IT'S CHELTENHAM

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Inspection passed and so were under starters orders!!
A horse I'm crossing everything for today:

Fruity O Rooney

Let's say thanks to the boys and girls of racing for being out in the cold at all hours to provide a excellent festival: may all your horses return home safe!

Amen to all horses coming home safe!
Can't wait for Sprinter Sacre!

I hope rock on ruby wins

Great training performance to get Hurricane Fly back, brilliant finish.

Ruby and Barry on top form - love the pictures of Simonsig jumping.

Well done to everybody at the course for getting racing on and clever planning to shelve the X Country race until later in the week rather than having a gap before the mighty Quevega struts her stuff.

That was some ride by Ruby

I presume you're talking about Quevega - it was amazing. I shouted she's down when she clipped heels at the top of the hill and Ruby's head bobbed down. Just so pleased that she won her 5th - what a mare!

Wonder is she will go for a sixth

Big race coming up - anyone else watching?

Me!! I'm going for the Tom George horse though

Go Ruby!!!

OMG Race on now

Some horse that. Effortless.
Can't help thinking its not the same, Cheltenham, without Kauto even though it was best to retire him

But have we just seen the next superstar?

I think so

Just seen a slomo of him jumping and the chest on him!

He really is beautiful

There was a lovely profile pic - over 2 pages - in last Thursday's Horse and Hound. He is magnificent and seemingly unbeatable (given that Sizing Europe was a proper challenger). He is odds on to win the next two Champion Chases!

Think they will be doing the right thing to send him on his holidays now. Too many horses go onto Aintree and its often not a happy outcome.

Anyone backed one in the Coral cup?

Sorry I had a poorly dd and missed all the end

Hope your dd is better now?x

What a fab race that Champion Chase was - I was in the car and screaming and shouting in a traffic jam!

What I find amazing is that SS's dam is Selle Francais, so he's not even a full thoroughbred. I think they were talking about Punchestown with him rather than Aintree, but who knows. It must be such a responsibility.

All set for today - doing some housework and have the ironing lined up to justify watching TV all afternoon! I would dearly love AP to have a winner, it seems strange that the champion jockey has so few big race rides.

I'm going today and tomorrow. Any good tips? I lost day yesterday.

Thank you she's better.
Today I'm backing Captin Conan all the way in the first

My thoughts are with JT McNamara tonight - had a terrible fall and has been airlifted to hospital in an induced coma.