Thread: The TD 2021 Grand National Sweepstake.

Bet365 are giving half your stake back so i have 6 horses £10 each way for £60 or looking at it another way i am only going to lose £60 instead of £120.

Originally Posted by strigils

Can NPT enter?

No because he's a whiny flouncing cnut (and jailed).

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

No because he's a whiny flouncing cnut (and jailed).

You're the one whining, you have been all day, along with your little faggot friend Snubs. Still its good to know NPT is still occupying your thoughts Anthony

Q.E.D.

Weird to refer to yourself in the third person but you're probably already half-cut so whatevs.

Q. If NPT were a horse what noise would he make?
A. Whiny!

This sweepstake is supposed to bring the collective TD membership together not set of another shitfest.

At least wait till after the race tomorrow when someone loses their shirt and another spills a pint.

Good luck everyone!

I demand a Dillinger inquiry

Originally Posted by strigils

I demand a Dillinger inquiry

Bit of a coincidence that Mendip got Bristol De Mai and Dillinger got Definitely Red.

I wanted Mr Malarkey.

Two harses to be sure

Nev I'll swap you two horses for your Mr Malarkey?

Deal or no deal?

Originally Posted by strigils

I demand a Dillinger inquiry

You've got the ruddy favourite Cloth cap!

Neither are in the ones i have put a bet on so they are bound to win

Ssshhh creepy's back.

Theres always a fantastic story behind a Grand National winner.

What's the best gambling site to sign up to?

Some sites are paying out on 6th place!

I want to bang £20 on the nose at 25-1 Mr Malarkey.

Bet365, as mentioned you can get half your stake back. They pay each way 1/4 odds placed down to 8th place

^^ on 365 you can get £20 each way for £20 at 23 to 1 on Mr Malarky

Cheers signing up now, some good new starter offers to get one hooked.

on the National page look at the Each Way Extra bets they do each way down to 10 places with the odds reducing and paying a 1/4 odds

22-1 now on bet365, my bet must have lowered the odds.

eh EW to 5 place is 23 :1

How far is the race? It is just over four and a quarter miles. It is a handicap, in which each runner is allocated a different weight according to a rating of their ability. There are 30 fences including Becher's Brook, the Chair and the Canal Turn.

How long does it last? The winner usually completes the course in about nine minutes.

Why isn't Tiger Roll running? The 2018 and 2019 winner was withdrawn from the race in March, with owners Michael and Eddie O'Leary saying they were unhappy with the weight the horse had been given. The 11-year-old was fourth in Thursday's Betway Bowl at Aintree.

What does the winner get? The total prize fund is £750,000 with the winning team collecting £375,000.

How many Grand Nationals have there been? This is the 173rd running of the race, which was last held in 2019.

What about safety? Significant changes were introduced before the 2013 race which saw the core of fences softened, the distance reduced and new procedures for loose horses. There was one equine fatality in the race last year - the first from a total of 276 runners in the past seven editions.

Amateurs to the fore
Patrick Mullins will ride leading contender Burrows Saint for his trainer father Willie Mullins after stable jockey Paul Townend suffered a foot injury.

The Mullins duo combined to triumph with Livelovelaugh in the Topham Chase over the National fences on Friday.

"When I was a kid I had a book about the history of the National fences, and I never thought I'd get a chance to win one," said Patrick.

He is one of four amateur jockeys in the race - with Jamie Codd on Milan Native, Derek O'Connor riding OK Corral and Sam Waley-Cohen aboard Jett.

They are bidding to become the first amateur to win since Marcus Armytage on Mr Frisk in 1990 and are permitted to ride after the latest easing of lockdown restrictions, having been barred from competing at last month's Cheltenham Festival.

Runners must negotiate 30 fences in the Grand National
Runners must negotiate 30 fences in the Grand National
A very different Grand National
The Merseyside track would normally welcome 70,000 spectators for the world's most famous jumps race.

Instead, there will only be jockeys, trainers, owners, staff and a limited number of media.

Strict Covid-19 protocols are in place, and Irish-trained runners have been stabled at Haydock Racecourse.

Police have stepped up patrols around the meeting, with residents close to the Merseyside track warned not to gather in groups larger than six in their gardens during the races.

Grand National jockeys traditionally visit patients at Alder Hey Children's Hospital on the eve of the race.

This time current riders Daryl Jacob and Richie McLernon were joined on a special Zoom call alongside National winners Mick Fitzgerald and Ruby Walsh to answer questions about their careers and provide some pointers for the big race.

Saturday will be a poignant day for two families whose names are inextricably linked with the big race and have lost loved ones in the last year.

Owen Paterson, the North Shropshire MP whose wife Rose was chairman of Aintree Racecourse, is launching a charity in her memory to raise funds for suicide prevention projects.

Friends and relatives of Liam Treadwell will be running, walking, cycling or riding the equivalent distance of the National in his honour and to raise money for brain injury charity Headway.

Treadwell won the National on 100-1 shot Mon Mome in 2009 but spoke of being depressed after suffering concussion in a fall. A verdict of misadventure was recorded at an inquest into his death.

"Liam's passing left us all absolutely devastated. Life will never be the same without Liam but we all want to continue to make him proud," said his brother Nathan

Originally Posted by Joe 90

Bit of a coincidence that Mendip got Bristol De Mai and Dillinger got Definitely Red.

I wanted Mr Malarkey.

I was hoping for that Bristol De Mai as well.

With a sign like that I think I'll have to put a few quid on it in real life.

If one of you guys in the UK could put on a tenner each way for me I'll owe you?

Mr Malarkey 12-1 now...