Category: Horse Racing Betting

Richard Marsh | 15 March 2019 Preview and odds for Gold Cup day And so it’s come to this. Gold Cup day and the final seven races of the 2019 Cheltenham Festival. We’ve already enjoyed three brilliant days of racing, and mercifully the expectant stormy weather has largely eased off. But how does it end? Does defending champ Native River get the better of…

Altior is a two-time Queen Mother Champion Chase winner and now unbeaten in 18 career starts over jumps, but only after an almighty scare at Cheltenham. The reigning two-mile champion was briefly headed after the final flight by Sceau Royal in the day two feature contest, but Altior showed his character up the hill to repel Daryl Jacob’s mount (third) and former Tingle Creek…

Maddy Playle, Tom Segal, Nick Watts and Bet365's Darren Hughes with the first in a new series of shows that look at the ante-post markets for the Cheltenham Festival 2019. This week the team take an in-depth look at the Gold Cup and the Champion Hurdle. On the show: – On today's Cheltenham Festival ante-post Postcast, the team have a horse-by-horse look at the…

[ad_1] Cheltenham 1.30 Given the fairly easy success of Band Of Outlaws in Wednesday’s Fred Winter, Joseph O’Brien probably has as good a steer as anyone on the strength of this year’s juvenile crop so, having gone off SIR EREC a bit in the lead up to the meeting, the better ground on the New Course is likely to make him very hard to…

The 2019 Cheltenham Festival is well underway, but the race for the coveted top jockey prize still has a long way to go before the winner is confirmed on Friday. Ruby Walsh, Barry Geraghty, Paul Townend, Davy Russell and Rachael Blackmore are among the star riders vying to win the award, which is given to whoever pilots the most winners across the week. But…

Richard Marsh | 13 March 2019 Preview and odds for St Patrick’s Day St Patrick’s Day comes early this week with day three of the Cheltenham Festival. We’ve had two cracking days of racing, so there’s no reason to expect anything but another belter, right? Will Defi Du Seuil come good in the JLT? Can Footpad prevail in the Ryanair? And will Paisley Park…

Cheltenham 1.30 With the switch of courses on Thursday it means we’ll have fresh ground which probably aides DEFI DU SEUILL’s chance. There is a school of thought that Lostintranslation is more of a stayer but as a former winner of the Triumph Hurdle, which it always used to be said was all about stamina, I don’t think Defi Du Seuill lacks in that…

David Jennings is joined by Gavin Lynch to discuss all things Cheltenham. They reflect on the past week's racing and share their latest selections for the Cheltenham festival. — Subscribe on YouTube: Website: Twitter: & Facebook: Apple Podcasts: SoundCloud: source

[ad_1] Ruby Walsh (3/1 Top Jockey – Cheltenham Festival Specials) has revealed his best chance of a winner at Prestbury Park as he looks set to again start as the favourite to be the top jockey at the Cheltenham Festival next week. The Irishman has been the leading rider in 11 of the past 15 festivals but his odds to take another title in…

Ladies Day at the Cheltenham Festival means sharp suits, fabulous frocks and dazzling dresses. Oh, and seven more mouthwatering races to get stuck right into. Awesome Altior is the star turn in the Champion Chase, while Grand National favourite Tiger Roll goes in the Glenfarclas Chase. Add in the Ballymore and a tip-top RSA Chase, and we’re all set for another cracking afternoon of…

Daniel Anwar | 12 March 2019 Odds and tips for the Ladies Day action It’s all glamour at Cheltenham for Ladies Day today, with more top-class jumps racing on the way too. We’ve got seven more races to enjoy today, including the showpiece Champion Chase, while Santini and Delta Work go head-to-head in the RSA Chase. It all gets started with the Ballymore Novices’…

Welcome to Champion Day – and we’re going to be live with you from around this time every day of the Festival, until racing has concluded. We’ll bring you the build-up to each race, the outcomes, and any bits of chat and intrigue we can pick up along the way. Sound suspiciously like a plan? Absolutely …  This post first appeared here

Dave Orton, Tom Segal, Nick Watts and Bet365's Darren Hughes return with an ante-post look at the Cheltenham Festival 2019. This week the team look at the best bets for the Queen Mother Champion Chase and Stayers' Hurdle. – On today's 2019 Cheltenham Festival ante-post #Postcast, the team give a horse-by-horse preview of the Queen Mother Champion Chase, where Altior is odds-on favourite –…

[ad_1] Trainer Colin Tizzard says Native River (9/2 – Cheltenham Gold Cup Outright) is in good shape ahead of the 2019 Cheltenham Festival and the camp are confident of a strong Gold Cup defence. Native River, under the guidance of jockey Richard Johnson, produced a stunning performance at Prestbury Park last year to win the Gold Cup by four-and-a-half lengths from the Nicky Henderson-trained…

Richard Johnson is confident that conditions will not affect the chances of Lalor in the Arkle on day one of the Cheltenham Festival. Richard Johnson has played down the possibility of soft ground scuppering Lalor’s hopes of winning the Racing Post Arkle (Lalor 4/1 Outright NRNB) on day one of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday. The 41-year-old champion Jockey (25/1 Top Jockey Cheltenham Festival…