Cheltenham Festival 2013

Here's a tasty taster:

Enjoy!

One of the highlights of the racing year. A feast of top class jump racing.
Same rules as Major race/Festival comp........£100 bonus to the winner at the end of the week.

Tuesday 12th March
1:30 William Hill Supreme Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo+, 2m 110y)
2:05 Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase (Grade 1) (5yo+, 2m)
2:40 JLT Specialty Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (5yo+, 3m 110y)
3:20 Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy (Grade 1) (4yo+, 2m 110y)
4:00 Glenfarclas Handicap Chase (Cross Country) (5yo+, 3m 7f)
4:40 OLBG Mares' Hurdle (Registered As The David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle) (Grade 2) (4yo+, 2m 4f)
5:15 Rewards4Racing Novices' Handicap Chase (Listed) (5yo+, 2m 4f 110y)

Wednesday 13th March
1:30 John Oaksey National Hunt Chase (Amateur Riders' Novices' Chase) (5yo+, 4m)
2:05 Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle) (Grade 1) (4yo+, 2m 5f)
2:40 RSA Chase (Grade 1 Novices' Chase) (5yo+, 3m 110y)
3:20 Sportingbet Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1) (5yo+, 2m)
4:00 Coral Cup (Grade 3 Handicap Hurdle) (4yo+, 2m 5f)
4:40 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (4yo, 2m 110y)
5:15 Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Grade 1) (4-6yo, 2m 110y)

Thursday 14th March
1:30 Jewson Novices' Chase (Registered As The Golden Miller Novices' Chase) (Grade 2) (5yo+, 2m 4f)
2:05 Pertemps Final (Listed Handicap Hurdle) (5yo+, 3m)
2:40 Ryanair Chase (Registered As The Festival Trophy Chase) (Grade 1) (5yo+, 2m 5f)
3:20 Ladbrokes World Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo+, 3m)
4:00 Byrne Group Plate (Grade 3 Handicap Chase) (5yo+, 2m 5f)
4:40 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Amateur Riders) (5yo+, 3m 1f 110y)

Friday 15th March
1:30 JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo, 2m 1f)
2:05 Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (5yo+, 2m 1f)
2:40 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The Spa Novices' Hurdle) (4yo+, 3m)
3:20 Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Grade 1) (5yo+, 3m 2f 110y)
4:00 CGA Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup (5yo+, 3m 2f 110y)
4:40 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (4yo+, 2m 4f 110y)
5:15 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Grade 3 Handicap) (5yo+, 2m 110y)

as ever looking foward to a great week at cheltenham. fantastic clip charles i watched my first festival in 2007 and id say my highlights in that time are Master Mindeds first champion chase win and denmans gold cup win

Woo-Hoo!!! Top Class jump racing over four exillerating days can only mean The Cheltenham Festival is here. Luvvly Jubbly....
1-30 My Tent Or Yours
2-05 Simonsig
2-40 Nuts And Bolts
3-20 Rock On Ruby
4-00 Leac An Scail
4-40 Quevega
5-15 Ohio Gold

Jolly Good Luck Peeps.

Simon Claisse, clerk of course optimistic of beating the conditions:
(Sporting Life Article)

Freezing temperatures and snow flurries - some heavy - greeted early
visitors to the track on Monday, as preparations for the meeting were
finalised, but Claisse said that he had no doubts whatsoever that racing
would beat the weather.

"We've been expecting a bit of sleety stuff for a few days and we
might get a light dusting but no more," he told sportinglife.com.

"We've used the frost covers several times, during times when the
temperatures were colder and for more prolonged periods, so those
experiences have told us not to expect any problems.

"That said, I have never experienced weather as cold as this in the
build-up to a Festival. You might sometimes get a frost of -3 or -4C
overnight, but you're usually looking at daytime temperatures that get
up to 10C or more. With the windchill we have got, even the daytime
temperatures are much lower.

"We made preparations to do so in 2007 or 2008, but this is the first
time we've ever had to put covers on the Old Course because during the
winter when we often need the covers it's usually just the New Course.

"We covered the Old Course and parts of the Cross-Country on Saturday
but we've also had to put a lot more rail in because what we don't want
on Tuesday or Wednesday is a loose horse running off the Old Course and
on to the covered New Course. Down the back straight, they're not
divided, so we had to put an extra mile of running rail in yesterday."

