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Cheltenham Festival 2008
Cheltenham 2009: Examine 2008 closely before making your ante-post bets
Look beyond the obvious when betting on next year's Festival, says Simon Rowlands... Read more
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Cheltenham aftermath: What the Irish will have learned
Wayne Bailey pours over the flaming embers of a middling Festival for runners from across the Irish Sea... Read more
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Bet Blogs
Cheltenham Tipping Competition: Final results
Nick's spectacular third day ensures he takes the crown... Read more
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Cheltenham Tipping Comp: A Race to Remember
Nick Shiambouros turns into a tipping machine on Day Three and storms into the lead...... Read more
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Gold Cup: Why the Kauto team deserve £1,000,000 if they land the Betfair Million
Ian Dean on the phenomenal feat it takes to land the exchange's jumps racing bonus... Read more
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Gold Cup Betting: Why neither of these men may be lifting the trophy on Friday afternoon...
Jack Houghton outlines the case against Kauto and Denman... Read more
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Cheltenham Day Four: The Gold Cup pointers and trends by Timeform
What is the profile of the average Gold Cup winner? Timeform explain what you should be looking for in a winner...... Read more
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Cheltenham Gold Cup Betting: Watch Kauto Star owner Clive Smith
Kauto Star is going for a repeat of the Gold Cup and the Betfair Million but stable neighbour Denman stands firmly in his way...... Read more
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Cheltenham Gold Cup Betting: Denman owner Harry Findlay
Will Denman deny Kauto Star the Betfair Million? Watch Harry Findlay give his thoughts 24 hours before the big Gold Cup showdown...... Read more
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The Bravest Men at Cheltenham
Watch 1998 Gold Cup winner Andrew Thornton talk you through his latest injury and why the new Betfair Doctor will be a great plus for all jockeys.... Read more
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Cheltenham Tipping Competition: Day Three (or is two-and-a-half?)
Graham Cunningham was the only one left smiling after the Festival opener - but will he be happy at the end of mega-Thursday as our tipsters go toe-to-toe again...... Read more
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The day Jamie met Cheltenham's biggest fan
Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco went to meet the man who every year makes an annual pilgrimage to Cheltenham all the way from Holland and tried to find out just why he keeps coming back...... Read more
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Betfair Arms - open for business and trading well!
It's the pub that's got it all and on the Wednesday-that-never-was it looked pretty popular. Watch the video for more information!... Read more
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Cheltenham Tipping Competition: First round to Graham
Cunningham is the only tipster in profit in our competition after day one of the Cheltenham Festival... Read more
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Bet Bites
All the stories from the exchange on the final day of the Festival... Read more
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Cheltenham Day Four: Exclusive going and insight from Paul Jacobs at the course
What's the going like and who are the fancies from Betfair Radio's tipster? Watch the video here... Read more
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Cheltenham Day Three: Highs and lows from the exchange
All the facts and figures from the third day of the Festival on Betfair... Read more
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Jack Houghton gives you his views on all the races of the final day... Read more
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Timeform run through the likely winners of the Festival's top race... Read more
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Cheltenham Day Three: Going and tips from Paul Jacobs at the course
Betfair Radio pundit has walked the course - hear what he has to say here... Read more
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Can Voy Por land a repeat victory? Let Timeform take you through the pointers... Read more
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Leading ratings organisation go through the favourites in the Champion Chase betting... Read more
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Leading ratings organisation run you through the trends and pointers needed to pick a winner... Read more
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Jack Houghton runs through Thursday's mega day of racing at Cheltenham... Read more
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Write-ups on all the top contenders from Inglis Drever to Special Envoy... Read more
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Strong winds have led to the cancellation of day two of the Festival... Read more
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Jack Houghton goes through all the races on Wednesday's Festival card... Read more
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From the Supreme Novices' to the Fred Winter - find the results here... Read more
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Betfair Radio has walked the course to bring you an exclusive day one insight from Paul Jacobs on the state of play... Read more
