Galopin set for a Champs’ reception in the Gold Cup March 16, 2023 IT COULD be time for a new staying superstar to step forward in this year’s Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup (3.30pm), as Willie Mullins’ GALOPIN DES CHAMPS sets his sights on the biggest prize in National Hunt racing. This horse has been a revelation since winning the Martin Pipe Conditional Hurdle at the Festival two years [...]
We can all Brag when Lossiemouth wins the Triumph March 16, 2023 WE ALL know Willie Mullins has a lot of strength in depth at his Closutton base, but he might not have had a stronger crop of juvenile hurdlers for quite some time. He saddles nine of the 15-strong field in the Triumph Hurdle (1.30pm), and given four of those occupy the top spots in the [...]
Go for Broke with Pem in the County March 16, 2023 WILLIE Mullins and Dan Skelton have won seven of the last eight runnings of the County Hurdle (2:10) between them. In that time, Mullins has four wins to Skelton’s three, but I think it could be level come around 2.15pm. PEMBROKE won a couple of two-mile novice hurdles on softish ground over the winter, but [...]
Hunter Chase Dream can come true March 16, 2023 CHELTENHAM’S biggest prize, in terms of trophy size, is today’s St James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup Hunters’ Chase (4:10pm), known to most over the years as the Foxhunters. And, despite it being one of the less valuable contests over the four days, this race is the pinnacle for hunter chasers. Only open to horses holding [...]
EP: 189 Cheltenham Festival – Friday March 16, 2023 The Boodles Gold Cup is not only the highlight of Friday’s racing at Cheltenham, but for many the whole festival. Owner Robert Waley-Cohen has won the race in the past with Long Run and his Grand National winning hero Noble Yeats carries his colours in this year’s renewal. Robert joins us exclusively on today’s episode [...]
Cheltenham Friday: The Punter Summary Podcast March 16, 2023 Listen to all of City AM racing editor Bill Esdaile’s Gold Cup Day tips in a short, summary episode of ‘The Punter Podcast’ alongside Chris Barnett. The full preview is also available on the City AM website. The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with a [...]
Klassical a Dream bet to Floor rivals in the Stayers’ March 15, 2023 THERE can’t be many more open Grade Ones than the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (3.30pm), where all 11 runners look to hold something of a chance. It’s a race with many great story lines. FLOORING PORTER, winner of the last two renewals, is looking for the hat-trick, 2019 winner Paisley Park is back for another [...]
Delta gets down to Work against stablemate Galvin March 15, 2023 GORDON Elliott adores the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase. Following Delta Work’s second win in the 3m6f contest yesterday, he drew level with Enda Bolger as the winning-most trainer of this event with five victories. Delta Work spoiled the Tiger Roll retirement party 12 months ago, but there was no party pooping this time – the [...]
Shishkin’s Road to victory might not be straightforward March 15, 2023 THERE is no getting away from the fact that if the real SHISHKIN turns up for this afternoon’s Ryanair Chase (2.50pm), he should make light work of his eight rivals. They say that one swallow doesn’t make a summer and that’s the dilemma facing punters as to whether his blistering return to form at Ascot last time [...]
Mullins can bring a Lot Of Joy to the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle March 15, 2023 THERE would be no better story than Henry de Bromhead training the winner of today’s Jack de Bromhead Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (4.50pm). The Grade Two event has been named in memory of the trainer’s son, who, in November last year, tragically lost his life in a pony racing accident aged just 13. De Bromhead fields [...]