[Wanderer]

Re: Cheltenham festival 2010 : Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:28 pm  

Carneys Pint wrote:

Buy today's Racing Post Wheels - get a behind enemy lines section too ie. what the bookies PR boys say and full form for every race on every day

52 page guide - well worth the £1.70.

Re: Cheltenham festival 2010 : Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:14 pm  

My stabs for tomorrow - going e/w on all these...

1:30 MENORAH and OSCAR WHISKY

2:05 KANGAROO COURT

2:40 CHIEF DAN GEORGE

3:20 ZAYNAR

4:00 MONKERHOSTIN

4:40 CAROLE'S LEGACY

Bit too wary to deploy my usual tactic of laying all the favs tomorrow

Good luck everyone!

Re: Cheltenham festival 2010 : Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:02 pm  

Tuesday 16th March

1.30 Dunguib
2.05 Somersby
2.40 The Package
3.20 Go Native / Khyber Kim
4.00 Garde Champetre
4.40 Voler La Vadette

I know most of them are near head of the market and as we've seen time and time again all favourites don't win but i dont know which one's wont therefore I cant abandon them just incase there 1 of the 1's who inevitably wont win. :/

Good Luck all

Re: Cheltenham festival 2010 : Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:15 pm  

My selections :- 1.30pm - Oscar Whisky 2.05pm - Riverside Theatre 2.40pm - Theatrical Moment 3.20pm - Punjabi 4.00pm - Monkerhostin 4.40pm - Voler La Vedette I am trying to run a champion tipster table over on the Leigh site :- viewtopic.php?f=22&t=448933

My selections :- 1.30pm - Oscar Whisky 2.05pm - Riverside Theatre 2.40pm - Theatrical Moment 3.20pm - Punjabi 4.00pm - Monkerhostin 4.40pm - Voler La Vedette I am trying to run a champion tipster table over on the Leigh site :- viewtopic.php?f=22&t=448933

Re: Cheltenham festival 2010 : Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:17 pm  

GMOOH
Sizing Europe
Benselem
Solwhit
Garde Champetre
Quevega

Good luck all, i'll need it.

Re: Cheltenham festival 2010 : Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:37 pm  

Somersby and Garde Champetre look to be a worthwhile double tomorrow.

The Champion Hurdle is the most open I can remember and I might take a chance on Medermit, depending on the going - I think this is the least exposed in the race and may well improve past some of the more fancied runners.

I've been given a strong e/w tip for the County Hurdle on Friday, currently 25/1, been laid out for this race but the drawback is that the trainer is a wrong 'un so am wary of passing the info on.

Re: Cheltenham festival 2010 : Mon Mar 15, 2010 10:38 pm  

The Champion Hurdle is a fascinating race tomorrow!

I've backed Punjabi purely because I always normally do back it, but I like Starluck and Zaynar at bigger prices.

Starluck wasn't beaten far by Go Native in the Christmas hurdle and I reckon he'll like the stiffer track and hill.

Zaynar still interests me a lot also, I reckon you can probably forgive him for the run at Kelso, he didn't like the ground that day and you get the feeling that the Johnson team got a right touch that day in running a horse that they'd bought primarilly to go chasing and dropping it in with very favourable conditions. I reckon with a bigger field and a slightly better pace he could be right there at the end.

Re: Cheltenham festival 2010 : Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:26 pm  

Agree with a few others that it could well be a great day for favourite backers tomorrow. At Cheltenham I do always try and avoid as many as I can, but tomorrow I just cannot get away from so many of them..

Supreme Novices - Dunguib for me is the biggest Cheltenham banker of my lifetime of following racing. No point looking for an e/w option for me as I'm so certain of the winner.

Arkle - Captain Cee Bee needs to jump better than he ever has before but I think he will. I know it's hard to compare a Supreme Novices Hurdle to an Arkle but the form of the Captain's win 2 years ago makes very good reading.. He won very well running on strongly and had some cracking animals in behind...Binocular, Khyber Kim, Sentry Duty, Deep Purple, Kalahari King, Tranquil Sea, and other good horses too..

William Hill Trophy - Nenuphar Collonges (e/w) ran well at the festival for the last 2 years winning the Albert Bartlett 2 years ago and finishing just under a length 3rd to Wichita Lineman in this race last year. Might be Alan King's 2nd string, but Wayne Hutchinson is a very able jockey and course form of 2 wins a 2nd and that 3rd last year reads well. Has had a nice break and has ran well fresh on a number of occasions before.

Champion Hurdle - Starluck (e/w) arguably the hardest race of the festival to work out with about 75% of the field being able to have a strong case for having a good chance. Love the horse though and the way he travels and think he'll be in the shake up close home..

Cross Country Chase - Lacdoudal (e/w) Garde Champetre another very worthy favourite and one I have backed and think will probably win. Having a few quid e/w on the selection though purely on the grounds that it's from a stable bang in form (Phillip Hobbs) has an outstanding 3lb claimer on board (Reece Flint) and has course form and at 33/1 could be decent value.

Mares Hurdle - Quevega a match for me with the selection and VLV. Tough to pick one over the other, but gone for Quevega after the way she slaughtered the field in this race last year and helped me to my biggest win last year...

Can't wait for it now it's nearly here, good luck all!

Re: Cheltenham festival 2010 : Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:28 pm  

Not long now chaps been waiting months for this.

Good luck.

Re: Cheltenham festival 2010 : Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:48 pm  

Well .. I truly cannot wait for racing to begin tomorrow. I'll be up bright and early for the papers and a last look before placing bets.

But at the moment - I'm pretty happy with my picks.

1:30 - Spinal Research Supreme Novices´ Hurdle
Dunguib to WIN.
Get Me Out Of Here to WIN.
Dan Breen E/W

2:05 - Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase
Sizing Europe to WIN.

2:40 - William Hill Trophy Handicap Chase
Theatrical Moment to WIN.
The Tother One E/W.
Beat The Boys E/W.

3:20 - Smurfitt Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy
Solwhit to WIN.
Zaynar - Undecided yet, probably WIN depending on Odds.

4:00 - Glenfarclas Handicap Chase
Garde Champetre to WIN.

4:40 - David Nicholson Mares Hurdle
Volar La Vedette to WIN.

I'll let y'all know of any changes before I head for the course, but I'm confident i'll have a strong day tomorrow.

Good Luck All - Let the games begin.