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3:20 Cheltenham Gold Cup Results – 3m 2 1/2f

Cheltenham Races — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:43:37 +0000

It was all about Kauto Star and Denman before this race and now it’s all about the Nigel Twiston-Davies superstar Imperial Commander who absolutely wiped the floor with Denman on the run-in and saw off KS when he fell, the Nicholls party was well and truly upset today… 1. Imperial Commander 7/1 2. Denman 4/1 3. Mon Mome 50/1 Related posts:McCoy Rides Denman In Gold Cup Kauto Star Gold Cup Favourite Cheltenham Gold Cup Stolen Related posts:

2:40 Albert Bartlett Nov Hurdle Results – 3m

Cheltenham Races — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:18:15 +0000

Quel Esprit went into this race as favourite with the bookies but with other contenders such as Tell Massini and Enterprise Park there to spoil the party it was all go but there can only be one winner and it was neither as they were comprehensively whipped by Berties Dream… 1. Berties Dream 33/1 2. Najaf 25/1 3. Kennel Hill 66/1 Related posts:4:40 Fred Winter H’cap Hurdle Results – 2m 110yds 2:05 County Hurdle Results – 2m 1f 4:00 Coral Cup H’cap Hurdle Results – 2m 5f Related posts:

2:05 County Hurdle Results – 2m 1f

Cheltenham Races — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:16:38 +0000

Though this race was a little more open than some of the others Ruby Walsh was still favourite pre-race on Tito Bustillo, in a bid to add to his Champion Jockey tally but it was his sister Katie Walsh who crossed the winning post first on Thousand Stars – must be in the genes… 1. Thousand Stars 20/1 2. Arcalis 33/1 3. Dee Ee Williams 20/1 4. Zanir 50/1 5. Noble Prince 11/1 Related posts:2:40 Albert Bartlett Nov Hurdle Results – 3m 1:30 Triumph Hurdle Results – 2m 1f 2:05 Pertemps Final H’Cap Hurdle Results – 3m Related posts:

1:30 Triumph Hurdle Results – 2m 1f

Cheltenham Races — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:13:50 +0000

The first race of the last day of the 2010 Cheltenham Festival and it’s close at the top with at least four horses battling it out at the bookies for top spot as favourite including Alaivan, Carlito Brigante, Advisor and Soldatino but ultimately there can only be one winner and it’s Soldatino, bringing Barry Geraghty’s number of wins to 3! 1. Soldatino 6/1 2. Barizan 14/1 3. Alaivan 9/2 4. Carlito Brigante 7/2 Related posts:3:20 Ladbrokes World Hurdle Results – 3m 2:05 County Hurdle Results – 2m 1f 4:00 Coral Cup H’cap Hurdle Results – 2m 5f Related posts:

Commander Can Take Gold Cup

Cheltenham Races — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:32:59 +0000

If you were to believe the pundits then you’d wonder why any other horses plan to turn up for the Gold Cup today, because for most it’s only all about Kauto Star and Denman but not so says Imperial Commanders jockey Paddy Brennan who has said he “wouldn’t ride anything else” in the Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup today and rather confidently believes that he can topple the big two of Kauto Star and Denman!

The Nigel Twiston-Davies trained horse was successful in last year’s Ryanair Chase but feels the Gold Cup will better suit him this year. Clearly the bookies agree because Imperial Commander is third favourite behind the two superstars.

Speaking on Channel 4′s The Morning Line, Brennan said: “It’ll be very competitive and the track is riding brilliantly – it’s a case of the best horse will win. I think he’ll be a much easier ride in the Gold Cup because he’ll travel. In the Ryanair you’re always in top gear and need everything to go right. Today he’ll give me a great ride because he travels and personally I think he stays.”

And he could be right, despite the power of Kauto Star, Imperial Commander came within a nose of defeating him in the Betfair Chase at Haydock in November and Brennan believes he can come out on top in their clash on Friday.

“It was best feeling I’ve had off a horse in racing because he gave me something and kept quickening and quickening and going away,” Brennan added. “He went to the third last as quick as he’s ever been and going to the fence he had a blow and it lost me four lengths and gave Kauto a chance and I think I lost the race there. Make no mistake, he can match the best and I wouldn’t want to ride anything else today.”

It could be that the Gold Cup isn’t as clear cut as everybody thinks it will be and maybe, just maybe, Imperial Commander will turn up and really upset the Nicholls party this afternoon!

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Walsh Still On For Top Jockey

Cheltenham Races — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:49:10 +0000

We’re heading into the fourth and final day of this year’s Cheltenham Festival and what was supposed to be a walk in the park for Ruby Walsh and the Paul Nicholls stables hasn’t quite gone to plan with Ruby missing out on wins from a number of races he was odds on favourite to win.

But today he was back at the head of affairs in the Cheltenham Festival top jockey standings after notching a third win of the meeting on Big Buck’s, who successfully defended his World Hurdle crown. Despite Tony McCoys’ relatively poor performances over the last couple of months he has really upped his game so much so that Ruby briefly had to hand the armband to champion jockey Tony McCoy, after he partnered Albertas Run to victory in the Ryanair Chase.

