EP: 47 Cheltenham Festival Day 4 – Friday March 18, 2021 The final day of the Festival is many people’s highlight of the week with the youngsters kicking off the action in the Triumph Hurdle and the prestigious Gold Cup, run over three and a quarter miles the feature race of the day. We are joined today by jockey Richard Johnson who rides Native River in [...]
Mount the best Plan Of Attack in Kim Muir March 17, 2021 AFTER the meeting they have had already, it will be no surprise to hear that I’m sticking with the Irish when it comes to the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase (4.50pm). Normally restricted to amateur jockeys, the new Covid-19 rules surrounding elite sport mean that only the professional jockeys can ride at the meeting. Hold [...]
More Stars on show at Cheltenham March 17, 2021 BOOKMAKERS all over the land will be desperate to get Envoi Allen beaten in the opening Marsh Novices’ Chase (1.20pm) after the successes of Shishkin in the Sporting Life Arkle and Monkfish in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase. The unbeaten Irish superstar is the final leg of plenty of short-priced trebles and I expect the [...]
Porter can floor his rivals in Stayers’ Hurdle March 17, 2021 A LARGE field of 15 is set to line up for Thursday’s highlight, the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (3.05pm), where Paisley Park will bid to join the likes of Big Buck’s, Inglis Drever and Baracouda as dual winners of this race. Emma Lavelle’s stable star won the 2019 renewal impressively but he was a bitter [...]
Stakes are high for Envoi Allen March 17, 2021 | Sponsored To everyone who has successfully hurdled their way over the first two days of Cheltenham with their wallets intact, that is a commendable effort. After the first day, it was a winning draw for the bookmakers. After Wednesday, the balance is marginally in our favour again. Despite Monkfish doing his best to make his odds [...]
EP: 46 Cheltenham Festival Day 3 – Thursday March 17, 2021 Day 3 of the Festival sees the stayers in action with Paisley Park looking to regain his crown from 2019 for trainer Emma Lavelle. There is also the Grade 1 Ryanair Chase and a couple of very tasty handicaps to look forward to. Our guests today include top trainers Fergal O’Brien, Harry Whittington and David [...]
St Patrick’s Day Party March 16, 2021 | Sponsored Wednesday at Cheltenham falls on St Patrick’s Day – no coincidence that all seven favourites are trained by the Irish. With no overseas invasion of fans this year, the Irish horses have more than made up the numbers. If you were contemplating a bet in the Prestbury Cup (Britain vs Ireland), a British victory may [...]
Take a chance on a Sneaky one in the Coral Cup March 16, 2021 AFTER getting a bit of a bloody nose on the opening day of the meeting, bookmakers will be taking no chances when it comes to Monkfish in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (1.55pm). Many people’s idea of the Irish banker of the entire meeting, Fitzdares are taking no chances offering only 2/5 about the exciting [...]
You must have a few Bob on Olinger in the Ballymore March 16, 2021 WHAT a race we have in store to kick off Wednesday’s card. The Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle (1.20pm) has produced some fantastic horses over the years like Istabraq, Hardy Eustace and Faugheen. And one of the best may well turn out to be last year’s victor Envoi Allen – then under the care of Gordon Elliott [...]
Negra looks Champion bet against Chacun Pour Soi March 16, 2021 DESPITE training over 70 Cheltenham Festival winners, Willie Mullins has yet to win the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase (3.05pm) but has a serious chance of rectifying that with Chacun Pour Soi. The nine-year-old was favourite for the race 12 months ago before being ruled out on the day of the race itself. He has [...]