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Jack Houghton looks ahead to the opening day of the 2008 Cheltenham Festival...... Read more
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Respected ratings organisation highlight the races you should be taking notes from to find the winner of Tuesday's big one... Read more
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Notes on all the leading contenders to help you make an informed betting decision... Read more
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Racing page editor Joe Dyer runs you through the forthcoming Festival highlights on our dedicated website... Read more
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Wayne Bailey looks for more Irish contenders at Cheltenham, with Cesarewitch winner catching his eye in one of the biggest races of the second day... Read more
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David Stewart walks you through the hidden extras and the handy tips available on Betfair... Read more
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Betfair Radio @ Cheltenham 2008
Not able to make it to the Festival this year? Why not let the Betfair Radio team bring you all the excitement and drama of four fantastic days of racing.... Read more
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Betfair got the scoop as we spoke exclusively to the owners of the two players in this year's Cheltenham Gold Cup.... Read more
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Wayne Bailey pinpoints when to back a horse from the Ditcheat yard of the current master... Read more
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Kauto Star is expected to be fit to defend his Cheltenham Gold Cup following an injury scare at Ascot yesterday... Read more
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Wayne Bailey runs over the principal contenders in this popular ante-post market... Read more
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2m chasing division is there for the taking for Smith and Nicholls... Read more
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Irish racing expert Wayne Bailey is predicting big things for the Emerald Isle on first day of the Festival... Read more
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Go to the track or stay on Betfair ... that's the quandary facing Graham Cunningham ahead of a massively exciting day of jumps action... Read more
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Quinn could be double-handed after high-quality list of entries is revealed... Read more
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Andy Richmond has highlighted the ones to keep your eyes on...... Read more
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Simon Rowlands looks ahead long-term to the Festival and short-term to Kempton and Southwell...... Read more
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Andy Richmond has another selection of horses on the up...... Read more
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Simon Rowlands looks back on Sublimity's return to the track at Cheltenham last weekend...... Read more
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Simon Rowlands reflects on that Hennessy performance...... Read more
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Betfair Radio pundit Noel Bell previews the weekend's action...... Read more
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But for how much longer?... Read more
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Ryanair Chase betting (March 13 2008)
A Grade 2 contest introduced to the third day of the four-day Cheltenham Festival in 2005, this two-mile-five-furlong race attracts high calibre horses who make strong appeal to the betting public. The race has already proved a solid vehicle for those towards the head of the betting and no horse has won at odds of longer than 9/2.... Read more
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Racing Post Plate betting (March 13 2008)
The Grade 3 Racing Post Plate, formerly known as the Mildmay of Flete Handicap Chase, is a wide-open event that attracts significant betting interest from both win and place punters.... Read more
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Pertemps Final Handicap Hurdle betting (March 13 2008)
The Pertemps Final, the closing race on the third day of the four-day Cheltenham Festival, is a fiercely competitive event run over three miles and is the culmination of a series of qualifying events, each of which is usually a hot betting heat.... Read more
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National Hunt Chase betting (March 13 2008)
The National Hunt Chase, one of the oldest races on the calendar at the Cheltenham Festival, is run over four miles and is restricted to amateur riders only, making it a tricky heat in which long odds winners are often found for punters with bets.... Read more
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Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase betting (March 14 2008)
One of the most competitive handicaps and betting heats of the whole Cheltenham Festival, the 'Grand Annual' is the penultimate event on the final day of the four-day racing and betting extravaganza.... Read more
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JCB Triumph Hurdle betting (March 14 2008)
The Grade 1 Triumph Hurdle opens the fourth and final day of the Cheltenham Festival and always attracts a large number of runners for punters lining up bets.... Read more
