Mangan speaks out about Cheltenham’s “glorified twine”
The unluckiest loser at Cheltenham has finally spoken out. Jane Mangan looked to be well in control of the CGA Foxhunter Chase when 20/1 chance Oscar Delta unseated her on the run in from the final fence.
Who’s idea was it to come here fresh? New Jockey Please! Grey Aeroplane or a fizzed up cotton ball? Handicapper watches Phil Taylor check out while rating Arkle. My take on Day 1 of the Cheltenham Festival. By Dan Kelly – 28yo student of the Sport of Kings, Form-bookworm. Result is not only about who [...]
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Prior to this year’s excellent Cheltenham Festival, Tony Keenan gave us a fascinating insight into how he prepares for and ultimately tackles the UK’s centrepiece of the jumping calendar. Today, Tony takes a retrospective look at how the festival panned out for him and he played it in… …The Punting Confessional – 20th March, 2013 [...]
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I do hope you had a successful week at Cheltenham. Although there are 51 weeks before next year’s Festival comes along, there is no shortage of advice around for ante-post bets already. I won’t be tying any money up for that length of time, and in any case, I have an almost unerring ability to [...]
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Sunday supplement By Tony Stafford Friday at Cheltenham was typical of all the Festival days I’ve ever experienced over more than 40 years’ attendance – I started late! – encapsulating the undying appeal of the experience. Rain, bad ground, bad luck and above all dashed hopes were there in equal measure. I’ve always loved the [...]
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Thanks a lot to all hundred-plus of you who entered our Cheltenham Festival competition. There were some excellent performances, and a number of entries picked big-priced winners. The biggest price of all, though, was Alex Constantinou’s 50/1 nomination of Carrickboy, which was highlighted in Thursday’s preview post. Alex also had Lord Windermere at 8/1 and [...]
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Cheltenham Festival Day Four Preview, Trends and Tips It’s the last day, and Gold Cup day, in the Cheltenham Festival 2013, and there are seven more races to make or break our punting weeks. The last two are extremely hard, so hopefully we’ll find a couple of winners earlier on to mitigate for the unlikelihood [...]
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Not much to warm punters on the Thursday at Cheltenham, but a few nice concessions for Gold Cup day… Here are Friday’s best bookie offers for Gold Cup Day at the Festival. Some are new customer only devices, and some are open to all. I’ll highlight which is which here. Bet365 Cheltenham Day Four Offers For [...]
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A cracking competition and some excellent picking sees a handful of players sitting on huge positive scores. With monster priced winners a feature all week, there’s likely to be at least one more fat scorer on the last day, so you may still have time to pull things out of the bag. There’s a hundred [...]
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It’s day four of the Festival, and that means the Gold Cup! Here’s what’s on geegeez for you today. Competition Day Four A single person each managed to pick the three big winners yesterday: Medinas, Flaxen Flare and Briar Hill, and they lead the charge. But there is still plenty of opportunity to get a [...]
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It’s the grand finale of this year’s Cheltenham Festival today and there’s aslo action at Fakenham, Lingfield and Wolverhampton on… …FRIDAY 15/03: Cheltenham Day 4: 1.30–Triumph Hurdle: Four of the last fourteen favourites have obliged which not a bad record considering the competitive nature of this opening event. Nine market leaders finished in the frame [...]
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There are many horses we might have hoped to see at Cheltenham this week, but who for various reasons have not made it. For many, like Big Buck’s there should be another opportunity next year, for others, like Darlan, there won’t. One of the most poignant moments of the Festival will take place today, when [...]
Continue reading …So, we’re already at the midway point of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival, but there’s another day of top-class action scheduled today. We’ve all the details of those races alongside the meetings planned for Hexham, Towcester and Wolverhampton on… …THURSDAY 14/03: Cheltenham Day 3: 1.30–’Jewson’ Novice Chase: An exceptionally ‘good NH judge’ expects a first-rate showing [...]
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Yesterday’s win for The New One in the Neptune Investments Management Novices’ Hurdle confirmed that last years’ top billing for King’s Theatre as the leading jumps sire was no fluke. It also took the sire to he head of the stallion’s table at the halfway point of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival.
Continue reading …More goodness for punters yesterday, mainly via Coral‘s even money Sprinter Sacre offer, but also from Hills going 2/1 ten lengths winning margin or bigger. And also, I think, from BetFred‘s handicap distances offer at 5/1 (I forgot to back that one, as I was busy, but I’m pretty sure he covered all handicap margins). [...]
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