Festival Fever: The Key Weekend Runners with Cheltenham Festival in mind
By Sporting Life
15:48 · SAT February 06, 2021
Matt Brocklebank and Tony McFadden profile eight of the most significant runners this weekend that are likely to have the Cheltenham Festival on their agenda, including Minella Indo.
Sunday - Ones to watch
Paul Townend on Appreciate It
Appreciate It is already favourite for the Sky Bet Supreme Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham but we could be talking in terms of old-fashioned Irish banker should he come through this weekend s test unscathed.
The son of Jeremy won the Goffs Future Stars Bumper on this card last February, before finding stable companion Ferny Hollow too good in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper the following month.
2:48PM, FEB 2 2021
The big names of Irish racing – Chacun Pour Soi, Min, Honeysuckle, Minella Indo, Monkfish, Delta Work and Sharjah – remain in contention for the Grade 1 races at the Dublin Racing Festival in what promises to be an action-packed weekend that should not be missed.
Chacun Pour Soi, the horse many believe will provide Willie Mullins with a breakthrough Queen Mother Champion Chase victory at Cheltenham, is on course to defend his Ladbrokes Dublin Chase (1.35) crown on Saturday. Stablemate Min, who chased him home last season before landing the Ryanair at Cheltenham, also features among the seven horses left in the race at the latest forfeit stage.
Cheltenham Festival 2021 tips: Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle antepost betting preview
By Matt Brocklebank
10:22 · MON February 08, 2021
Matt Brocklebank heads into the specials market for his latest long-range Cheltenham Festival preview, with a weekend Leopardstown runner fancied to enhance his claims.
Racing betting tips: Cheltenham Festival antepost
What unfolds at the Dublin Racing Festival is going to see some of the Cheltenham markets turned inside out and attempting to get a springer on side ahead of the weekend is as challenging as it is tempting.
The potential value on offer is too rewarding to resist, though in this instance I’m going to play it relatively cautious and head for the ‘to win any race at the Cheltenham Festival’ betting when it comes to a certain novice.
Tuesday February 2 4:23 PM
Minella Indo will bid to get his season back on track in the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown on Sunday.
Narrowly denied by Champ in a thrilling climax to the RSA Chase at Cheltenham last season, Henry de Bromhead’s charge was so impressive in winning his first two tarts of the current campaign he was clear favourite for the Savills Chase over the Irish Gold Cup course and distance.
The eight-year-old only made it as far as the eighth fence at the Christmas fixture before falling in a race won by his stablemate A Plus Tard – but with the latter heading straight to the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Minella Indo is well fancied to reaffirm his own claims for the blue riband.
Cheltenham Festival tips: Four big-priced horses that could be worth a punt now
With the Dublin Racing Festival around the corner, it might be as good a time as any to start your Cheltenham portfolio
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