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Christies Foxhunters Chase betting (March 14 2008)
The race that follows immediately after the Gold Cup, the 'Foxhunters' is run over the same course and distance as the 'Blue Riband' event and in its own right is a solid betting heat in which the British and Irish punters clash head on in support of their favourite hunters.... Read more
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Brit Insurance Novices' Hurdle betting (March 14 2008)
Introduced to the Cheltenham Festival when the meeting was extended to four days in 2005, the Grade 2 Brit Insurance Novices' Hurdle, run over three miles on the New Course, is a race for thorough staying novices that has proved a good event for the public with horses prominent in the betting dominating since its inception.... Read more
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Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle betting (March 14 2008)
The closing event of the four-day extravaganza that is the Cheltenham Festival, on the face of it the Vincent O'Brien Handicap Hurdle couldn't be a more difficult event for punters with bets looking to smash their way out of trouble.... Read more
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Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup betting (March 14 2008)
The Grade 1 Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup, the pinnacle of National Hunt racing and one of the biggest betting events of the whole sporting calendar, is the centrepiece of the Cheltenham Festival and is the culmination of up to a year of ante-post betting plunges at a wide variety of odds.... Read more
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Royal & Sun Alliance Chase betting (March 12 2008)
The second race on day two of the four-day Cheltenham Festival, this Grade 1 event is often classed as the 'Novices Gold Cup' and is always a hot betting heat often providing a short-odds favourite carrying masses of bets.... Read more
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Queen Mother Champion Chase betting (March 12 2008)
The highlight of the second of four days racing at the Cheltenham Festival, the Grade 1 Queen Mother Champion Chase is run over two miles and is often one of the liveliest betting events of the whole meeting.... Read more
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Ladbrokes World Hurdle betting (March 13 2008)
The feature event on day three of the four-day Cheltenham Festival, the Grade 1 Ladbrokes World Hurdle, run over a distance of three miles on the New Course, is a race rich in history that always makes massive appeal to the betting public, both on the day of the race and in the ante-post odds betting lists.... Read more
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Jewson Novices' Handicap Chase betting (March 13 2008)
The opening race on day three of the four-day Cheltenham Festival, this listed contest run over two-miles-five-furlongs, was introduced into the scheduled when the meeting was expanded in 2005 and has proved to be a tough betting heat but can offer good odds of return if you can find the winner.... Read more
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Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase betting and odds preview
The first big handicap steeplechase of the National Hunt season, the Paddy Power Gold Cup, is run at Cheltenham over an extended two-and-a-half miles and is a major betting race with many fancied runners offered at tempting odds.... Read more
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Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase betting (March 12 2008)
Always a well-contested handicap and lively betting heat, this three-mile race, restricted to amateur riders, is a long-standing feature of the second day of the four-day Cheltenham Festival.... Read more
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Coral Cup betting (March 12 2008)
A Grade 2 handicap hurdle staged on the second day of the four-day Cheltenham Festival, the two-mile-five-furlong Coral Cup is a ferocious betting heat attracting as many as 30 runners, many of who carry plenty of betting confidence at a wide range of odds.... Read more
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Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle betting (March 12 2008)
The opening race on day two of the four-day Cheltenham Festival, the Grade 1 race (probably best known as the Royal & Sun Alliance Hurdle), is run over two-miles-five-furlongs and always attracts massive betting interest with strong contenders from both sides of the Irish Sea taking each other on.... Read more
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Weatherbys Champion Bumper betting
The Champion Bumper, a Grade 1 flat contest for National Hunt horses, is often one of the most eagerly anticipated betting events of the whole four-day Cheltenham Festival and closes the second day of the meeting.... Read more
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Gordon Plant Newton Novices' Hurdle betting and odds preview
Run at Haydock's November meeting, the listed Gordon Plant Newton Novices' Hurdle provides a good test for aspiring Supreme Novice Hurdle contenders at Cheltenham later in the term.... Read more
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Amlin 1965 Chase betting and odds preview
A grade 2 contest run at Ascot over a distance of two-miles-three-furlongs, the Amlin 1965 Chase is a hot betting heat that attracts talented performers both from the two mile and three mile chasing divisions.... Read more
