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Every Cheltenham Festival Race Winner 2025 - And the Long Shots You Must Consider
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Tuesday 11th13:20 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle WINNER Kopek Des Bordes14:00 Arkle Novices’ Chase WINNER Touch Me Not ?14:40 The Ultima Handicap Chase WINNER Whistle Stop Tour ?15:20 The Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle Race WINNER Lossiemouth NAP16:00 The Unibet Champion Hurdle WINNER Brighterdaysahead16:40 The Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Race WINNER Stencil17:20 The National Hunt Novices’ Chase WINNER …
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JUST IN: Jim Cramer says today's market sell off shouldn't scare investors.
https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1899253286714175893
Still, good luck to those who do baffle me and wager.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrTQBzap-aQ
The first six minutes. Podcasts are the new telly.
MOTD should show fewer highlights - BBC chairman
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cjw29g426nvo
ETA welcome to the podcastification of television.
Joe Public will, though - and the US public is much more invested in the markets than we are.
(Presumably not Moon's Cheltenham picks.)
US Secretary of State Rubio:
“I can assure you this, we will not be providing military aid to the Russians.”
https://x.com/PolymarketIntel/status/1899181328244920770
The rule of inverse Cramer applies.
Whatever Trump does is brilliant; fault always lies elsewhere.
Note also that our main broadcasters now have their own YouTube channels, with increasing programme content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy2Hk0n__No
He responded to the Canadians putting a 25% tariff on electricity supplies with this gem
"You're not allowed to do that"
Such a whiny baby
The likes of Warren Buffet and Jamie Dimon have been building up a large cash position.
They’re not daft.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-west-wing
Good morning, everyone.
Only for me to point out the massive $56 billion pay package bung for Musk that Tesla's board are repeatedly trying to get through the courts. Schrödinger's Musk: involved but not involved.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/02/elon-musk-tesla-pay-package
It's also pretty unlikely that Musk has any idea of where the attack originated.
Anyway.
If Ukraine 🇺🇦 really did attack Twitter, I think the only logical thing is for @elonmusk to sign a cease fire immediately, give them half of Twitter and make sure he says thank you to
@POTUS
https://x.com/frontlinekit/status/1899325631701110903
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And the same question for Congress Republicans, if they are losing their own hard-earned.
@BartholomewRoberts fpt - you’ve ignored the example on threat of a countryside view. That’s the classic case of an externality
The planning system is sclerotic and n Ed’s to be fixed. I’ve posted before about S106 and Somerset CC.
But a free for all is not the answer
https://x.com/OlgaDiem/status/1899216891215790379
He explicitly doesn't say he will buy any Tesla stock...
This means Tesla's share price is boosted by investors using it as a proxy for TwiX and SpaceX, but also is the only way Musk can get tax-free money.
Thanks to @MoonRabbit for the selections.
Having missed most of the British winter (and the racing), I'm probably at a disadvantage but my day one selections as follows:
Supreme Novices Hurdle: ROMEO COOLIO (each way)
Arkle Novices Chase: L'EAU DU SUD
Mares Hurdle: LOSSIEMOUTH
Champion Hurdle: STATE MAN (each way)
Thoughts? Mullins had a 1/8 shot turned over at Plumpton yesterday but then he had four at Naas on Sunday so I don't know. There are fools, damn fools and people who bet odds on in novice chases, I was once told, so I can't have MAJBOROUGH at 1/2.
The ground will be quick enough despite the watering and they'll go a decent gallop in the Supreme so I'm happy to oppose KOPEK DES BORDES at 4/5 and ROMEO COOLIO has Grade 1 winning form on good ground.
The Mares looks a penalty kick for LOSSIEMOUTH who many think should be in the Champion. I think two and a half is her trip now and you won't get rich at 4/6 but put one up against her on form...
As for the Champion, I don't know - BRIGHTERDAYSAHEAD was superb at Christmas but can she repeat this on quicker ground? I can't believe last year's winner is 12/1 - take out the Christmas defeat and his form is pretty strong - yes, CONSTITUTION HILL saw him off easily two years ago but as a wise man once said, that was than and this is now. I'm not sure he's the machine he was but he may still be good enough and if STATE MAN follows him home and you're on each way you'll still be ahead at the price.
