TOMORROW will provide some of the final clues for the 2014 Cheltenham Festival – weather permitting of course. There is a stellar cast at Ascot where the Grade One Betfair Ascot Chase takes centre stage. Riverside Theatre won this race in 2012 when he got the better of MEDERMIT in a titanic duel. Saturday’s race …[Read More]
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Mar 2013
Cheltenham Festival 2013: Day one
AT LAST it’s here. No more Cheltenham previews. No more posturing. Let’s get down to business and try to find some winners. The Cheltenham Festival will probably start with the most testing conditions for several years. That’s, of course, if it passes a 10.30am inspection although officials remain bullish that racing will go ahead. But …[Read More]
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Feb 2013
Is Raya Star the joker in Champion Hurdle pack?
ALAN King must have walked under a few ladders this season. It is fair to say his luck has been out and his vets must be among the busiest in racing. Consider some of the King big guns who will be absent from the Cheltenham Festival: Medermit, Montbazon, Invictus and Batonnier to name a few. …[Read More]
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Jan 2013
Ante Post Focus: the Stan James Champion Hurdle
THE weather is awful and the picture is decidedly foggy surrounding the Champion Hurdle. Looking for ante-post value has been made more difficult by the interrupted preparations of so many of the main contenders. But with the last four winners among the 34 entered, it could be the toughest race to win at the Cheltenham …[Read More]
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Dec 2012
StanJames.com International Hurdle preview
by Rory Jiwani, StanJames.com Step two on the Road To Cheltenham takes place on Saturday with three of the top six in the Champion Hurdle ante-post betting set to do battle in the StanJames.com International Hurdle. The Fighting Fifth gave us a real contender in John Quinn’s Triumph Hurdle hero Countrywide Flame, who handed Supreme …[Read More]
