The Cheltenham Gold Cup, jump racing’s blue ribband, takes centre stage on St Patrick’s Day this Friday without two of the season’s staying chasing stars in King George and World Hurdle winner Thistlecrack and ex-Grand National hero Many Clouds. The two locked horns in a titanic battle on trials day with…
Day: 17 March 2017
1pt win Master Blueyes @7/1, 13:30 Cheltenham, Friday
Defi Du Seuil is the correct favourite for the Triumph Hurdle having won all of his five starts to date. Those successes have generally come against fairly shallow small-field opposition where he has had the race at his mercy. As a result, it’s difficult to know how he will respond when…
1pt each-way Ivanovich Gorbatov @11/1, 14:10 Cheltenham, Friday
And just like that, it’s Gold Cup day. Normal service was restored at Cheltenham on Thursday as Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullins notched a four-timer to refill wounded punters’ pockets, whilst the Irish dominance of this Festival continued. They had never won the Prestbury Cup before Any Currency’s disqualification gave…