Cheltenham

Cheltenham Open Meeting 2009

by Ian Wade • November 13, 2009

The 3 Day Cheltenham Open Meeting got underway today (Friday 13th) and certainly whetted our appetites for the months ahead. Tomorrow sees the feature race of the three days the Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase worth £150,000 and run over 2 miles 4 furlongs. It does look a very tricky affair and with the anticipated…

by Ian Wade • March 17, 2009

What a fabulous four days racing we all had at the Cheltenham Festival last week. The Gold Cup showed that Kauto Star and Denman are way ahead of the other three mile Chasers and we are already counting down to their rematch in 2010. Lets hope they stay fit and well. It might well be…

by Ian Wade • March 12, 2009

Well we are at Day 4 already of the Cheltenham Festival 2009 and it will soon be all over for another 12 months. The main race today and the highlight of the whole meeting is the Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup worth £475,000 run over 3 miles 2 furlongs. Kauto Star (pictured) will make history if…

by Ian Wade • March 11, 2009

The feature race on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival is the Ladbrokes World Hurdle for which Kasbah Bliss (pictured) is a warm favourite to win this £260,000 race run over 3 miles. Kasbah Bliss ran second to Inglis Drever in this race last year and seems an even better horse this year. He…

by Ian Wade • March 10, 2009

The Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase worth £320,000 is the feature race on Wednesday. This race run over 2 miles looks as though it will be won again by Master Minded (pictured). If Well Chief has retained his ability after such a long lay off then we might see a race to savour. 14/1…

by Ian Wade • March 9, 2009

Well the waiting is nearly over and The Cheltenham Festival gets underway tomorrow with the feature race being the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle run over 2 miles and worth £370,000. Binocular is a worthy favourite for this and could easily become one of the “greats”. I have seen a lot of excellent Hurdlers over the…

by Ian Wade • March 3, 2009

We should not wish our time away but there is now only one week to go to the greatest four days racing in the world. The last year has flown by in anticipation after all the excitement at the Cheltenham Festival of 2008. My first visit to the racecourse was in 1964 and I was…

by Ian Wade • February 6, 2009

It is only 5 weeks now to the 2009 Cheltenham Gold Cup where all going well Denman (pictured) and Kauto Star will renew their rivalry. The weather has caused havoc with racing recently so lets hope the Kempton meeting can go ahead tomorrow. Denman was down to run at Newbury but an excellent card has…

by Ian Wade • January 23, 2009

There is a terrific days racing in prospect at Cheltenham tomorrow for their Festival Trials Day. All eyes will be on the World Hurdle’s antepost favourite Punchestowns (pictured) who runs in the Cleeve Hurdle, a race over 3 miles worth £60,000. The main race of the day will be the Letherby and Christopher Chase worth…

by Ian Wade • January 12, 2009

How time flies. It is now only 8 weeks to the Cheltenham Festival which commences on Tuesday 10th March and runs through to Friday 13th March 2009. These 4 days are to many of us the best 4 days racing in the calender year. The banker bet of the meeting for a lot of punters…