The last, but the best, day of the Festival and by the end of the meeting we'll have crowned another Gold Cup winner.
Here are the updated tips for today:
Triumph - Master of Arts
County Hurdle - Cockney Trucker
Albert Bartlett - Weapon's Amnesty (Toby Belch e/w)
Gold Cup - Star Du Mohaison and Albertas Run e/w
Foxhunters - Amicelli
Martin Pipe - Piraya e/w
Grand Annual - Poquelin
Friday, 13 March 2009
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Day 3 bets
A terrible day for the bookies, but a great day for us thanks to Mikael D’Haguenet, Cooldine and Dunguib.
With the ground drying out all the time, the updated tips for today are:
Jewson – Northern Alliance
Pertemps – Scriptwriter
Ryanair – Voy Por Ustedes
World Hurdle – Kasbah Bliss
Festival Plate – Three Mirrors
Kim Muir – Aggie’s Lad
With the ground drying out all the time, the updated tips for today are:
Jewson – Northern Alliance
Pertemps – Scriptwriter
Ryanair – Voy Por Ustedes
World Hurdle – Kasbah Bliss
Festival Plate – Three Mirrors
Kim Muir – Aggie’s Lad
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Day 2 final tips
Quevega did us a big favour in the last yesterday after a day of near misses, including with Maljimar.
Here are the updated tips for today:
National Hunt Chase - Coe
Ballymore Properties – Mikael d’Haguenet (Quwetwo e/w)
RSA Chase – Cooldine
Queen Mother – Big Zeb e/w
Coral Cup – Dancing Tornado (Star of Angels e/w)
Fred Winter – Alexander Severus
Champion Bumper – Dunguib
Here are the updated tips for today:
National Hunt Chase - Coe
Ballymore Properties – Mikael d’Haguenet (Quwetwo e/w)
RSA Chase – Cooldine
Queen Mother – Big Zeb e/w
Coral Cup – Dancing Tornado (Star of Angels e/w)
Fred Winter – Alexander Severus
Champion Bumper – Dunguib
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Day 1 tips update
Hear we go!!
Now the final fields and ground conditions are known, here are our updated tips for Day 1.
Supreme Novices: Cousin Vinny
Arkle: Planet of Sound
Will Hill Trophy: Maljimar
Champion Hurdle: Osana
Cross Country Chase: L'Ami
Mares Hurdle: Quevega
Good luck!!
Now the final fields and ground conditions are known, here are our updated tips for Day 1.
Supreme Novices: Cousin Vinny
Arkle: Planet of Sound
Will Hill Trophy: Maljimar
Champion Hurdle: Osana
Cross Country Chase: L'Ami
Mares Hurdle: Quevega
Good luck!!
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Sunday, 1 March 2009
Insider tips
The Festival previews and stable open days have now begun in earnest and here are some of the most interesting tips from those held during the past week:
Phillip Hobbs: Planet Of Sound (Arkle)
Paul Nicholls: Nictory Vote (Fred Winter), Celestial Halo (Champion Hurdle)
John Francome: Carruthers (RSA Chase)
Davy Russell: Mikael D’Haguenet (Ballymore Properties)
Mick Fitzgerald: Kasbah Bliss (World Hurdle)
Frank Berry, JP McManus’ racing manager: L’Ami (Cross Country Chase)
Dermot Weld: Rite Of Passage (Bumper)
Alan King: Thetwincamdrift (Albert Bartlett on soft), Penn Da Benn (e/w Coral Cup)
Robert Thornton: Walkon (Triumph Hurdle)
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Phillip Hobbs: Planet Of Sound (Arkle)
Paul Nicholls: Nictory Vote (Fred Winter), Celestial Halo (Champion Hurdle)
John Francome: Carruthers (RSA Chase)
Davy Russell: Mikael D’Haguenet (Ballymore Properties)
Mick Fitzgerald: Kasbah Bliss (World Hurdle)
Frank Berry, JP McManus’ racing manager: L’Ami (Cross Country Chase)
Dermot Weld: Rite Of Passage (Bumper)
Alan King: Thetwincamdrift (Albert Bartlett on soft), Penn Da Benn (e/w Coral Cup)
Robert Thornton: Walkon (Triumph Hurdle)
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Saturday, 28 February 2009
Trainer Watch
There are very few more important pointers to a runner’s chances at the Festival than the form of its yard.
However good it is and however strong its claims appear to be, a horse will have little or no chance of winning at Cheltenham if his stable is out of form. A lack of winners is a clear indication that all is not well with the health of a trainer’s string.
At the 2006 Festival, both Willie Mullins and Martin Pipe went to Cheltenham with a host of fancied runners and yet virtually all of them disappointed. It was clear from an early stage that all wasn’t well with their runners and so it paid to avoid or even lay them.
Of course, the opposite is also true and it can pay significant dividends if you can identify in form trainers early on at the meeting. For example, Ferdy Murphy has an excellent recent Festival record, particularly in handicap chases, and yet many of his runners are still allowed to go off at huge prices. Alan King has also done exceptionally well at Cheltenham in the last couple of seasons.
This year, Paul Nicholls, Willie Mullins and Nicky Henderson have had their horses in terrific form throughout the season and if they can continue in the same vein between now and the start of the Festival they will surely enjoy plenty of success at the big meeting.
Likewise, stables seemingly running into form at just the right time include those of Venetia Williams, Henrietta Knight and Jonjo O’Neill. That being the case, pay special attention to whatever Jonjo decides to run in the handicaps, over both hurdles and fences, and the National Hunt Chase. Because his horses were badly out of form for much of last season, and at the beginning of this, many of them are dangerously well handicapped.
However good it is and however strong its claims appear to be, a horse will have little or no chance of winning at Cheltenham if his stable is out of form. A lack of winners is a clear indication that all is not well with the health of a trainer’s string.
At the 2006 Festival, both Willie Mullins and Martin Pipe went to Cheltenham with a host of fancied runners and yet virtually all of them disappointed. It was clear from an early stage that all wasn’t well with their runners and so it paid to avoid or even lay them.
Of course, the opposite is also true and it can pay significant dividends if you can identify in form trainers early on at the meeting. For example, Ferdy Murphy has an excellent recent Festival record, particularly in handicap chases, and yet many of his runners are still allowed to go off at huge prices. Alan King has also done exceptionally well at Cheltenham in the last couple of seasons.
This year, Paul Nicholls, Willie Mullins and Nicky Henderson have had their horses in terrific form throughout the season and if they can continue in the same vein between now and the start of the Festival they will surely enjoy plenty of success at the big meeting.
Likewise, stables seemingly running into form at just the right time include those of Venetia Williams, Henrietta Knight and Jonjo O’Neill. That being the case, pay special attention to whatever Jonjo decides to run in the handicaps, over both hurdles and fences, and the National Hunt Chase. Because his horses were badly out of form for much of last season, and at the beginning of this, many of them are dangerously well handicapped.
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