I'd advise a point each way on both ROMEO COOLIO and STATE MAN, two point win on L'EAU DU SUD and three point win LOSSIEMOUTH.
(A point is whatever your stake is - whether it be £10, £1000 or higher).
There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
https://x.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1899257453910368629
Not seen that for a couple of years.
It was a simple cockup by his team, apparently.
They have Cloudfare and just didn't implement it for some reason.
Elon is in charge of X, and it’s crashing.
He’s in charge of Tesla, and the stock is plummeting.
He’s in charge of SpaceX, the rockets are exploding.
He’s in charge of DOGE, how do you think that is going to end?
As for knowing where a DDOS came from - you won’t have a chance as it will be coming from compromised devices the world over - it’s the only way to get the bandwidth you need to kill a service that has an equally large amount of bandwidth
https://x.com/Acyn/status/1899222514569814244
This smelled like horseshit at the time.
It's why they blame Ukraine for being invaded, and think a fair result is the aggressor gaining territory, the USA gaining mineral rights, Ukraine surrendering, and Europe paying for security.
PM expected to announce billions in savings from personal independence payment, the main disability benefit"
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/10/starmer-decries-worst-of-all-worlds-benefits-systems-ahead-of-deep-cuts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0kgpyz3mmpo
Starmer says benefit system unfair and indefensible
Sir Keir Starmer has called the current benefits system unsustainable, indefensible and unfair, and said the government could not "shrug its shoulders and look away".
Addressing Labour MPs on Monday evening, the prime minister said the current welfare system was "the worst of all worlds", discouraging people from working while producing a "spiralling bill".
I think you'll find this will be as difficult as getting rid of Triple Lock. There is a whole host of charities (a tax law designation) that spend their monies (often government grants) on Judicial Reviews to challenge small aspects of legal interpretation of any new legislation. This chips away at the foundations of some quite realistic approaches which then creates anomalies. These anomalies then create more opportunities for a JR and so it goes on.
I haven't a clue what can or should be done about people exercising their legal rights apart from politicians drafting sound laws in the first place.
Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, said that Ukraine will have to give up land seized by Russia as part of any peace deal as he flew to Saudi Arabia for make-or-break talks
When my old company had a cyber attack that breached our defences it was from St Petersburg.
Cheltenham going update: festival to start on good to soft ground despite 3.5mm rain hitting the track on Monday
What evidence do you have for that? Blindly cutting costs is easy. Cutting costs and not damaging things is much, much harder. And 'efficiency' often depends on the metric being used.
Wanting high levels of benefits without the concomitant contributions is up there with cut my taxes and spend more on hospitals and schools for naivety and stupidity.
There has to be a safety net for those in genuine need - I don't think anyone disputes that. The argument seems to be the increase in those on disability benefits (a by product of Covid and the mental and physical health problems that has caused) has increased spending on the welfare budget beyond that which is affordable given the current state of the public finances.
It's analogous to the SEN problem for local Government whereby demand has risen almost exponentially since Covid.
I'm tempted to ask why no one in Government (the Civil Service) foresaw the likelihood of increased mental and physical health problems post Covid - if you were looking at the after effects of any significant traumatic event, they would be at the top of my list. The desire to return to "normal" presumably overrode considerations of longer term consequences.
We have tens of thousands of people who have been declared unfit to work yet from the bully pulpit, we get exhortations of "they're scroungers, get them back to work". In the current world of under employment finding "work" is one thing, finding the work that works for you is something else. Put another way, there are jobs to be done but usually the jobs no one wants to do for the money being offered.
Am I still triggering you? I wrote:
"He spends next to no time involved in Tesla as he's too busy firing veterans with important government jobs. They launched the refresh of the best selling car in the world and he said nothing - your average CEO would be all over the media ramping the product. Musk? No longer sleeping on a cot in the Tesla factory, he's at Mar-a-Lago, the White House or sleeping on a cot at the US Treasury."
