The form of the Musselburgh Pertemps Qualifier looks strong with the first three of CUP FINAL, WARRIORS TALE, and Taglietelle back for more in the main event this afternoon. Nicky Henderson is in fantastic form and you can fully expect Cup Final to improve for his first run of the…
1pt win Bristol De Mai @5/1, 13:30 Cheltenham, Thursday
The New One may have flopped again but I doubt his trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies envisaged his Festival week going this well by the half-way point. The second half of the week could get off to a flyer if his BRISTOL DE MAI can justify ante-post favouritism in the opening JLT Novices’ Chase and notch…
1pt win Upswing @9/1, 0.5pt EW Sambremont @16/1, 17:30 Cheltenham
Doctor Harper is 5/1 favourite for the Kim Muir, which seems an awfully short price for a handicap of this magnitude. His opening mark might be lenient, but the form of his only success over fences looks poor, dispatching of two horses rated 133 and 124 respectively. The form has…
1pt each-way Josses Hill w/o Vautour @12/1, 14:50 Cheltenham, Thursday
Through my eyes, the totally inexcusable bollocks that Rich Ricci and Willie Mullins came up with when justifying their switching of Vautour from the Gold Cup to Thursday’s Ryanair takes the gloss off his inevitable win. They should have run him in the Champion Chase. Water under the bridge and he’s now…
0.5pt each-way Kings Palace @12/1, 0.5pt each-way Ballynagour @25/1, 16:10 Cheltenham
Course and good ground form has been absolutely crucial this week at the Festival, with conditions faster than anything found in the form book this season. Almost everything fancied that’s shown its best on softer ground has been left trailing, with the likes of Yanworth, No More Heroes and Un…
1pt win Politologue @10/1, 1pt win Arbre De Vie @12/1, 0.5pt EW Baron Alco @20/1, 14:50 Cheltenham
The Coral Cup is a great betting opportunity on day two of The Festival, and although we were a tad unlucky to see two of our selections get taken out before the race had even developed in the Ultima Handicap Chase, we are eager to get stuck in to another…
1pt each-way treble Yanworth, More Of That, Un De Sceaux @13/1
It was business as usual for Grade 1 king Willie Mullins on the first day of Cheltenham Festival, with Douvan, Vroum Vroum Mag and, most impressively, Annie Power all bolting up – the latter in a course record time. Minella Rocco was another favourite to win in what must have…
1pt win Beg To Differ @12/1, 0.5pt EW Morning Assembly @14/1, 0.5pt EW Southfield Theatre @20/1, 14:50 Cheltenham
The market for each of the Grade 1’s on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival all look fairly familiar. Nobody is going to get rich by placing single bets on the Willie Mullins’ favourites, and I for one would rather get stuck in to the exciting big-field handicaps where there’s…
0.5pt each-way Definitly Red @16/1, 16:50 Cheltenham, 15th March
The wait is over, spring has turned up and it’s Champion Hurdle day at Cheltenham Festival. The big race is a curious punting puzzle this year and we’re sitting on a 25/1 each-way ticket on runaway Relkeel Hurdle winner Camping Ground, who it might surprise you to know is the…
Cheltenham Festival 2016
The form is in the book, the cards are finalised (nearly), spring has turned up (late), and it’s one more sleep ’til the 2016 Cheltenham Festival. We’ll be there all four days and promise all of our tips for the day before noon, and if you haven’t followed our ante-post selections…