A big thanks to the 362 of you who have downloaded the free 32 page Festival Magazine...that's £181 raised for charity so far. That will make a real difference to both equine and human lives. Super job...
Items of interest that you may have missed...
Nothing from me today on the racing front... to be honest I'm quite enjoying this mini break in jumps racing...a time to re-charge the racing brain and ponder where I can improve (it's a long list I fear!)... clearly if I was 'in form' I'd be desperate for some jumps action. It's also freed up plenty of time to get organised for the Festival. Oh, and I'm away on a family holiday in Thorpeness on the Suffolk coast and the less time spent slaving over my lap-top the better. It's a bit nippy but there are 15 of us aged 18-92 and it's rare to all be together so you have to make the most of it.
Anyway... today I thought I would highlight a few things you may have missed, or that as yet you may not be aware of...
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1.Have You Grabbed Your Free 32 Page Festival Magazine?
If you missed Friday's email to the general list, do take a read
HERE>>>
Or you can jump straight to the download page
HERE>>>
This is the third year I have sent out this magazine and it is a very good read, details in the email link above.
For each person that downloads the mag I am giving 50p to Charity. As I type £181 will be split between Moorcroft rehoming of racehorses and Whitechapel Centre for the homeless, up in Liverpool.
So, you get a decent magazine and something to read online while there is no jumps racing, and those two charities get some financial support. Winners all round. And as always, once you have the magazine, you can unsubscribe from the email list :) A win win win.
You can grab your free magazine and send 50p to charity,
HERE>>>
(oh if you've previously joined their list you may struggle to download it...you may need to find an old email from Free Racing Tips and unsubcribe or use another email)
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2.Did you grab Gavin Priestley's free Festival report and take a look at his unique Festival offer?
You can read my email on this
HERE>>>
Gavin's
Free Trainer Stats report is
HERE>>>
(you fine readers even get £1 off! Don't spend it all at once :) )
In his Festival microsite he has just added even more content for members including two new featured posts looking at the importance of Graded form in various Handicaps and some intriguing sire stats.
He's also just released his two pokes for the Pertemps final... last year he picked the 11/1 winner and 33/1 second.
On Sunday members will have exclusive access to his brother Gary's four Festival picks. He has a superb Festival record in the handicaps and given the form he's currently in (+121 points with his Twitter tips in Feb) I'll be sure to throw something at those.
You can take a look at Gavin's offer for the Festival
HERE>>>
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3.Festival First Time Headgear...
Some snippets I uncovered during the week when my head was stuck in HorseRaceBase...
Cheltenham Festival, Aged 6/7, 33/1< SP, 1st Time Blinkers or Visor or Hood...
7/28,9p, +157 BFSP last 5 years (4/8 in non hncps) blank last year, but worth keeping an eye on, use quals as 'starting points' .
My own Festival offer is taking shape. I've decided it will be £9 (+vat) for full access to Festival week and a week either side I think, 14-21 days or so, where you can just access all members content and you can get a full refund whenever you want if you don't appreciate my efforts :)
More news on that early next week, it should be live Tuesday or maybe before. I focus heavily on the 10 handicaps + about 3 other races and also the Midlands National on the Sat- the 'boost the profits' race, or the 'get out of jail' race, it will be one of the two! I have a different approach to stats/trends and focus on a few micros I have researched. There is a great community feel also. You get my own 'tips' (+63 points last year) plus plenty of pointers to use as you please. (I'm excited about my Gigginstown research, fingers crossed they have another good Festival)
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4. The Road To Cheltenham
I'm sure many of you read Lydia Hislop's superb Festival series... she has recently posted her latest Road To Cheltenham article and it's quite extensive! Always worth a read and I'll be spending some time wading through later on...
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Right, I think that will do for today, a few bits and pieces to get stuck into there.
Enjoy your Saturday,
Best
Josh
