The 2020 Ryanair Chase is run at Cheltenham on Thursday the 12th of March, over a trip of two mile four furlongs, and a hundred and twenty seven yards. Last years winner Frodon looks set to return and try and win the race for a second year, with another [...]
The 2020 Champion Hurdle is run at Cheltenham on Tuesday the 10th of March, over a trip of two miles and eighty seven yards. With a few of the main contenders having alternative engagements, it's hard to hazard a guess at exactly which horses will line up on the [...]
The 2020 Cheltenham Gold Cup is run on Friday the 13th of March. The trip is three miles, two furlongs and seventy yards. Native River who won the race two years ago, and last years winner Al Boum Photo are set to line up again. They are joined by [...]
The 2020 Champion Chase is run over about twenty yards shy of two miles, at Cheltenham on Wednesday, March the 11th. Altior is bidding to win the race for the third time in a row, but he faces stiff opposition in the form of Chacun Pour Soi and Defi [...]
I've taken a statistical look at the Cheltenham Festival for the last three years, and each of those articles will still be relevant to this years festival. They are mostly based on eight years data, so rather than refresh the same angles each year, I try to find some [...]
The 2019 Stayers Hurdle is run over two miles, seven furlongs, two hundred and thirteen yards. News broke two days ago that last years winner Penhill won't be returning to defend his crown, after suffering an injury, which is a big shame as it's possible to pick holes in [...]
The 2019 Cheltenham Gold Cup is run over three miles, two furlongs and seventy yards. Last years winner Native River is trying to win it again, but he is currently only third in the market, with Presenting Percy heading the betting, but he hasn't run over fences since winning [...]
The Champion Hurdle is run over two miles and eighty seven yards, and is the big race on the opening day of the 2019 Cheltenham Festival. What looked another potentially poor renewal was given a big boost with the news that Apples Jade would be aimed at the race, [...]
With the first race of the 2018 Festival only six days away I decided to crunch some numbers to see if I could come up with any interesting stats or angles which might help our punting next week. This year most of the data is related to a horses [...]
Below is my Ante Post Preview and Tips for the 2018 Ryanair Chase, run over two miles four furlongs, and one hundred and sixty six yards. This could be a fascinating race, but as I write this with just over two weeks to go to the race, there is [...]