A pretty good week for our ante-post selections. Triumph Hurdle favourite Ivanovich Gorbatrov was well beaten in the Grade 1 juvenile event at Leopardstown on Saturday, and drifted accordingly. AP McCoy spoke publically about the risk in ruling out his chances, pointing towards improvement on better spring ground, so he’s…
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33/1 Cheltenham Festival 'Banker' Fourfold
Accumulators at the big spring festivals are a lot of fun, so in this piece I’m putting forward the horses that – in my opinion – look as close to certain winners at the Cheltenham Festival as is possible in the sport of horse racing. Faugheen – Champion Hurdle His…
Cheltenham Festival ante-post update, 3rd February
A mixed week for our ante-post selections, with a couple seemingly dead in the water along with some good news, too. Camping Ground didn’t stay the three miles in the Cleeve Hurdle and whatever form claims he had over Thistlecrack before, those are now firmly reversed and trainer Robert Walford says…
Cheltenham Festival ante-post update
As the media noise around the Cheltenham Festival bubbles and the form book gradually takes shape, ante-post prices fluctuate and we’re keeping a keen eye on the prices of our selections. Tombstone @20/1 (now 16/1), Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Tuesday 15th March As predicted, the 20/1 didn’t last too long and he’s…
1pt win Sceau Royal @16/1, Triumph Hurdle, Cheltenham 18th March
One Festival market that’s not really taken shape yet is the Friday’s Triumph hurdle, where the well-named Ivanovich Gorbatrov trades ante-post favourite for the latest O’Brien to the training ranks, ex-Irish champion jockey Joseph. After a solitary facile success in a Leopardstown maiden, his horse trades a 7/2 favourite whereas it’s…
1pt win Tombstone @20/1, Supreme Novices' Hurdle, Cheltenham 15th March
To the delight of punters, for the past three years the Cheltenham Festival’s curtain raiser, the two-mile Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, has gone to Rich Ricci, Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh. For the same connections and long before he’d even raced outside France, Min has headed the market for the 2016 renewal.…
Five Cheltenham Festival ante-post selections
And so concludes a busy and successful festive period of National Hunt fixtures from both sides of the Irish Sea. December was a difficult month but Thistlecrack, Coney Island, Douvan, Ar Mad and Camping Ground all scored in Fergie time to bring our lifetime total to +114.44pts – our highest mark…