The road to the Cheltenham Festival begins

Tuesday

BENIE
OK CORRAL

wed

ALTIOR
TIGER ROLL

Thursday

PAISLEY PARK

friday

SIR EREC

GOLD CUP very open MIGHT BITE hopefully back to best 16/1

SIR EREC gets small injury but trainer confident he will be 100% for race day !!

Only two sleeps to go until DAY ONE
One thing for sure is we know the bookies have plenty to pay us after yesterdays local results !!!

Will be having a more detailed look at the seven races for Tues 12th march over the next 24hrs

Supreme Novice Chase
Arkle Chase
Ultima Handicap Chase
Champion Hurdle
Mares Hurdle
Close Brothers Novice Chase
National Hunt Chase

I saw Aidan Coleman's preview for Cheltenham , lets see how his selections go
Best bet : Altior - most pundits make this very hard to beat
Value bet: Brewingupastorm in the Ballymore - worth an eachway at a big price
Trainer/jock combination to follow: Nicky Henderson/Barry Geraghty
Gonna be a great week , cant wait

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DAY ONE OF THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL TUES 12TH MARCH.

SUPREME NOVICE:

I have backed ANGELS BREATH in the ante post market, however this is a rather open, competitive race and AL DANCER has the form to be a worthy favourite and in addition the Willie Mullins charge KLASSICAL DREAM also enters the equation.
FAKIR DOUDAIRIES has solid form and ELIXER DE NUTZ, MISTER FISHER should also be considered for exotics.

ARKLE:

LALOR can give Richard Johnson a winner in another competitive field, where GLEN FORSA, HARDLINE and KALASHNIKOV are worth including.

ULTIMATE:

MISTER WHITAKER is my ew selection in another difficult race where GIVE ME A COPPER, MINELLA ROCCO and BEWARE THE BEAR also have chances.

CHAMPION HURDLE:

Have backed BUVEUR DAIR in early betting to retain his crown but both APPLES JADE and LAURINA are going to make it one hell of a race and has the potential of being one of the highlights of the Festival.

MARES:

Without APPLES JADE and LAURINA the race is at the mercy of BENIE DES DIEUX and I have been punting in the ante post market for the last few weeks and make this one of the bankers of the meeting.

CLOSE BROTHERS:

A very open affair where slight preference is for CUBOMANIA ew included as many as possible in exotics.

HUNT CHASE:

I have early bets on OK CORRAL and give it a strong chance, BALLYWARD should give it some cheek.

SUMMARY

WIN and banker BENIE DES DIEUX.

Worth a punt are the following : ANGELS BREATH, BUVEUR DAIR and OK CORRAL


Good Punting

Molly tips first day:
Race 1: No 6
Race 3: No 1
Race 6: No 14

WSB have exotics open

Top Jockey
Top Owner
Top Trainer
Race Won By The Widest Margin
Winners Trained in Ireland
Biggest Winning SP
Total Aggregate Distances
Race With The Biggest SP Winner
Total Winner

It's that time again for the greatest horse racing spectacle on the planet!

4 days of racing heaven.

My best bet of the festival comes up on the last day


Day 1

Don't forget to hear the famous roar before the first race kicks off.


Race 1 - Supreme Novices Hurdle - Al Dancer 7/2, 4/1 and Aramon 14/1


Big Al Dancer was a clear winner of the Betfair Hurdle over at Ascot LTO and was flawless in victory. Still unbeaten over hurdles and will love the usual hot pace of this race. Has a good a chance as any.

Really fancy Aramon who has an excellent turn of foot. There is a big discrepancy between him and Klassical Dream who only just beat him LTO, just because of the fact that Ruby chose him over Aramon. At 14/1, I think Aramon will definitely outrun his place.


Race 2 - The Arkle - Glen Forsa 4/1, Hardline 6/1 saver

Glen Forsa has rapidly improved all season and slammed last season's Supreme Novices' runner up Kalashnikov who runs here as well. He's an excellent, fluent jumper and has a high cruising speed which is ideally what you want in an Arkle winner. Not the strongest of fields this time around and he's one to watch.


Race 3 - Lake View Lad 16/1, Beware the Bear 16/1



Race 4 - Champion Hurdle - Buveur D'Air 22/10, Sharjah 14/1


The dual champion hurdler seeks to join the select few that have won the CH 3 times. He's up against the superstar hurdler Apples Jade and the highly rated Laurina. I fancy the champ to retain his crown and win it again. He goes on any ground and has the perfect mixture of stamina and speed needed to win the CH.

Sharjah is my dark horse as he keeps on improving and slammed a decent field LTO. He could come on leaps and bounds here and surprise.


Race 5 - Mares Hurdle - Lady Buttons 10/1



Race 6 - Highway One O One 12/1 and Walt 20/1



Race 7 - OK Corral 28/10, Jerrysback 12/1