Day At The Races.

[Caran]

We had a good day. Lunch was fine, beef and pork carvery with lots of vegetables and an assortment of desserts.
I didn't do too bad on the races.
I had 2 winners, 1 second and 2 thirds, and 2 also fans. I ended up £16 pounds up on the day.

Chris, you didn't do very well.
You had 1 winner Senior Citizen,
The rest were all unplaced, 5, 6, 13, 15 and a faller.

[Buenchico]

I'm pleased that you had a good day, Caran, but I'll remind you that I only selected those nags based upon their names. I might possibly have done a little bit better if I'd actually looked at their form!

Anyway, I'm sure that we can all have a whip round to contribute to the costs of your bankruptcy petition ;-)

[Mamyalynne]

Glad you enjoyed yourself.

Reminder of original for those who didn't see it.

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1629973.html

[Buenchico]

Hang on, I've just re-read your post!

You made a profit?

Perhaps you should go into business as a tipster?

[tonyav]

Well done, Caran. £16 up ( I'll have a whiskey then, please ).

[marval]

Glad you had a good day, well done for being up £16.

[rowanwitch]

Well done its just a nice little lift when you come away ahead.

[Caran]

I know you only did it on names Chris, I was being facetious!

[sanmac]

[Buenchico]

Well at least you've helped me solve a mystery. I've often wondered what Jim360's avatar is all about:
https://tinyurl.com/yc4gqh5b

Now you've explained it:
https://tinyurl.com/yapeebvz

;-)

[gness]

Well done, Caran....glad it was a nice day...what's a fan?....x

[gness]

Dave is now laughing at us, Caran....he told me it should read....
Also rans..... :-(

[Caran]

I hadn't noticed the error, blame predictive text.

[Ken4155]

Had to look for Senior Citizen, Caran, to see which meeting you'd gone to. Pity it wasn't the meeting at Bangor, then instead of, "We had a good day", you could have begun your thread, "Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor." :-) Never mind, next time, eh? And well done on the profit. A good day at the races is when you break even, so you had an excellent day.

[seekeerz]

Any tips for the Melbourne Cup ( next Tuesday ) ??

[Caran]

Thank you Ken4155, I also backed Senior Citizen. It was a very good day. Not done one like it before.
I was intrigued by some of the people there. A lot of men in dark three piece suits with a black hat looking like men from the mafia!

[tonyav]

Pick a name that you like, Steff.
A lot of runners isn't there, is it like our grand national ?.
https://www.justhorseracing.com.au/melbourne-cup/

[Buenchico]

Steff:
Best Solution seems to be an appropriate name for those of us who like to get 'Best Answers' here on AB. A few dollars each way might be worth a flutter!

[Ken4155]

It's called the race that stops a nation, tonyav, but just under 2 miles on the level cannot possibly compete with our Grand National. At least, not in my very humble opinion. It is, however, as tricky a race to predict. A female pilot won it a few years back on a 100/1 so-called no hoper.

[tonyav]

Thanks Ken.

[Ken4155]

Also, tony, the number of runners in your link will be whittled down to a slightly more manageable maximum of 24 when the final card is announced. Which i believe is usually the Saturday before the race - i.e. this coming Saturday.