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D-d coins it in...
14 Apr 2012 11:04 pmI don't expect anyone to remember, but I have mentioned in the past that D-d has a lucky touch when it comes to winning money on the outcome of the Grand National. The Grand National is the biggest race of the year over fences in the UK - and the race that people run sweepstakes on, and have their one bet of the year on. D-d and I are no exception, and we took ourselves to the bookmakers in Ramsey on the way to my Mum's.
Actually, you can tell everyone bets on The National - there was a queue of at least 50 people in front of us - all of whom clearly decided, like us, to then get sandwiches from the nearby shop for lunch - it's the first time I've known the sandwich shop run out of bread by 12.45pm.
Anyway, this year D-d got 'Sea Bass' in the office sweepstakes - and chose to put her £1 each way bets on two others - 'Organisedconfusion', the other horse with a female jockey (Sea Bass was ridden by a young woman), and the first grey she noticed in the list of runners, as she realised that his colours included a star - she likes stars.
I had a bet on 'Shakalakaboomboom' - it was that Shaka in his name, and on locally owned 'Ballabrigs'.
Shakalaka-b-b was in the lead for much of the race - had it been a couple of furlongs shorter I would have had a winner - but he ended up 9th - Ballabrigs was 6th.
D-d's horses? Sea Bass came 3rd - £10 back from the sweepstakes. Organisedconfusion didn't complete the course - her grey? Neptune Collonges. Which won at 33/1. That's a return of £43 on her £4 stake at the bookmakers to add to the £10 for her £2 in the sweepstakes.
Next time I'll just put my money on the same horses as she does...
Actually, you can tell everyone bets on The National - there was a queue of at least 50 people in front of us - all of whom clearly decided, like us, to then get sandwiches from the nearby shop for lunch - it's the first time I've known the sandwich shop run out of bread by 12.45pm.
Anyway, this year D-d got 'Sea Bass' in the office sweepstakes - and chose to put her £1 each way bets on two others - 'Organisedconfusion', the other horse with a female jockey (Sea Bass was ridden by a young woman), and the first grey she noticed in the list of runners, as she realised that his colours included a star - she likes stars.
I had a bet on 'Shakalakaboomboom' - it was that Shaka in his name, and on locally owned 'Ballabrigs'.
Shakalaka-b-b was in the lead for much of the race - had it been a couple of furlongs shorter I would have had a winner - but he ended up 9th - Ballabrigs was 6th.
D-d's horses? Sea Bass came 3rd - £10 back from the sweepstakes. Organisedconfusion didn't complete the course - her grey? Neptune Collonges. Which won at 33/1. That's a return of £43 on her £4 stake at the bookmakers to add to the £10 for her £2 in the sweepstakes.
Next time I'll just put my money on the same horses as she does...