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Brit Insurance Novices' Hurdle betting and odds preview
A relatively new race to the calendar, this three mile, Grade 2 contest for novices has already proven a great race for betting on the favourite and has been won by some smart horses.... Read more
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VC Casino Long Distance Hurdle betting and odds preview
A major trial for the World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival the following March, this Grade 2 race run at Newbury in late-November for high-class staying hurdlers, is one of the most solid form races of the whole racing year for favourite backers who are tempted by short odds.... Read more
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Stan James Feltham Novices' Chase betting
A Grade 1 three-mile novices' chase run at Kempton Park on Boxing Day, the 'Feltham' attracts some of the best horses in the division and often proves a fascinating betting heat.... Read more
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Scanmoor Noel Novices' Chase betting
A Grade 2 novices' chase run at Ascot's December meeting over a distance of two miles and three furlongs, the Noel Novices' chase has been a good race to bet on the market principals, especially those from the Pipe stable.... Read more
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Long Walk Hurdle betting
A hot betting race always contested by the cream of the staying hurdles crop, Ascot's Long Walk Hurdle (Grade 1 ), run over three miles one furlong, is an event that has provided rich pickings for those betting on the favourite, with few shocks or long-odds winners in the history of the race.... Read more
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Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle betting
This Grade 2 novices event run at Ascot in December over two miles has proved disastrous for those betting on short-odds-on favourites this decade.... Read more
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Finale Junior Hurdle betting
This Grade 1 event is run at Chepstow's Christmas meeting for juvenile hurdlers over a distance of two miles, and is often a hotly contested betting heat that has an impact on the ante-post odds betting lists for the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham the following March.... Read more
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Desert Orchid Chase betting
The first running of this two-mile Grade 2 chase was in 2006 and was introduced to the racing calendar to remember the great Desert Orchid, a four-time winner of the King George VI Chase at Kempton racecourse, and a darling of the British betting public.... Read more
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Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle betting and odds preview
Run at Kempton over two-miles-five furlongs, the Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle is always a fiercely competitive event that offers punters the opportunity to bet on good horses at decent odds, both in the win and each-way betting markets.... Read more
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Leamington Novices' Hurdle betting and odds preview
A Grade 2 contest run at Warwick in January over a trip of two miles five furlongs, the Leamington Novices' Hurdle has proved a rich source of betting success for those having a bet on the favourite this decade.... Read more
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Tolworth Hurdle betting and odds preview
A Grade 1 event for novice hurdlers, run over two miles at Sandown Park in January each year, the Tolworth Hurdle is a high class contest that can effect the ante-post odds betting markets for a number of races at the Cheltenham Festival.... Read more
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Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle betting
This Grade 2 contest run over two miles, five furlongs at Cheltenham in late-January, has already established itself as a solid betting heat and an excellent pointer to the best value in the ante-post odds betting lists for the Festival meeting six weeks later.... Read more
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Ladbrokes Trophy Handicap Chase betting
Upgraded in 2007 to Grade 3 status, the Ladbrokes Trophy Handicap Chase, run at Cheltenham's late-January fixture over a distance of two miles, five furlongs, is a valuable contest that provides a strong betting heat with good value odds on offer for all the runners.... Read more
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Anglo Irish Bank Novices Hurdle betting
A Grade 2, two mile novices hurdle for four-year-olds and upwards, run at Haydock's January fixture, the Anglo Irish Bank Novices Hurdle is an attractive betting race that brings together horses with pretensions to a place in the line up for the sponsors feature race at the Cheltenham Festival.... Read more
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Bonusprint.com Novices' Chase betting
Introduced onto the racing calendar for the first time in 2007, Haydock's Bonusprint.com Novices' Chase couldn't have made a better start - being won by the long odds-on My Way De Solzen in impressive fashion.... Read more
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VC Casino.com Gold Cup Handicap Chase betting and odds preview (March 1 2008)
A solid betting event, this two-and-a-half-mile handicap chase run at Newbury in early March is a good trial for those contemplating a crack at the big handicap chases at the Cheltenham Festival less than a fortnight later.... Read more
