Lulamba can sparkle as Henderson seeks eighth Triumph March 13, 2025 THIS year’s Cheltenham Festival has often had punters scratching their heads. Constitution Hill, Jonbon and Ballyburn have all been well-fancied disappointments at the meeting, but for Friday’s action, I think there’s at least one popular punters’ pick who will oblige, barring the obvious Galopin Des Champs. LULAMBA caught many people’s attention when the social media [...]
Thunder looks set to Lord it over his rivals for Tizzard March 12, 2025 CHELTENHAM have made a number of changes this year and they should be commended for doing so. The Jack Richards Novices’ Handicap Chase (2.00pm) used to be run on the Tuesday and was always a popular betting heat. With the Grade One middle distance novice chase now removed, we are looking at more competitive races [...]
Get ready to smash bookies for Sixandahalf March 12, 2025 PUNTERS looking to get day three at Cheltenham off to a flyer will do well not to overlook Gavin Cromwell’s SIXANDAHALF in the opening Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (1:20pm). She arrives here after only one start over hurdles – a facile success at Fairyhouse in January – and this looks to have been the long-term plan. [...]
Fancy McManus to Win Some in the Pertemps March 12, 2025 FINDING the winner of the Pertemps Final (2.40pm) can be a difficult task, but I think I’ve found two runners who’ve got a great chance of getting us in the money. Jeriko Du Reponet is the warm 5/1 favourite, and you can see why with some hot novice form to his name. Nicky Henderson is [...]
Put your Home on Lee and Fred March 12, 2025 IF AT first you don’t succeed, try and try again. Or, in the case of HOME BY THE LEE and today’s Stayers’ Hurdle (4.00pm), try and try and try and try again. Yes, the 10-year-old his having a fourth crack at the feature race on St Patrick’s Thursday, but there’s reason to believe this is [...]
Marine can spoil Jonbon’s Cheltenham party March 11, 2025 FOR THE racing purists, there’s nothing quite like the BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase (4.00pm). It’s a flat-out test over the minimum trip, and Jonbon heads the betting at a shade of odds-on. He’s been the dominant two-mile chaser this season, but it’s safe to say that he has his doubters. He has won on [...]
Final Demand to tame The Lion in the Turners March 11, 2025 ANYONE who watched The New Lion saunter home in the Challow Hurdle at Newbury over Christmas would have fancied him to follow up in today’s Turners Novices’ Hurdle (1:20pm). He breezed through the field to stamp his authority on this staying novice hurdle division and JP McManus was quick to make previous owner Darren Yates [...]
Galvin to write another chapter in Elliott’s cross country Story March 11, 2025 GROUND conditions on the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase (3.20pm) course will be very different from 12 months ago when the race was abandoned because of a waterlogged track. The track has been drying out gradually all week with now plenty of ‘good’ patches on a unique course currently described as good-to-soft. This year’s renewal has [...]
Take it to the Max with Clegane in the Coral Cup March 11, 2025 CHELTENHAM handicaps are notoriously difficult to unravel and they don’t come much harder than this afternoon’s 26-runner Coral Cup (2.40pm). Dan Skelton, who has won the last two renewals with Langer Dan, saddles Be Aware and he has been a big ante-post springer. A fine second to Burdett Road in the Greatwood Hurdle, he looked [...]
Work can earn you the Munny in the Supreme March 10, 2025 WE’RE finally here, the Cheltenham Festival, four days of unmissable action with the stars of Jumps racing coming out to play. The roar that greets the lifting of the tapes to begin the first race, the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (1.20pm), is perhaps the loudest of the week, but four and a half minutes later there [...]