Podbean: https://undercutters.podbean.com/e/f1-2025-australian-grand-prix-preview-and-predictions/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/12GP9VRP7Ra4pIGkRBf0UG
Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/bcfe213b-55fb-408a-a823-dc6693ee9f78/episodes/70a05c2c-f06c-43ac-a980-1b2e129290d5/undercutters---f1-podcast-f1-2025-australian-grand-prix-preview-and-predictions
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f1-2025-australian-grand-prix-preview-and-predictions/id1786574257?i=1000698699273
Transcript: https://morrisf1.blogspot.com/2025/03/f1-2025-australian-grand-prix-preview.html
Without addressing that type of issue (which wil cost money) you won’t solve any problem with disability.
For more severely disabled people the minimum wage is going to impose productivity requirements that a lot of people can’t meet.
When I used to work just outside Leeds Morrison’s in Rothwell had a man with Down’s syndrome who used to move the trolleys and baskets slowly but with a small and a wave, I doubt in this day and age he still has that “job”.
And you evidently did not read what I wrote, either. You are trying to deny and downplay the links between Musk and Tesla, because you like Tesla. I'm saying the $56 billion bung drives and environmentally-friendly coach and horses through your claims. Tesla's board is *not* independent of Musk, for it it was, there's no way they'd go to so much trouble to repeatedly get that deal through.
And if, as you claim, Musk is 'operationally' not involved, why do the board want him to get $56 billion?
Musk and Tesla are tied at the hip. If you shill for Tesla, you shill for Musk.
#IncitatusForPresident
It’s actually been an issue since the minimum wage began, take my example in Rothwell the man wasn’t doing any real work but it kept him happy and the customers liked him. Now is that worth £15 (with employer costs) for every hour he’s there - for a large firm it’s possible, for a coffee shop it’s not practical
https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/customprofiles/build/#E14001455
RFK Jnr is a fan, of course.
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social
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Since taking over DOGE, Elon Musk has lost more of his own wealth than DOGE has managed to save from the budget.
Some years ago, a twat had his dog off the lead in field. Started having a go at one of the horses in the hack. Actually nipping legs etc.
The horse I was riding was a bit old, but a good jumper. And had a sense a humour. When the dog came near him, he gave it a stable yard tap. A flick with the hoof to tell it to go away without hurting it.
Idiot owner came up screaming. Something about hunting as well, IIRC. Anyway he picked up a fair sized stick and wacked my horse on the arse, to try and get it to bolt or something.
I swear the horse, when it turned its head, looked me in the eye. “I’ve got this”.
Then it kicked straight back and launched the fool. Who was standing right behind the horse.
No EV can do that, on your behalf.
Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/07/surface-tension-could-the-promised-aukus-nuclear-submarines-simply-never-be-handed-over-to-australia
.. Instead, those nuclear submarines, stationed in Australia, could bear US flags, carry US weapons, commanded and crewed by American officers and sailors.
Australia, unswerving ally, reduced instead to a forward operating garrison – in the words of the chair of US Congress’s house foreign affairs committee, nothing more than “a central base of operations from which to project power”.
..Turnbull, former Prime Minister of 🇦🇺: "We are spending a fortune vastly more than the partnership with France would have involved. We’re spending vastly more and we are very likely, I would say almost certainly, going to end up with no submarines at all"..
Any job advertised now will get dozens if not hundreds of applicants so why take a chance on the one that every other company has turned down for the past three years? They must have seen something wrong. Why take a chance on the now clean (or so he says) ex-druggie or alcoholic or schizophrenic?
How many MPs will pledge to offer a job to the long-term sick and unemployed? How many political parties?
But it's gong to take many years. Three US subs are supposed to be leased/sold to Australia to fill the gap, and that now looks highly unlikely.
https://www.asa.gov.au/business-industry/build
https://www.asa.gov.au/business-industry/build
And most firms already don’t operate a “give a chance” policy
I have to admit that trying to get disabled people working is a brave policy when you are tightening employment law and companies aren’t exactly looking at recruiting more workers