Royal Kahala to Floor Porter in Stayers’ March 16, 2022 Bill Esdaile’s Stayers’ Hurdle 1-2-3: 1. Royal Kahala 2. Flooring Porter 3. Thyme Hill THERE are few races at the Cheltenham Festival which are easy to solve and today’s Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (3.30pm) certainly falls into that category. Many of the leading contenders have put in performances more than worthy of taking this race but [...]
King can rely on his Queen for more Cheltenham glory March 16, 2022 IT HAD been a long time in between drinks for Alan King at the Cheltenham Festival before Edwardstone landed Tuesday’s Sporting Life Arkle. His last winner at this meeting was Uxizandre in the 2015 Ryanair, incidentally also AP McCoy’s final Festival winner, but he may not have to wait too long for the next one. [...]
Tiger retires after making Delta Work March 16, 2022 HE HAS roared for the final time, but what a roar it was! Tiger Roll went out on his sword at Cheltenham on a miserable, gloomy Wednesday afternoon, only succumbing to stablemate Delta Work in the dying strides of the 3m6f Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase. Ridden by Davy Russell – who partnered ‘the Tiger’ to [...]
Conflated can serve it up to monster Allaho in the Ryanair Chase March 16, 2022 THERE is a real sense of déjà vu about this year’s Ryanair Chase (2.50pm). Anyone remember a red-hot Willie Mullins-trained favourite returning to this race having blown his rivals away in the race 12 months earlier? That horse was Un De Sceaux who bolted up in this race back in 2017 but then had his [...]
EP: 119 Cheltenham Festival — Gold Cup Day, Friday March 16, 2022 Gold Cup Day at the Cheltenham Festival is for many the highlight of the week’s racing at Prestbury Park. Our special guests today are Davy Russell, Milton Harris & Max McNeill. City A.M. racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the final day’s action at this year’s Cheltenham Festival. Hosted by Chris Barnett The Punter ‘The Punter’ has been [...]
Elliott looks to hold the key to Coral Cup with Saint Felicien March 15, 2022 YOU DON’T get many more competitive handicaps than this afternoon’s Coral Cup (2.50pm) where 26 runners are set to go to post. Winners at 20/1, 25/1 and 33/1 in the last four years show just how complex a puzzle it can be for punters to unravel. It looks as though ante-post favourite Good Risk At [...]
Tiger set to roar one final time at Cheltenham March 15, 2022 LEGEND is used far too freely in modern day society, but in the case of TIGER ROLL it is 100 percent justified. This terrier-like little horse first turned up at the Cheltenham Festival in 2014 when winning the Triumph Hurdle at 10/1. He then won the 2017 National Hunt Chase over four miles before landing the 2018, [...]
Elliott can end day in style with American Mike March 15, 2022 TODAY’S card concludes with the Weatherby’s Champion Bumper (5.30pm) and if the vibes are to be believed then Willie Mullins’ Facile Vega will be extremely difficult to beat. The five-year-old is impeccably bred, out of multiple Mares’ Hurdle heroin Quevega, and it’s hard not to have been impressed by what he’s done on the track in his two starts so [...]
L’Homme Presse can put one on the board for the home team March 15, 2022 L’Homme Presse Ahoy Senor Farouk D’Alene IN A WEEK where the Irish are once again set to dominate, the home team hold a strong hand in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (2.10pm) now that Galopin Des Champs has opted to take up an alternative challenge. Trainer Paul Nicholls has always held Bravemansgame in the highest regard [...]
Irish Banker Sir Gerhard looks hard to oppose March 15, 2022 Bill Esdaile’s 1-2-3 Sir Gerhard Journey With Me Stage Star WHEN the Willie Mullins-trained SIR GERHARD beat Gordon Elliott’s Three Stripe Life over two miles in a Grade One at the Dublin Racing Festival, the majority felt that they would be locking horns again in a rematch at Cheltenham in the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. However, [...]