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Premium Tip Tuesday 13th March at Cheltenham – William Hill Supreme Novices Hurdle

March 13, 2012

Remember to enter our Cheltenham Tipster Competition sponsored by William Hill Monday’s Premium Tip DIAMOND SWEEPER won at 9/4 having been 3/1 when advised, this pushed up the strike rate to 50% for the month. The Premium Tip on Tuesday runs at Cheltenham in the William Hill Supreme Novices Hurdle Note: These tips are password [...]

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Tuesday’s Little Earner 13th March 3.20 Cheltenham Stan James Champion Hurdle

March 13, 2012

Remember to enter our Cheltenham Tipster Competition sponsored by William Hill Monday’s Little Earner GENTLEMAN JIMMY won at 4/1 backed in from 13/2 when advised. Tuesday’s Little Earner is ROCK ON RUBY 3.20 Cheltenham Stan James Champion Hurdle e/w current best price 10/1 with Ladbrokes. Rock on Ruby is a classy horse that ran Binocular [...]

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Who will be top Festival jockey?

March 5, 2012

For those of us who like to have a bet on who will ride the most winners at the Cheltenham Festival, each year the inevitable names appear on the short list, including a certain A P McCoy. The 16-times Champion will as usual this March, have a full book of first class rides, but since [...]

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Cross team praying for rain at Aintree

March 1, 2012

The admirably consistent staying chaser Giles Cross proved once again just what a talented performer he is when the mud is flying in cleverly landing the stamina-sapping Grade 3 Betfred Grand National Trial Handicap Chase at Haydock Park on Saturday, writes Elliot Slater. Only once out of the first three in his last nine outings, [...]

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Invictus emerges as genuine RSA Chase contender

February 20, 2012

The tremendously popular Robert Thornton celebrated his recent return to the saddle after three months on the sidelines with a broken arm by landing his first graded winner of the year in steering the impressive Invictus (6/1) to victory in the Grade 2 Sodexho Prestige Reynoldstown Novices Chase at Ascot on Saturday, who looks well [...]

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Angel fails to shine in key Gold Cup trial

February 16, 2012

There were some understandably long faces in the unsaddling enclosure after Jessica Harrington’s Bostons Angel ran a poor race in the Irish Hennessy Gold Cup to come home a well beaten sixth to Quel Esprit on his final start before attempting to land the Cheltenham Gold Cup 2012 next month, writes Elliot Slater. Racing in [...]

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Prince looks a likely sort for National glory

February 15, 2012

Irish champion trainer Willie Mullins knows exactly what is required of a horse to win the gruelling John Smith’s Grand National having sent out the gallant Hedgehunter to win the ‘world’s greatest steeplechase’ in 2005, and in Prince de Beauchene he appears have a likely candidate for honours in this year’s renewal of the Aintree [...]

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Europe tightens grip on Champion Chase title

February 13, 2012

Last season’s Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Sizing Europe threw down the gauntlet to all those planning to snatch his crown at Cheltenham on March 14 with a devastating demolition of former champion Big Zeb in the Grade 2 Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown on February 5, writes Elliot Slater. Bookmakers on course at Punchestown [...]

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Bless wings to impressive Cheltenham success

February 9, 2012

Alan King’s Bless The Wings had a frustrating time of things last season as a novice hurdler when failing to break his duck over timber despite running a number of fine race, but the seven-year-old has really blossomed since switching to fences this term and confirmed his ability with an impressive win at Cheltenham’s January [...]

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Smad bidding to book place in World Hurdle line-up

February 1, 2012

Alan King’s Smad Place has emerged as a potential lively outsider for the Grade 1 Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the 2012 Cheltenham Festival following his impressive recent win at Ascot and could book his ticket to take on Big Buck’s if able to land the National Spirit Hurdle at Fontwell next month, writes Elliot Slater. [...]

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