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It's a bad strategy but Strategic Mount is too good to miss for York
The Student Punter prepares to enter the choppy waters of ante-post betting... Read more
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Cheltenham Open betting and odds preview
Cheltenham's Open meeting in early November signals the real start of the National Hunt season and offers tremendous betting opportunities, with bets available at competitive odds due to the strength in depth of the competition.... Read more
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Mckelvey to cane rivals
If ever a horse has been prepared for the Grand National then it is Peter Bowen's Mckelvey. Plans for the eight-year-old were made after the gelding finished a staying on sixth in the Becher Chase over the Aintree fences in November and last season's Summer National winner has been trained to the minute for the big day. In order to maintain his chase handicap mark, Mckelvey was sent on a winning trip to Bangor over hurdles where he produced a... Read more
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Doyle keen on Knowhere's chance
Tom Doyle is hoping for a big run from Knowhere in Saturday's Grand National after the jockey was confirmed as the rider of the Nigel Twiston-Davies entry. Fresh from his success aboard Oscar Park at the Cheltenham Festival, the Irishman could give Twiston-Davies his third National success following on from Bindaree and Earth Summit. "It's great to have a ride in the Grand National - it's what everyone wants - but it's even better to be riding a horse that's... Read more
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Mighty Man seeks revenge over Inglis Drever
The 3m Liverpool Hurdle (14.00) represents an exhilarating curtain-raiser to Aintree's Grand National meeting with three old adversaries, Inglis Drever, Mighty Man and Blazing Bailey, all renewing rivalry. The high-class trio finished in that order when clashing in a memorable encounter for the World Hurdle over a similar distance at last month's Cheltenham Festival - a thrilling contest in which the market leader, Black Jack Ketchum, let favourite backers down by falling at the third. Perhaps the most interesting feature... Read more
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Drever bidding to double up at Aintree
High-class gelding Inglis Drever has been given the nod by County Durham trainer Howard Johnson to go for Thursday's Long Distance Hurdle, on the opening day of the Grand National meeting. The eight-year-old, who followed up his 2005 victory in World Hurdle by winning the race for the second time at last month's Cheltenham Festival, is by all accounts in the form of his life. A bullish Johnson explained: "He's come out of Cheltenham without a bother, in fact, I'd... Read more
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Joe edging nearer to Grand National place
Ferdy Murphy is hoping his leading Grand National contender, Joes Edge, will make the cut for the final forty-runner line up in next Saturday's Grand National. Joes Edge though, successful in the 2005 Scottish National and a shock 50-1 winner of the three-mile Handicap Chase at the recent Cheltenham Festival, still needs a few more horses to be withdrawn if he and rider Graham Lee are to be involved. Murphy said: "It's looking more likely that he will get in... Read more
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Ferdy's National challenge
Ferdy Murphy, who trains the ante-post favourite for the Scottish National, New Alco, will be looking for a boost in the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse on Monday. Murphy sends Nine De Sivola over for the Irish race as part of a British challenge, which includes Juveigneur and Distant Thunder - who finished in front of New Alco in a recent competitive handicap chase at the Cheltenham Festival. New Alco heads the Betfair market for the Ayr marathon, due to... Read more
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Pickings in for support
The price of Slim Pickings has continues to contract in Betfair's ante-post market on the Grand National as trainer Tom Taaffe looks to continue Ireland's fine record in the race. Raiders from across the Irish sea have won five out of the last eight Nationals and hold a strong hand again with the first three in the betting: Point Barrow (11), Dun Doire (12) and last year's hero Numbersixvalverde (13). However, further down the market and less obvious has been... Read more
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Only two options left for Well Chief
Well Chief will bid to atone for his early fall in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at last month's Cheltenham Festival by heading for big-money prizes at either Aintree or Sandown. One of the most heavily-backed and hottest favourites on the Betfair markets at the Festival, Well Chief let his supporters down by fluffing the second fence and unceremoniously ejecting jockey Timmy Murphy out of saddle. Options are very limited during the remainder of the season for the David Johnson-owned... Read more
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United could head to Cheltenham
Trainer Lucy Wadham is considering a crack at the Cheltenham Festival following United's runaway Fontwell success on Sunday.... Read more
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Briareus blow for backers
Well supported for the Arkle over the past few months, Andrew Balding's Briareus has been ruled out for the rest of the season.... Read more
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