Day 1 of the Cheltenham festival brought us intense clashes and close finishes with champions emerging and trophies being lifted. Come back tomorrow to see it all over again.
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00:00 – JCB Triumph Hurdle – Vauban (Paul Townend & Willie Mullins)
00:55 – McCoy Contractors County Hurdle – State Man (Paul Townend & Willie Mullins)
01:42 – Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle – The Nice Guy (Sean O’Keefe & Willie Mullins)
02:12 – Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup – A Plus Tard (Rachael Blackmore & Henry De Bromhead)
03:10 – St. James’s Place Hunters’ Chase – Billaway (Patrick Mullins & Willie Mullins)
04:04 – Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Chase – Elimay (Mark Walsh & Willie Mullins)
04:28 – Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle – Banbridge (Mark McDonagh & Joseph O’Brien)
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R.I.P the conditional ❤️
Long live ravenhill
That shiskin race the horse that went down is it just me who thought that shiskin ran into it and went on to win
DAVEY RUSSELL SHOWBOATING…………. HAD HE KICKED WUDA WON BY 2L —COST ME 2M
RIP Conditional , I am a big fan of Put the Kettle On
R.I.P The Conditional, what a horse.
Cheltenham 2020 .. The week before the world shut down
Alot a these hasnt done much this season. The olny 2 have is sishkin, honeysuckle, chantry house.
still think russell should have kicked on before last flight. would have beaten shiskin if he had
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Champion hurdle
Abacadabras
Abacadabras was very impressive on his 2nd start over hurdles in the For Auction Novice hurdle beating latest exhibition with the minimum of fuss and creating a lasting impression. At Christmas time he backed that up with a close 2nd to the ballymore winner Envoi Allen and had the eventual champion hurdle 3rd darvers star 2.5L behind him in 3rd. On what turned out to be the final run of his season he travelled very well and looked all over the winner of the supreme until shiskin just managed to get up by a head. There was a long way back to the 3rd chantry house. It has been a little while since we have had a quality out and out 2 miler come out of the supreme of which Abacadabras to my eye seems to be.
Although epatante is clearly very good, I personally don’t think there was another star in the race itself and I would be of the opinion that Abacadabras can come up to open company and at the very least give her something to worry about.
also in the CHAMPION HURDLE
I advised SAINT ROI to MEMBERS at 20/1 WITH CASHOUT. Prior to his comeback run. A facile winner of the county hurdle. He ran very well on his seasonal return. It was a good display of jumping, and he won with absolutely ease. I expect him to progress further, He is currently priced up at odds of 10/1 which i believe is fair. The 2 which i have currently put up for the CH may well clash at down royal in the WKD hurdle. Which is likely to be a very informative contest, and a race which is certainly worth noting going forward.
Queen Mother Champion Chase
I Have already advised chacun pour soi to members at 9/2. I do not personally believe that he is a liability to be injured as the general consensus seems to be, he was unfortunate to get a stone bruise at the wrong time last year, that could have happened to anybody, his previous lay off was mainly due to being given time to acclimatise to his new yard after being purchased from France. on his racetrack form, his beating of min was a quality performance at the dublin racing festival, min subsequently won the ryanir chase and has come out this season and won the john durkan. chacun already had the race in the bag going over the last, if i wanted to be picky, chacun did not power away at he line, However i do believe they had left more to work on. His seasonal debut was satisfactory, and its only a few days until he has to back it up in a stronger race.
I have now just advised to also back altior at 7/1 with bet365. he has obviously won this race twice previously, the first time beating min, and the 2nd beating last years winner politologue, politologue was held up on this occasion and altior was infront soon enough, he was scrubed along and found more in the closing stages, which is his customary fashion. I do believe that now politologue has his front running style, this will suit altior and give him a longer lead, with something to aim at for when he does pick up in the closing stages on the run in, i believe that chacun will be bang there and looking to take the lead at the last, altor will be looking to do the same, however may take a little longer to pick up,with the hill and a long run in to his aid.
altior, chacun. and politologue for me are the 3 main players. I personally do not see a winning challenge coming from put the kettle on or elsewhere, she is in my horses to avoid article, if that is of interest to you.
Stayers Hurdle
we have had some cracking races already this season, with paisley park, roksana and thyme hill all winning useful races, last time out they all took each other on in the long walk, roksana ran very credibly in 3rd and subsequently does look just held here, paisley park was scrubbed along in his customary style, and used all of the extended trip here, to get up. it was a brilliant performance by paisley park who is an admirable horse, however, the one i would be taking out of the race is thyme hill, firstly he has the tactical pace, also being very much towards the front of the pace, to me looks to be a great benefit in what surely will be a big field in the stayers, he gives you the option of choosing when you want to take up the lead and go for home, where as paisley park could very much so have traffic issues as well as a slightly shorter trip to contend with, plus the fact that he bombed in a far weaker renewal last year.
