Has anyone go a good tip? I usually ignore the horses and go for the jockey with the red hat. Unfortunately there are three of them so I'm in a fog as to what to do.

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

Answers

And I don't want any of these "never stand down wind of an elephant with flatulence" type of tips if you don't mind.

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

What race is that one running in Jacko?

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

For me it's Alexander Banquet - Not influenced at all by being called Joe Alexander!

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

That's one of the red hat ones! This must be an omen. I'm putting me money on it.

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

I'm going for Manx Magic. Sounds like a horse with three legs, but for those of us on the inside not a bad bet each way.

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2002

for those of us on the inside not a bad bet each way.

I'm very sorry to hear this Gibbo. I'd no idea you were up in court, never mind facing a custodial sentence. Good to hear you can still get a bet on though. Prisons seem to be so much more enlightened places these days.

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2002

I've just discovered that my local rag had got all the colours of the jockeys wrong and Alexander Banquet is NOT carrying a red hatted person. Also, in this mornings Grauniad, Niall Quinn has tipped it. Should I stick with my original selection (changed me mind having originally picked Party Politics in 92) even though it goes against all my principles?

I think I might back two!

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2002

It's got a red hat in the Mirror, but not the other papers I've got!

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2002

I've got Frantic Tan

I'm not even sure if he's wearing a hat or not :)

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2002

Bugger!

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2002

Double bugger.

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2002

So howway then, own up, who got anywhere near ?

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2002

Don't look here. Me and the family backed 4 horses - none of them finished.

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2002

Mine fell at the FIRST BLOODY JUMP

Picking horses at random doesn't work twice obviously (I was 4 when I picked the winner randomly)

-- Anonymous, April 07, 2002

Mr Jacko backed the one that came second but only had two quid each way on it. Mind you, we got ante-post odds of 20-1 so he won a tenner!

-- Anonymous, April 07, 2002