Cheltenham Festival 2011/2012

[bigredders]

So excited!!

1.30 - Montbazon, Vulcanite
2.05 - Al Ferof (also with a certain irish bookmaker!)
2.40 - Hold on Julio, Baile Anrai
3.20 - Oscars well
4.00 - Garde Champetere
4.40 - Swincome Flame, Terra du Vent
5.15 - Going Wrong, Charminster, Harpsy Cord


Good luck and happy viewing!

[Santino67]

Cheltenham Gold Cup day on Friday to look forward to and the drunken mess that is a day out with my mates, so i'm looking for a bit of help to cover the majority of races. I always do a yankee from 4 horses through the day, this year of course will be no exception, but the first 4 Friday tips on this page will decide where my money goes for a change, and believe me this couldn't possibly be any worse than my own previous attempts over the years so you're all doing me a favour!

So basically I'm looking for 4 individuals to give me a tip each and that's it 

Cheers Rob, as if Id ignore any tip of yours 

[monkeyman]

I've backed these ones on betfair

1.30 - Cinders and Ashes (11.5)
2.05 - Al Ferof (4.6)
2.40 - Fruity O Rooney (20)
4.00 - Wedger Pardy (32)
5.15 - Mic's Delight (17.5) - Although I was extremely tempted by Falcon Island at 110 in the same race

I've also backed Turjuman at 5.7 in the 17.05 at Southwell

[noble1]

good luck everyone...

1:30 - Galileo's Choice , Dylan Ross plus i had a ante post dabble on Colour Squadron

2:05 - Menorah - i like Al Ferof but not my sort of price, i can't back Sprinter Sacre at such a short price plus this race is a death ground for favourites, so that leaves Menorah who loves a long break to produce his best, that logic along with his Chelters stats when there is a bit of cut may see him improve upon his current chase stats   at 9/1 ish i cannot resist

2:40 - Magnanimity - [interesting entry by Gigginstown Stud, well weighted based on his RSA 4th last year, poor form this season but a fair to hopeful run lto gives me a bit of hope]

3:20 - Zaidpour EW - the odds the bookies are offering about Zaidpour for the Champion Hurdle are way too big imho..  he flopped on fast ground the only time he has tackled it in the Supreme Novices last year, a seriously smart horse on soft ground plus rather big odds make this a worth while each way punt imo, i can't totally dismiss him based on 1 race on quick going...
8 of the last 17 Champion Hurdle winners that ran at the Cheltenham Festival the next season went on to repeat their big race success. So statistically at any rate , the even ish money that the bookies are currently offering about Hurricane Fly winning the top hurdle race again this year are about right.... So HF is a dodge for myself betting wise.........

4:00 - Maljimar EW

4:40 - Dare To Doubt EW

5:15 - Carrickboy , Educated Evans EW

[ronaldo07]

Wowzers 90 deliveries to to by 130 then BooM popo time.

I've gone for

130 Montbazon (free £5 bet with laddies)

205 Cue Card
240 Hold on julio
320 Zarkanser
400 Sizing Australia

Lucky 15

GL all

[nosey-p]

I am going to resist from betting this year, not had a bet now for 3 months but I'm tempted very very tempted I must resist, I must resist AAAARRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHH 

[colmcg]

1-30 Darlan and midnight Game ew
2-05 Sprinter sacre and cue card ew
2-40 the package and Alfie sheerin
3-20 Hurricane fly and overturn ew
4-00 scottish and a new story ew
4-40 Quevaga
5-15 hunt ball

[Zozzy]

My bet today 1.30 - Montbazon

[jacklevel06]

Mugs e/w double, Our Mick and Mic,s Delight

[Newportlad]

13.30  Darlan  5E/W 5 places
14.05 Spirit Sacre
15.20 Hurricane Fly
16.00 Maljimar   E/W
16.40 Kenford Grey Lady  E/W

+ Spirit Sacre/Fly double

[nosey-p]

Just found £5 in my Laddies account so It's gone on Darlan in the first, but this does not maen I have broken the non gambling thing

[Chipaccrual]

Three winning favourites on day one, but I still think it was a good day for the bookies.

Best wishes to the connections of the fatalities today.  Very sad to see.   

[noble1]

Three winning favourites on day one, but I still think it was a good day for the bookies.

Best wishes to the connections of the fatalities today.  Very sad to see.  

+1 Always very sad when it happens...

Not a good day for the Irish, not a good for myself lol... I've lost a wee bit today, win bets, lay bets, in running, nothing went right, so i'm on form lol
Play for the long run and rough it out and bink a double figure SP or two and everything will look rosy again

Wednesday
1:30 - Alfie Spinner, Lively Baron,
2:05 - Batonnier - non runner....... the rest of my short list consisted of - Sous Les Cieux, Benefficient, Nelson's Bridge and Monksland... i'll dabble on the bolded
2:40 - Bobs Worth
3:20 - just going to watch this one

backing 4 in each in the next 2.....
4:00 - Cape Dutch , Featherbed Lane, Abergavenny, Star Of Angels
4:40 - Bat Masterson, Royal Bonsai, Arnaud, Dark And Dangerous

[Swinebag22]

terrible day for me - ROI = -100%

Wednesdays heroes!!

1.30 blenheim brook EW
2.05 sous les cieux
2.40 grand crus
3.20 finians rainbow
4.00 cape dutch, silverhand, saphir river (all EW)
4.40 argocat EW
5.15 champagne fever

[monkeyman]

I've got the next 2 days off, so most of my betting for day 2 will be done around lunchtime tomorrow, but 2 bets lept out at me and have been placed tonight:

4.40  - I've no idea why, but since its introduction to the festival the Fred Winter Hurdle has been very kind to me. My only usual golden rule for this one is to only look at those who won last time out, but that's going out of the window this time. Bat Masterson won for the first time 2 races ago in first-time blinkers. Last time out he finished 3rd beaten half a length in a grade 2 despite wandering late on, possibly due to the lack of headgear. Tomorrow the blinkers are back on, he runs off a very reasonable looking mark of 132, has 7 pounds taken off his back courtesy of Maurice Linehan who is apprentice to Jonjo O'Neill and I didn't have to think too long about taking the price of 29 available on Betfair. 
5.10 - I normally avoid betting on bumpers like the plague, but I'm comfortably in profit on the festival version. Clonbannon Lad sticks out like a sore thumb as he has won 2 from 2 and last time out slaughtered Willie Mullins' Mozoltov by 12 lengths. That beast was under consideration for a run in this race himself until a few days ago, so the 22 I've taken about Clonbanan Lad makes me a very happy bunny indeed.

Feel free to mock when they both get stuffed