Published: Jan 26, 1:56pm Last Updated: Jan 17, 12:08pm Cheltenham 2 Comments 16731 Views
The Turners Novices Chase (registered as the Golden Miller) is a championship race for novices over a distance of two and a half miles on the new course. First run in 2011, the most successful trainer in the short history is Willie Mullins with four winners. Below we have taken a look at the Turners Novices Chase trends and statistics and included via the OLBG forum our expert tipsters guidance in helping you try and find the winner of the... [ Read More ]
Published: Jan 21, 12:20pm Last Updated: Jan 13, 5:10pm Cheltenham 3 Comments 393 Views
The Cheltenham Festival is the most important race meeting in the British calendar, Cheltenham Festival Odds are available in many cases as soon as the previous festival has finished. We took a look at the favourites in the Cheltenham Festival Ante-Post prices on the 13th January 2022. These horses are listed below, along with their Cheltenham odds. We will follow these prices through to the day of the race, as we did last year. We want to see what would... [ Read More ]
Published: Feb 11, 2:42pm Last Updated: Dec 7, 12:00pm Cheltenham 0 Comments 2705 Views
Which jockeys have performed best over the past ten years at the Cheltenham Festival? Paul Townend with 17 wins Davy Russell with 17 wins Nico de Boinville with 13 wins Tom Scudamore with 9 wins B J Cooper with 9 wins Rachael Blackmore with 9 wins Jack Kennedy with 9 wins Carry on below as we will have a look at the top performers in here based on wins and also in the place market. Which jockeys are worth following?... [ Read More ]
Published: Feb 10, 2:52pm Last Updated: Dec 7, 11:34am Cheltenham 0 Comments 4078 Views
Straight off the bat, here are the top five performing trainers at the Cheltenham Festival over the past ten years: Willie Mullins with 57 winners Nicky Henderson with 31 winners Gordon Elliott with 30 winners Paul Nicholls with 16 winners Henry De Bromhead with 12 winners Carry on reading as we are going to have a look at the trainer records at the Cheltenham Festival over the past ten years. Who has performed well? which ones are best avoided? Are... [ Read More ]
Published: Feb 11, 4:43pm Last Updated: Mar 20, 12:08pm Cheltenham 2 Comments 5429 Views
We thought it would be a great idea to have a look at the handicaps at the Cheltenham festival. Looking at the handicaps as one to see if there are any factors which stand out and can help us narrow down the fields. We shall be looking at the races combined over the past ten years. As of 2016, there is a total of nine handicap races at the festival since the Cross Country was altered to a non-handicap. The... [ Read More ]
Published: Jan 28, 1:04pm Last Updated: Mar 20, 11:46am Cheltenham 1 Comment 8146 Views
This Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle was introduced to the Festival menu in 2009, run over two and a half miles and as the title suggests is only open to Conditional Jockeys. Since 2019 this race has a new slot in the schedule and now concludes the four days of the Cheltenham Festival. The race is run on the new course in which the contestants will have to jump nine hurdles and is named in honour of Martin Pipe,... [ Read More ]
Published: Jan 8, 12:12pm Last Updated: Mar 20, 11:45am Cheltenham 0 Comments 466 Views
The newest addition to the Cheltenham Festival is the Grade 3 Mares Chase which will be sponsored by Paddy Power with the official title of 'Mrs Paddy Power Mares Chase' and is registered as the 'Liberthine Mares' Chase'. The race was added in 2021 with it replacing the Listed Novices' Handicap Chase which was run on the opening day, there has been some rejigging and this race will feature on the final day of the festival. The race as the... [ Read More ]
Published: Jan 27, 4:10pm Last Updated: Mar 20, 11:45am Cheltenham 1 Comment 10593 Views
For many years this race was known as the Foxhunter Chase it is run over the Gold Cup distance of three miles two and a half furlongs and is restricted to amateur riders only, the 'Amateurs Gold Cup' here at Cheltenham. The race is open to runners who have either twice won a Point to Point (PTP) race or those who have finished in the first two of a Hunter Chase at least twice. Many of the older runners will... [ Read More ]
Published: Jan 27, 3:08pm Last Updated: Mar 20, 11:45am Cheltenham 9 Comments 24943 Views
A Grade One chase run over three miles two and a half furlongs, the Cheltenham Gold Cup features the best UK and Irish trained chasers, the race has also been won by French raiders in the past. The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a true test of a chaser, key attributes required are the ability to jump fluently (those that are prone to fencing errors tend to get found out), tactical race speed as the Gold Cup is usually run at... [ Read More ]
Published: Jan 27, 2:45pm Last Updated: Mar 20, 11:45am Cheltenham 2 Comments 11985 Views
Previously known as the Brit Insurance Novices Hurdle this race was introduced to the festival in 2005 as there wasn't a novice option beyond the two miles five furlongs of the Ballymore Novices Hurdle run on the second day of the festival. Introduced at Grade 2 status but when current sponsor Albert Bartlett took over it became a Grade 1, giving those with stamina in abundance a chance at the highest level. Run over three miles on the new course... [ Read More ]
