Cheltenham Festival 2021 tips: Ruby Walsh s A to Z guide to this year s meeting at Prestbury Park
The legendary jockey tasted success on 59 occasions at the famous meeting before retiring from the saddle in 2019
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Barbados Buck s a fast improver
Beaten on his hurdles bow in the autumn at Stratford (2m 6f, good) when he finished second to The Bull McCabe, Barbados Buckâs has won on all three starts since, including reversing form with Kim Baileyâs charge at Southwell over an extended three miles in November.
The manner of that success under a confident Bryony Frost certainly screamed of an improving stayer and Barbados Buckâs had a couple of subsequent winners behind when defying a penalty back at the same course in December, this time in the hands of stable jockey Harry Cobden.
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WILLIE Mullins plethora of entries in the 2021 Cheltenham Festival includes Al Boum Photo who goes to post 7-2 favourite in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Mullins trained Monkfish heads the betting in the Festival Novices’ Chase as 7-4 favourite on the back of winning the Albert Bartlett at the 2020 Festival, continuing to shine after switching to Chasing this season, in winning twice including a Grade 1 success at Leopardstown in December.
Mullins trained Chacan Pour Sol is 11-10 favourite in the Queen Mother Champion Chase, an outstanding 2-mile Chaser in Britain and Ireland having won five of six races since March 2019, that includes an impressive three Grade 1 victories.
Ruby Walsh and Robbie Power s Cheltenham tips
Updated / Wednesday, 10 Mar 2021
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Ruby Walsh and Robbie Power look ahead to the main races at next week s Cheltenham Festival.
Listen to Tuesday s special episode of Game On above, or grab a cuppa and read the lads tips for next week below.
DAY ONE - TUESDAY
Appreciate It could get the Irish off to a great start
Ruby Walsh: Appreciate It found Ferny Hollow too good for him last year in the Champion Bumper. Ferny Hollow quickened by him through the wings at the last hurdle and it looked like Appreciate It then would want to be going a bit further. He won his maiden hurdle in Cork beating Master McShee. He turned up at Leopardstown at Christmas and won a grade one over two miles, beating Ballyadam and a few others and he cemented that at the Dublin Racing Festival. It s maybe the weakness in the opposition that makes Appreciate It such a short-price favourite more so that what
Owner Andy Stewart is confident Barbados Buck’s can spark celebrations at his home in the Caribbean with victory at the Cheltenham Festival in the Albert Bartle