Cheltenham update

To all those who are interested in the Olympics of Horse Racing that is Cheltenham Festival:

I’m currently in the middle of putting together my view for the week. Between the 11th and the 14th of March there will be 25 races – it’s a bitch for the punter to handicap, and it’s also a bitch for the bookies. Although the big races will have so much volume and have been handicapped to the finest degree, it is almost guaranteed that some of the smaller races will be won by relative unknowns running with a shit load of value.

I’m currently working on the form for some of the big races – and fuck me is it tough – there’s such quality out there this year that I’m constantly getting down to 4 potentials and just not knowing where to go from there. But help is at hand – one of my good friends from Cheltenham is going to the pre-race meet to rub shoulders with jockeys and owners – and because he’s from a horse owning family he’s certainly on the inner circle when it comes to his advice. – so hopefully there shall be some good tips going up on this blog.

For now I’m going to give you a couple of outsiders who I think are worth a punt:

- Tuesday 11th, Juvenile Novice Hurdle, “Chapoturgeon”, e/w advisable.
- Wednesday 12th, National Hunt Chase, “Toby Jug”, massive outsider, but I think he’s certainly worth a punt – 55.0 to win in the ante-post markets!
- Friday 14th, Fox Hunters Chase, “Thisthatandtother”, e/w advisable
- Friday 14th, Mares Only Hurdle, “Silver Charmer”, 18.0 TBP (betfair ante-post) are great odds!

And for those who don’t watch racing apart from the Grand National; please listen to me when I implore you to watch the Gold Cup race (Friday, 3:15pm). This is going to be the most exciting race since the 1960s and perhaps the most exciting Gold Cup ever.

“Exotic Dancer” one of the best horses we’ve seen in year will be lining up at 14:1, why? because he’s going to be up against the astonishing talent of “Kuato Star” and “Denman”. “Denman”; an old fashioned chaser, absolutely solid, will crush pretty much any field and has enough stamina to complete a victory lap. He’ll be up against his equal and opposite; “Kuato Star”- a speedster, his victories are always decisive, he has all the flair and arrogance of a world champion boxer crossed with a Russian ballerina and is looking to win his second Cheltenham Gold Cup. This race will be talked about for years, whatever the outcome, so whatever you do – don’t fucking miss it! – I’ll be watching it from the Champagne Bar on the finishing straight! - lol (depending on how my day is going...)