Claisse revealed that with windchill, temperatures had fallen below -9C at one stage early on Monday.

"The forecast for us at the moment is for it to drop to -6C tomorrow
morning, rising to a heady 4C in the daytime. Last night it got down to
no less than -1.5C although we did record a wind chill temperature just
after 7am of lower than -9C.

"On Wednesday things are looking better and we're going to start
losing the windchill, but it will still get down to about -4C overnight.

"The plan will be to re-cover the Old Course after racing on Tuesday
night and on both Tuesday and Wednesday mornings leave the covers on
until 10am as it is roughly a two-hour operation to get them off.

"Much as I would like to do what polo does and ask the crowd to come
on afterwards and help, it's quite a specialised operation involving
huge covers.

"The cross-country course isn't fully covered but with the race not
due to take place until 4pm I don't expect any problems. I will walk the
course at 4pm on Monday and check that there aren't any areas of
concern, but I don't think there will be. [Claisse later walked the
cross-country course and confirmed it raceable throughout].

"At the moment there isn't a frost forecast for Thursday night, which
means we might not have to cover the New Course overnight for the last
day of the meeting.

"It's hard to be sure about whether it will be soft for the whole of
the meeting, but I see that there is a little more rain forecast for
Friday now, maybe 3-4mm. What I would say though is that we won't get
the scenario where we start on soft and it dries out to good by the end
of the week because we just won't get the sort of daytime temperatures
that would allow that to happen.

Among those out on the track this morning were early arrivals from Ireland, including some of Willie Mullins' bumper team.

"The grass gallop was not frozen at all first thing this morning but
by half past seven it was starting to get a bit crusty in places,
although the trainers were able to use it without a problem," said
Claisse. "I've just seen Willie, who said it was okay but he was worried
about being able to use it tomorrow morning. Fortunately we've got a
straight five-furlong Polytrack canter which we use for the breeze-up
sales that will enable any horses to stretch their legs who need to."

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1.30 Champagne Fever
2.05 Arvika Ligeonniere
2.40 Our Mick
3.20 Cinders And Ashes
4.00 Sacree Tiepy
4.40 Kauto Shiny
5.15 Ohio Gold


Good luck all hoping outsiders do well !!!!

well heres hoping that it actually goes ahead.

1.30-My Tent or Yours
2.05-Overturn
2.40-Loch Ba
3.20-Huricane Fly
4.05-A New Story-15 years young
4.40-Quevega
5.15-Carlito Brigante

good luck everyone

1.30 puffin billy
2.05 overturn
2.40 white star line
3.20 binocular
4.00 big shu
4.40 une artiste
5.15 ackertac

1-30 Cheltenian
2-05 Majala
2-40 Loch Ba
3-20 Zarkandar
4-00 Leac An Scail
4-40 Miss Milborne
5-15 Vulcanite

Table

Alan
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 0
Placed = 2 -- Total placed = 2
Winnings = £195.00 -- Total Winnings = £195.00

Charles
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 0
Placed = 0 -- Total placed = 0
Winnings = £0.00 -- Total Winnings = £0.00

Clive
Winners = 1 -- Total winners = 1
Placed = 2 -- Total placed = 2
Winnings = £106.30 -- Total Winnings = £106.30

Hugo
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 0
Placed = 0 -- Total placed = 0
Winnings = £0.00 -- Total Winnings = £0.00

Patrick
Winners = 2 -- Total winners = 2
Placed = 1-- Total placed = 1
Winnings = £28.50 -- Total Winnings = £28.50

Steve
Winners = 2 -- Total winners = 2
Placed = 3 -- Total placed = 3
Winnings = £71.30 -- Total Winnings = £71.30

Alan takes the honours on day 1.