McCoy remains in second place on two wins, just ahead of Barry Geraghty and Richard Johnson by way of the countback system. But there’s one day left and it’s still all to play for especially in the big race of the festival – The Cheltenham Gold Cup when it’s Ruby versus Tony…place your bets with Paddy Power Bookmakers now!

Ruby & Kauto V Tony & Denman

Cheltenham Races — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:33:28 +0000

It is generally accepted by all and sundry, and most especially National Hunt jockeys that while a rider might be talented, he can only win certain races if he is on the right horse. A prime example of this is AP McCoy – an outstanding jockey, but one that is yet to win the Grand National and has but once won the Gold Cup, on Mr Mulligan in 1997. In fact just recently Champion Trainer Paul Nicholls was apparently surprised when someone pointed out to him how the human and equine stories correspond when it comes to the upcoming Gold Cup and his two main contenders – Kauto Star and Denman.

While McCoy is set to ride Denman in the Cheltenham Cup, it will be his archrival (but good friend) Ruby Walsh who will be riding Denman’s archrival (but stablemate and ‘pal’ according to Nicholls) Kauto Star. Some feel that McCoy’s iron constitution and ruthless temperament are not enough to suit the needs of such a characteristic chaser as Denman, who needs less coercion and more horsemanship.

Others who have more knowledge of McCoy are embarrassed by the slating that McCoy has received – he is after all officially the best jockey of all time, a status he achieved on 27th of August 2002 when victory on Mighty Montefalco in a three mile hurdle at Uttoxeter gave him his 1,700th winner, passing the three year old record total of Richard Dunwoody. Nicholls, when told how the equine and human stories of the Gold Cup correspond responded that Kauto Star and Denman are ‘the mirror image of the jockeys – but when they are out there, they’re out there to win’. Never has a truer word been spoken, while Walsh and McCoy are friends, that goes completely out the window once the tapes go up.

Whilst the two jockeys have completely differing styles, there has never been any doubt in their trainer’s mind that each of his horses has the perfectly suited accomplice when it comes to the Gold Cup. Walsh has a friendly but artistic laidback style which perfectly reflects Kauto Star’s attitude, while McCoy’s enforcing style totally suits Denman’s different and aggressive character – as Nicholls stated ‘I always thought someone like McCoy was going to suite Denman’.

As Nicholls has said of the riders of his top horses’ ‘Two champion jockeys, two great horses’ and having the champion jockeys of Great Britain and Ireland in the saddles of the two main contenders for one of the biggest events of the racing calendar is somewhat of a beautiful and intriguing juxtaposition – one which is looked forward to by bookies and punters alike.

Nicholls on the other hand, it is imagined, will be looking forward to the event with some trepidation – it is almost unheard of for one yard to house two such celebrities, and he admits that he has quite mixed emotions, stating ‘the saddest thing for me is that one of them is going to get beat’.

Which one are you going to put a bet on? The friendly or the aggressive? The horse who has won the race once or the horse who has already won it twice? The one being ridden by Ruby or Tony?? The one with the best odds? Exciting stuff!

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4:00 Byrne Group Plate H’Cap Results – 2m 5f

Cheltenham Races — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:21:30 +0000

The JP McManus horse, Sunnyhillboy went into the race as favourite and practically odds on at that. Money kept pouring in on the exchanges backing him and with Paddy Power paying out on the first 5 places, there was some good money to be made on each way bets but it was Great Endeavour and the Pipe family’s day,… 1. Great Endeavour 16/1 2. Sunnyhillboy 8/1 3. From Dawn To Dusk 22/1 4. Mister Mcgoldrick 33/1 5. Gwanako 20/1 Related posts:2:05 Pertemps Final H’Cap Hurdle Results – 3m 1:30 Jewson Novices H’Cap Chase Results – 2m 5f 3:20 Ladbrokes World [...] Related posts:

3:20 Ladbrokes World Hurdle Results – 3m

Cheltenham Races — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:29:59 +0000

The second big race of the day, the Ladbrokes World Hurdle, and competition was fierce. With horses such as Tidal Bay, War of Attrition and Big Bucks battling it out it could have been anybody’s, this year it was Big Bucks, retaining his title and finally delivering a bookies favourite winner… 1. Big Bucks 8/11 2. Time For Rupert 20/1 3. Powerstation 40/1 Related posts:1:30 Triumph Hurdle Results – 2m 1f 2:40 Albert Bartlett Nov Hurdle Results – 3m 4:40 Fred Winter H’cap Hurdle Results – 2m 110yds Related posts:

2:40 Ryanair Chase Results – 2m 5f

Cheltenham Races — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:57:43 +0000

One of the two big races of the day, the Ryanair Chase has attracted plenty of great horses including Tranquil Sea and Voy Por Ustedes this year but there can only be one winner and this time around its Albertas Run… 1. Albertas Run 14/1 2. Poquelin 3/1 3. JY Vole 16/1 Related posts:3:20 Ladbrokes World Hurdle Results – 3m 1:30 Jewson Novices H’Cap Chase Results – 2m 5f 4:00 Byrne Group Plate H’Cap Results – 2m 5f Related posts: