Re: Cheltenham Festival 2011... : Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:05 pm  

Undecided on which I'll actually back but these are my initial thoughts:

Supreme Novices
Spirit Son @ 11/2 (win)
Magens Star @ 25/1 (ew)
Rathlin @ 66/1 (ew)

Arkle
No Bet

Handicap Chase
Wolf Moon @ 18/1 (ew)
The Rainbow Hunter @ 33/1 (ew)

Champion Hurdle
Hurricane Fly @ 4/1 (win)

XC Chase
Quezac De La Roque @ 20/1 (ew)
Lord Nellerie @ 25/1 (ew)

Mares Hurdle
Two horse race but difficult to know which to back though would love to see Quevega win this for a third time.

Centenary Novices
Lastoftheleaders @ 20/1 (ew)
Tharawaat @ 18/1 (ew)

Martin

Re: Cheltenham Festival 2011... : Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:17 pm  

Carneys Pint wrote:

Undecided on which I'll actually back but these are my initial thoughts:

Handicap Chase
Wolf Moon @ 18/1 (ew)

Martin

Cheers... there goes the price plunge now CP has backed it. Marking the bookies cards for them !!

Re: Cheltenham Festival 2011... : Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:21 pm  

Wire_85 wrote:

Shocking reading about it this morning it didn't even need the meds it was just spots on his neck which didn't look nice! unreal.

Really? Haven't seen that report, if that's true then I can see why there's blame being pointed towards Henderson. That's poor.

Wire_85 wrote:

Backed Wishfull Thinking @ 4/1 for the Jewson with news that Captain Chris is going the Arkle.

CC is going the Arkle bugger. Why the fook did Hobbs give impression Wishfull Thinking and Captain Chris were off trthe Jewson. fook sake.

Re: Cheltenham Festival 2011... : Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:25 pm  

I'm doing my best to stick to only backing horses I really fancy. Eg, not backing a horse in every race just beacuse it's Cheltenham. I'm sure that will all change tomorrow morning though!

Very boring but I'm doing a patent on Cue Card, Quevega and Hurricane Fly. Singles on all 3 as well to varying degrees. I think me, Wire85 and CP will all be in the same boat come Tuesday evening by the looks of it!

Re: Cheltenham Festival 2011... : Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:28 pm  

Carneys Pint wrote:

Great day out Tommy - will post my selections when the final decs are out later this afternoon

Good oh, appreciate it.

Re: Cheltenham Festival 2011... : Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:19 pm  

Dan_FC wrote:

Really? Haven't seen that report, if that's true then I can see why there's blame being pointed towards Henderson. That's poor.

CC is going the Arkle bugger. Why the fook did Hobbs give impression Wishfull Thinking and Captain Chris were off trthe Jewson. fook sake.

As far as I can remember Hobbs had always said it was ground dependant for Captain Chris, with the Jewson if it was going to be fast ground. He has his preferred ground tomorrow and I reckon he will be a real danger. Wouldn't be surprised to see him beat at least a couple of the three market leaders.

Spirit Son must be very special as it is well known how highly Geraghty rates Sprinter Sacre. Cue Card is a worthy market leader but you never know how much possible improvement something has like Spirit Son. Not a race I ever get too heavily involved with.

I would love to see HF win the CH, and will wait until reading tomorrows RP before I decide who I fancy backing. Peddlers Cross ticks a lot of the right boxes and will certainly be storming up the hill. IF, and its a big IF, HF does prove good enough (he hasn't ran in a race as good as this, and a lot of his gd1 wins are on soft ground) then his finishing speed could see the race over and done with in a couple of shakes.

Quevega is banker material, and will be one of my main bets of the day.

Re: Cheltenham Festival 2011... : Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:24 pm  

Dan_FC wrote:

Really? Haven't seen that report, if that's true then I can see why there's blame being pointed towards Henderson. That's poor.

CC is going the Arkle bugger. Why the fook did Hobbs give impression Wishfull Thinking and Captain Chris were off trthe Jewson. fook sake.

Racing post this morning mate quotes from Henderson.

Re: Cheltenham Festival 2011... : Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:56 pm  

Wire_85 wrote:

Racing post this morning mate quotes from Henderson.

I take back those defensive comments I made about Henderson last night then mate

andym1988 wrote:

As far as I can remember Hobbs had always said it was ground dependant for Captain Chris, with the Jewson if it was going to be fast ground. He has his preferred ground tomorrow and I reckon he will be a real danger. Wouldn't be surprised to see him beat at least a couple of the three market leaders.

That's fair enough if that's the case mate, I can't say I've seen any quotes saying his run was ground dependant just that it was likely he'd be going for that rathe than Arkle. I still fancy him to go well, one that I've always liked and I've been looking forward to his Cheltenham run.

Re: Cheltenham Festival 2011... : Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:25 pm  

HF is favourite in places now for the CH, Ladbrokes have him 3s with Menorah 10/3. Both 9/2 with Skybet.

Re: Cheltenham Festival 2011... : Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:32 pm  

done my bets for TUESDAY

spirit son 11/2
al ferof 10/1

medermit 3/1
dan breen 16/1

bensalem 5/1
caroles legacy 16/1

peddlers cross 6/1 and again at 4's
kyber kim 12/1

premier sagas 16/1

id say medermit and peddlers cross my two bankers for tuesday. im going down for tues and weds too