Wednesday 13th March
1:30 John Oaksey National Hunt Chase (Amateur Riders' Novices' Chase) (5yo+, 4m)
2:05 Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle) (Grade 1) (4yo+, 2m 5f)
2:40 RSA Chase (Grade 1 Novices' Chase) (5yo+, 3m 110y)
3:20 Sportingbet Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1) (5yo+, 2m)
4:00 Coral Cup (Grade 3 Handicap Hurdle) (4yo+, 2m 5f)
4:40 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (4yo, 2m 110y)
5:15 Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Grade 1) (4-6yo, 2m 110y)

Thursday 14th March
1:30 Jewson Novices' Chase (Registered As The Golden Miller Novices' Chase) (Grade 2) (5yo+, 2m 4f)
2:05 Pertemps Final (Listed Handicap Hurdle) (5yo+, 3m)
2:40 Ryanair Chase (Registered As The Festival Trophy Chase) (Grade 1) (5yo+, 2m 5f)
3:20 Ladbrokes World Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo+, 3m)
4:00 Byrne Group Plate (Grade 3 Handicap Chase) (5yo+, 2m 5f)
4:40 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Amateur Riders) (5yo+, 3m 1f 110y)

Friday 15th March
1:30 JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo, 2m 1f)
2:05 Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (5yo+, 2m 1f)
2:40 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The Spa Novices' Hurdle) (4yo+, 3m)
3:20 Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Grade 1) (5yo+, 3m 2f 110y)
4:00 CGA Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup (5yo+, 3m 2f 110y)
4:40 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (4yo+, 2m 4f 110y)
5:15 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Grade 3 Handicap) (5yo+, 2m 110y)

Day 2......
1-30 Rival D'Estruval
2-05 Pont Alexandre
2-40 Unioniste
3-20 Sprinter Sacre
4-00 Ericht
4-40 Saphir Du Rheu
5-15 Shield

All the best Peeps.

I actually had an each way bet on ackertac.. Which coming 2nd at 66/1 got me a bit of cash

Erm, Steve, just noticed that you missed that one!

Cheltenham

1.30 Godsmejudge
2.05 Chatterbox
2.40 Real Milan
3.20 Sprinter Sacre
4.00 Ericht
4.40 Counsel
5.15 The Liquidator

1.30-Tofino Bay
2.05-Pont Alexandre
2.40-Hadrian's Approach
3.20-Sizing Europe
4.00-Buck Magic
4.40-Milord
5.15-Sizing Tennessee

1-30 Emperor's Choice
2-05 Two Rockers
2-40 Houblon Des Obeaux
3-20 Sanctuaire
4-00 Wyse Hill Teabags
4-40 Hilali
5-15 The Liquidator

1.30 hawkes point
2.05 the new one
2.40 unioniste
3.20 wishful thinking
4.00 master of the sea
4.40 hilali
5.15 briar hill

Table

Alan
Winners = 2 -- Total winners = 2
Placed = 2 -- Total placed = 4
Winnings = £372.50 -- Total Winnings = £567.50

Charles
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 0
Placed = 0 -- Total placed = 0
Winnings = £0.00 -- Total Winnings = £0.00

Clive
Winners = 1 -- Total winners = 2
Placed = 1 -- Total placed = 3
Winnings = £20.00 -- Total Winnings = £126.30

Hugo
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 0
Placed = 0 -- Total placed = 0
Winnings = £0.00 -- Total Winnings = £0.00

Patrick
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 2
Placed = 5-- Total placed = 6
Winnings = £96.30 -- Total Winnings = £124.80

Steve
Winners = 1 -- Total winners = 3
Placed = 1 -- Total placed = 4
Winnings = £6.30 -- Total Winnings = £77.60

Alan batters in a 25/1 winner in the last and steams ahead. Gonna take some catching.

Thursday 14th March
1:30 Jewson Novices' Chase (Registered As The Golden Miller Novices' Chase) (Grade 2) (5yo+, 2m 4f)
2:05 Pertemps Final (Listed Handicap Hurdle) (5yo+, 3m)
2:40 Ryanair Chase (Registered As The Festival Trophy Chase) (Grade 1) (5yo+, 2m 5f)
3:20 Ladbrokes World Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo+, 3m)
4:00 Byrne Group Plate (Grade 3 Handicap Chase) (5yo+, 2m 5f)
4:40 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Amateur Riders) (5yo+, 3m 1f 110y)
5:15 Glenfarclas Handicap Chase (Cross Country) (5yo+, Class 2, 3m 7f)

Friday 15th March
1:30 JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo, 2m 1f)
2:05 Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (5yo+, 2m 1f)
2:40 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The Spa Novices' Hurdle) (4yo+, 3m)
3:20 Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Grade 1) (5yo+, 3m 2f 110y)
4:00 CGA Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup (5yo+, 3m 2f 110y)
4:40 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (4yo+, 2m 4f 110y)
5:15 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Grade 3 Handicap) (5yo+, 2m 110y)

Need some winners, lots of 'em.
1-30 Captain Conan
2-05 Fair Along
2-40 Riverside Theatre
3-20 Reve De Sivola
4-00 Cantlow
4-40 No Secrets
5-15 Leac An Scail

Good Luck Peeps.

