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Cheltenham Festival - The first selections

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Nick Boyd
Mar 10, 2025
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We know the going… we know the layout… we’ve heard Guy’s plea for understanding… we know the Irish are strong… we know that some stats work and some don’t… we know so much - except….

This then is my first list, my instinctive direction of travel if I had lost my compass. I will be posting updates as the week goes on - this is the list before the drink has been taken, and the banking police have been called.

Bon Chance.

THE SELECTIONS

HEAD: Sober selection - HEART: Selections made after 2 pints of Guinness, a large Bloody Mary in someone’s box before travelling to another box for lunch at midday and a couple of Gin settlers before the 2023 Death-By-Cab-Sav is given a chance to breathe its last. DUNNO: the selection you think might be sensible, but you’ve bumped into yet another expert from Cork, who knows a man who…

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