that was my bank that was in the news last week for the biggest ever attempted fraud.

UK police foil massive bank theft

Yeron Bolondi was arrested for money laundering and deception
Police in London say they have foiled one of the biggest attempted bank thefts in Britain.
The plan was to steal 220m ($423m) from the London offices of the Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui.

Computer experts are believed to have tried to transfer the money electronically after hacking into the bank's systems.

A man has been arrested by police in Israel after the plot was uncovered by the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit.

Unit members worked closely with Israeli police.

The investigation was started last October after it was discovered that computer hackers had gained access to Sumitomo Mitsui bank's computer system in London.

They managed to infiltrate the system with keylogging software that would have enabled them to track every button pressed on computer keyboards.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4356661.stm

jeffmack, i think i probably won the competition but i dont like bubbly so can i have some nice north african grass instead? thankyou for running this competition and i am pleased that spaceman did not win because he does not know anything about horses. i still think spaceman might not be right about picking horses with great big numbers because they dont seem to be as fast.

Lamby I think you are probably right my furry friend

Now you have probably hurt his feelings Jeff...he's woolly :-)

Jeff, thanks for the setting up and running the Cheltenham contest it was fun, we must do these things more often.

Well done gardyne, you seem to know one end of a horse from another...

Ignore that Lamb he is just annoyed its not sheep racing