I continued my betting from my winnings yesterday.. And had a bet on that 25/1 winner!

1.30-Dynaste
2.05-Captain Sunshine
2.40-Riverside Theatre
3.20-Oscar Whiskey
4.00-Vino Griego
4.40-Nina Carberry
5.15-A New Story

well done Alan good winner !!!

Cheltenham

1.30 Molotof
2.05 Holywell
2.40 Champion Court
3.20 Get Me Out Of Here
4.00 Cantlow
4.40 Relax
5.15 Sacree Tiepy

1.30 changing times
2.05 according to trev
2.40 albertas run
3.20 oscar whisky
4.00 tartak
4.40 swing bill
5.15 arabella boy

1-30 Module
2-05 Ely Brown
2-40 For Non Stop
3-20 Oscara Dara
4-00 Bless The Wings
4-40 Richard's Sundance
5-15 Passato

Table

Alan
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 2
Placed = 2 -- Total placed = 6
Winnings = £300.00 -- Total Winnings = £867.50

Charles
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 0
Placed = 1 -- Total placed = 1
Winnings = £30.00 -- Total Winnings = £30.00

Clive
Winners = 1 -- Total winners = 3
Placed = 0 -- Total placed = 3
Winnings = £250.00 -- Total Winnings = £376.30

Hugo
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 0
Placed = 0 -- Total placed = 0
Winnings = £0.00 -- Total Winnings = £0.00

Patrick
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 2
Placed = 3-- Total placed = 9
Winnings = £58.40 -- Total Winnings = £183.20

Steve
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 3
Placed = 0 -- Total placed = 4
Winnings = £0.00 -- Total Winnings = £77.60

Clive bags a 25/1 winner, while Alan grabs a third at 100/1. Top Tipping Guys.

.. And i had an each way bet on both those Placed horses. Won lots of money on my 100/1 chance! What a week!

Might wait and see what Alan is tipping today........naaah, will go with these. Been a crap Cheltenham so expect these to run like the rest of the weeks selection.
1-30 Far West
2-05 Cotton Mill
2-40 At Fishers Cross
3-20 Silviniaco Conti
4-00 Chapoturgeon
4-40 Paint The Clouds
5-15 Tetlami

Good Luck Peeps.

incredible stuff alan

1.30-Rolling Star
2.05-Tanerko Emery
2.40-At Fisher's Cross
3.20-Long Run
4.00-Chapoturgeon
4.40-Constant Contact
5.15-Alderwood

good luck guys

Cheltenham

1.30 Somemothersdohavem
2.05 Ifandbutwhynot
2.40 Our Vinnie
3.20 Long Run
4.00 Cottage Oak
4.40 Make Your Mark
5.15 Rody

Lets see if the money can keep coming..

1.30 swnymor
2.05 dan breen
2.40 african gold
3.20 captain chris
4.00 tricky trickster
4.40 havingotascoobydoo
5.15 oh crick

1-30 Hidden Justice
2-05 Kian's Delight
2-40 I Shot The Sherriff
3-20 Cape Tribulation
4-00 Radetsky March
4-40 Bourne
5-15 Shooters Wood

Table

Alan
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 2
Placed = 1 -- Total placed = 7
Winnings = £11.30 -- Total Winnings = £978.80 inc £100 bonus

Charles
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 0
Placed = 0 -- Total placed = 1
Winnings = £0.00 -- Total Winnings = £30.00

Clive
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 3
Placed = 3 -- Total placed = 6
Winnings = £51.30 -- Total Winnings = £427.60

Hugo
Winners = 0 -- Total winners = 0
Placed = 0 -- Total placed = 0
Winnings = £0.00 -- Total Winnings = £0.00

Patrick
Winners = 2 -- Total winners = 4
Placed = 1 -- Total placed = 10
Winnings = £62.60 -- Total Winnings = £245.80

Steve
Winners = 1 -- Total winners = 4
Placed = 1 -- Total placed = 5
Winnings = £23.80 -- Total Winnings = £101.40

Alan romps away to become "Champion of Cheltenham."