Lie Forrit Prep For Cleeve Hurdle

Cheltenham Races — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:18:27 +0000

Lie Forrit, the 25/1 (with Paddy Power) Ladbrokes World Hurdle runner is being prepped, by trainer Willie Amos, for a run at the Betfair Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on January 30. The Irish six year old has had 10 life time starts with six wins and two second places making him an excellent each way prospect for the big race on 18th March.

Preparations for him have been slowed by the recent cold snap in the weather and, according to Racing Post, his trainer Amos said on Monday morning: “We have been using the indoor school with him but I won’t know what I have gained or lost with him until we get him out on the gallops, which will hopefully be tomorrow – I have a JCB clearing them at the moment.”

Amos added: “We have entered him in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle and I don’t think that we have any alternatives with him – if he ran in the Pertemps Final he would be lumbered with top-weight. Everybody seems to be running scared of Big Buck’s but you can’t be afraid of one horse and nothing fazes Lie Forrit, he hits a flat spot in his races but he stays all day.”

Lie Forrit is on excellent form, 1211-U11, with only one recent blip back in October 2009 when he unseated his jockey, Gillies, at Aintree. With Big Bucks practically odds on favourite and such short ante-post odds on offer, maybe Lie Forrit could be a horse to watch for a place?

Ladbrokes World Hurdle Runners and Odds

Cheltenham Races — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:16:14 +0000

In 2005 Ladbrokes took over sponsorship of the World Hurdle which is to be run on Thursday 18th March 2010 at 3.20pm. With a current prize fund of £260,000 there’s a lot at stake for the trainers and owners of the horses who have been entered into this race.

The Ladbrokes World Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race which is open to horses aged four years or older and is run on the new course at Cheltenham over a distance of 3 miles with twelve hurdles to be jumped.

The most successful horse in the history of this race was Inglis Dreamer who won it three times in 2005, 2007 and 2008 but it was Big Bucks, the French 7 year old trained by Paul Nicholls, with Ruby Walsh on board who won it in 2009 so it should come as no surprise to know that the bookies have made it odds on favourite, at 4/7, to win it again in 2010. No confirmation as to the jockey but it’s a safe bet to assume that Ruby will once again be trying working his magic…

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Lie Forrit Prep For Cleeve Hurdle

Ladbrokes World Hurdle Runners and Odds