I must admit that i am annoyed with myself for not advising thyme hill before his seasonal debut, however i felt it was a steep enough task first time up, and something that he may improve from, i did not expect such a big reduction in odds, which subsequently he has backed up, and shown to be more than fair. He is certainly no 1 in my book at this stage.
we will shortly have sire du berlais v fury road. fury road showed a huge upturn in form at the festival itself last year, showing that what he does at christmas, there is sure to be improvement upon, he actually has a fair mark, so you also have to take that into consideration also, with handicaps a possibility. sire du berlais imo put in the performance of the festival last season when winning the pertemps final. for my money he would have won last years stayers hurdle, this year there are some young pretenders, with smart form, so i believe the task will not be as easy as last year. that discounts him at the prices for me, however that is price related and it certainly is not discrediting his chances.
we could see some wild cards, by the time the cleeve hurdle comes around, imo this race does not look too attractive to switch back from fences, however ones with the potential to do so, start with and are not limited to latest exhibition and champ.
in summary, thyme hill looks the one, id be fairly confident, that is who we will be backing for the purpose of this thread, however i will be holding fire for now, and will see what comes out of the woodwork.
Gold Cup
you have to start with al boum photo, i put him up for the rsa at 3 figure prices before he fell late on, most people will know that i was adamant that he was not beaten at the time. which led me to advise him at 33/1 for the following years gold cup, and again for this years. he won both, and i see no reason why he cant win a 3rd,
I am not sold on minella indo at all yet, he has beaten very little imo, and gets his first real test at christmas, so lets reserve judgement until then .
presenting percy went very well last time, now in the hands of gordon elliot, there will be no excuses given, i am not sure that he will ever beat al boum photo again, but this is probably his last chance to do so. he will have his followers, and this is probably the first time that i give him some sort of chance get involved at all. so lets see what gordon can do.
I came away from the gold cup thinking that lost in translation was the only challenger that could come back, improve and potentially put it up to the champion, however i was very disappointed last time, and in all honesty, even more so that they have decided to go for the king george again, lets hope he proves me wrong on that score, i just cant help thinking he wanted a confidence booster rather than a war of attrition.
Santini, i just cant see him having the tactical pace to win. imo he will always be too little, too late.
in conclusion, there is more evidence to be seen on the race track shortly, however atm its al boum photo for the 3 timer that has my deepest consideration, i am not a fan of last years novices as of yet, and subsequently you will find champ sitting in my horses to avoid article, if anyone would like to read that. i will be updating this before al boum makes his seasonal debut
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Honeysuckle 😃😃😃 so game and bypassed the Mullins tactics to keep her tucked in
How abacadabras didnt win is baffling. Could have been going any better
Runner up is the new Harchibald.
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Shiskin new kid on the block same ownership as the favourite who was trained by Mullins. Anyone who knows anything about racing would have known Shiskin was unexposed the other horses were good but Shiskin is class 2 out he virtually came to a standstill, had to get going again when the runner up went clear on the bridle. Shiskin still won, without the incident 2 out Shiskin would have been a comfortable winner take nothing away from the 2nd horse both look destined for the top, but Shiskin is the best young talent in the Henderson yard by miles
Shiskin new kid on the block, favourite same owner only went off favourite because of mullins any one who knows about racing Shiskin was unexposed all the others had played their hands
Abacadabras 7s for the champion hurdle and fakir d'oudairies 20s for the Ryanair nxt Yr both great ew value
Having Backed Abracadabras and Kildisart that was not nice viewing:)
What was the final score irish v english
Had 6 horses placing 2nd yesterday, if all had won would have won 2.4m. Gutted
Just love the grey Elimay.
I'm 50 years old this week. Billaway's victory was greater than Dawn Run's Gold cup. That was stunning.
Anyone know what gintos injury actually was
Bad day for the Irish 😂
Many of us see the subpar performances of many of the Henry DBromhead charges. How about praising Honeysuckle, A Plus Tard and,Minella Indo obviously the man can get a horse ready for the occasion. He won 2 of the most prestigious races at the most renowned meet of the year. Was this a,successful meet or not in your opinion?
Vauban and A Plus Tard the performances that blew me away
Had Langer Dan in the last once it got brought down done banbridge in running saved my day thankfully
Gimme the money 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Billaway, Elimay and banbridge to win thanks again chelteham 👏🏼
I was waiting on elimay for a treble ,
Vauban
A plus tard
Elimay
Happy days
Betting on Willy is printing money
The cheer when Billaway got there on the line as the favourite 😂 half the place sounded like they were on him
I placed a random Mullins acca the night before, had Vuban, State Man, The nice guy, Elimay! £2.50 each way! Returned £1190!!!! What a day!!!! Thank you Mr Mullins
Willie Mullins what can you say 10 winners over 4 days ,absolutely fantastic, a plus tard gold cup just sensational, what a day to be Irish.
GALVIN, future grand national winner
Banbridge won that snug… one to keep an eye on
Truly amazing. Most of Willie's looked good value for a lot more lengths than they won by too…