Cheltenham Open Meeting

Cheltenham Open Meeting Preview

Iriss gift to through down a challenge to KK this year. not as unimpressive as some people have commented over the jumps and might be worth a small ante post voucher. I think after what happened to Best mate this year Hen just might change her regime and give him a more busy time of things this coming season which will surely bring out the best in him and then come March I can have the mouth watering clash of the Best two stayers on the planet, which I so selfishly deserve!!

Arkle bar that has been confirmed by tom taffe as the route kicking king is taking so ill have 300 on him to run in all 3 at 8s if you want. injury is all that will stop him running in them as regards early bets fundamentalist is outstanding value at 40s+ for the gold cup his festival defeat of subsequent stayers hero inglis drever is top drawer form now
as is his destruction of subsequent arkle hero contraband, at the course may I add he has an unreal engine and if his poor trainer can sharpen up his jumping just a touch he will have a huge season next term.

Mac's Joy is a forgotten horse for me. While it's easy to argue that he's not quite good enough, to me he was not trained with the Champion Hurdle uppermost in mind, and had peaked before Cheltenham, where he was never jumping as well as he can, and Aintree. If his trainer confirms that he's staying over hurdles, I reckon that he's well worth considering at current odds. I won't easily forget how he swooped into the lead in the Irish Champion, and he would have looked even better that day if he'd been held up.