Friday, February 10, 2012

Tetlami Enhances Supreme Novice Hurdle Claims


Nicky Henderson’s Tetlami did little to dissuade those considering supporting him for the Supreme Novices Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March that they should look elsewhere when putting up a professional performance in accounting for the highly promising newcomer Vulcanite in what looked a good renewal of the two-mile novices hurdle on the ‘King …

Solwhit Out Of Cheltenham Festival


As the Cheltenham Festival approaches there will be a large number of ante-post punters waiting to see whether their selections actually make it to race day or not. The professional gamblers looking at cheltenham best bets and tips will have a large portfolio of carefully selected bets but many armchair punters will have only backed a …

Henderson Builds Supreme Dream Team


Nicky Henderson has a stable stacked full of talent and many trainers must look at his strength in depth with envy. It is with his novice and juvenile hurdlers that the Lambourn based trainer is at his strongest and Henderson will be fancying his chances of dominating the novice events at the Cheltenham Festival in …

Cheltenham Tuesday Odds


To make things as easy as possible for our customers and visitors we have all the races and the odds for today at the Cheltenham Festival so that you can quickly glance down the page and decide if anything takes your fancy. All of the final declarations have now been made so there should be very …

Cooldine Cheltenham Prospects


Eight year old Cooldine is looking likely to be heading to the Cheltenham Festival following his performance in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown at the beginning of February, where he came second to Joncol, showing a true return to form. Last year saw him win the Dr. P.J. Moriarty Novice Chase in Leopardstown in February …

Visiting the Cheltenham Festival


For those who are new to the Cheltenham Festival but plan on paying a visit to this year’s meeting, here is some important information! Cheltenham Racecourse is located near Cheltenham Spa in Gloucestershire, England, in the suburban village of Prestbury. Cheltenham is regarded as the ‘Home of National Hunt racing’ predominantly because of the four …

Imperial Commander for Gold Cup


The Cheltenham Gold Cup isn’t just all about Kauto Star and Denman, believe it or not there are actually going to be other horses running in the race as well! Imperial Commander is one of them, and much fancied by critics and pundits a like so it’s no surprise that his preparations have been garnering …

Nothing To Report From Muddling Hennessy


Sunday’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown provided a stirring finish, but surely nothing that will make the Cheltenham Festival principals lose too much sleep, writes Elliot Slater. There’s no doubt that there was a brave winner in Joncol, who mastered Cooldine in the dying strides, but the three mile Grade 1 race was run at a …

Will Denman Beat Kauto Star Again?


Everybody knows that it is a little early to tell what will happen at the Cheltenham Race Festival, but it is more than probable that the vast majority of people will be betting a few quid on either Denman or Kauto Star for the Gold Cup. Denman, triumphant in eight starts, has been nicknamed ‘The Tank’ …