As it says on the Cheltenham Racecourse Website “Football has Wembley, Tennis has Wimbledon and Jump racing has Cheltenham”. Already all roads lead to Cheltenham in March 2012. The three Day Cheltenham Open Meeting kicks off this Friday (11th November) with the main race being the Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase run on Saturday. Long...
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The fourth day of the Cheltenham Festival comes to a climax with the staying chasers championship, the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup worth £500,000.00 and run over 3 miles 2 furlongs. Thirteen runners will go to post and include three previous winners of the race namely Kauto Star, Denman and Imperial Commander. It is hard...
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The centre piece of Thursday’s card at Cheltenham is the Ladbrokes World Hurdle worth £260,000.00 and run over 3 miles. Big Bucks (pictured with Ruby Walsh) has won the race for the last two years and is a warm favourite to emulate Inglis Drever and win it for a third time. He will not...
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The sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase worth £320,000.00 and run over 2 miles is the centre piece of Wednesday’s card at Cheltenham. There seems to be little between last years winner Big Zeb, Master Minded, Somersby and Golden Silver. Golden Silver has been in tremendous form in Ireland for the last two seasons but...
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The Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy worth £370,000.00 and run over 2 miles is the centre piece of Tuesdays card at Cheltenham. The race promises to be a cracker. Its a shame that Binocular, who won the race last year, does not run but he would have faced stiff opposition from Menorah, Peddlars Cross, Kyber...
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The countdown for the 2011 Cheltenham Festival commenced as soon as the 2010 Cheltenham Festival finished. For National Hunt lovers this is the best meeting in Europe and is always eagerly awaited. There are 27 races over the 4 days and the first one on Tuesday 15th March when the meeting starts is the Stan...
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The two day Cheltenham International Meeting looks as though it will get underway today (Friday 10th). Neptune Collonges is the class act today in the Majordomo Hospitality Handicap Chase run over 3 miles 1 furlong but the real action will be tomorrow with a cracking eight race card. The Vote A.P. Gold Cup Handicap...
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The Cheltenham Open Meeting gets underway on Friday (12th) and runs through to Sunday (14th). The highlight of the meeting is the Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase worth £150,000 and run over 2 miles 4 furlongs on Saturday. Long Run (pictured) and Great Endeavour are both strongly fancied for this race. After the weight allowance for...
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The picture shows Kauto Star leading Denman around the parade ring at Sandown on “Whitbread” Day back in April last year and I would imagine that is the order they will finish in the Cheltenham Gold Cup tomorrow. Both are super Chasers and I hope we witness another great race between them. At 4/1...
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The centre piece of the third day of the Cheltenham Festival is the Ladbrokes World Hurdle worth £260,000 run over 3 miles. Big Bucks will be a warm order to repeat his win of last year. His price will be prohibitive for the small punter but that means there should be some value about...
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