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 Chase…
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 his…
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 Denman…
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 the…
The centre piece on Wednesday is the Queen Mother Champion Chase run over 2 miles. Master Minded will be a warm favourite for this and connections will be looking to win this race for the third year in a row. Trainer Ferdie Murphy is pleased with the condition of his Kalahari King and is confident…
Well the wait is nearly over and the Cheltenham Festival will get underway on Tuesday 16th with the centre piece being the Champion Hurdle. This years race looks a very open affair. There is nothing of the calibre of a Night Nurse who is the best Hurdler that I have ever seen. Night Nurse (pictured…
Just five weeks to go now until the greatest race meeting in the world begins, the Cheltenham four day festival. At Leopardstown in Ireland on Sunday Dunguib was mighty impressive and for all the big “hitters” he will surely be the banker of the 2010 meeting. In 1978 the Irish trainer, Edward O’Grady, had a…
It was good to finally get some top class racing back again last weekend after all the cancelled meetings due to the cold weather. C4 served up an exciting afternoon from Haydock where Diamond Harry was impressive for his first run over fences, and Ascot where Twist Magic won as he pleased and provides Paul…
The Cheltenham Boylesports International Meeting gets underway today (Friday) with some great racing in prospect culminating with the International Hurdle worth £150,000 tomorrow. This race looks to be a rematch of last years Cheltenham Champion Hurdle where Punjabi just beat Celestrial Halo and Binocular.Barry Geraghty rides Punjabi and come next March he might have a…
For the third Saturday running Ruby Walsh and Paul Nicholls won the “big” race. Kauto Star just at Haydock, Denmans demolition job at Newbury and Twist Magics’ pillar to post at Sandown. All three horses were superbly ridden by Ruby Walsh and of course brilliantly trained by the Paul Nicholls team.Denmans (pictured left) performance under…
