Jimmy2shoes

2.10 Chelt
ARCTIC FIRE @ 25/1 Paddy P
If this guy is fit and can shoulder top weight must have a chance here. Twice second at the festival including only beaten 1 1/2L by Faugheen in the champion. Has produced some of his best form on this type of ground and has run well after a Lay off before

Great competition as usual Billy , looking forward to Aintree.       
Runner up to Jimmy never a disgrace.   
Well done the Irish with 19 winning races     

Well done Jimmy ..........quickly away, led first, made all
that's the way to do it !
Cheers BH...............

Final Table
Jimmy leads from pillar to post to win the competition
Very well done also to the runners up Bymatrix and Thebestthere.
*Thanks for all of the support and don't forget to come back next month for Aintree when we will do it all again.
 
Prizes
£65 : Jimmy2shoes
£25 : Bymatrix
£10: Thebestthere
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Hope Mr Mullins Can win his first Gold Cup
Djakadam  
I'll be there 
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!   

Day 1 was good but the Bookmaker is still laughing, rondevu at 1300 hours Scan area then full attack 
Launch missiles 
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
 

Some Highlights if you missed the Goodness 
360 Camera So you can mess about with the directional on top Left 
360° Cheltenham Festival 2017 | Day 1
Get some Sleep and report back for Duty again Day 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXpskq5Wxuo
 

Some truly stunning write up's 

1.30 Ch: Labaik
2.10 Ch: Some Plan
2.50 Ch: Singlefarmpayment
3.30 Ch: The New One
4.10 Ch: Apple's Jade
4.50 Ch: Tiger Roll
5.30 Ch: Tully East 

Cracking stuff, Jimmy 
 

nice shooting Jimmy if I take Gazza off will I be successful

Crikey that's brilliant , please tell us you had a multiple as well      

Brilliant Jimmy !.............

Sadly No
A £1 accumulator would have paid £17.900   
 

1.30: Neptune Novices’ Hurdle 
Neon Wolf could be the real deal. There weren’t many more impressive novices this season. However he’s by no means a banker. Given his relative inexperience and rawness I’m happy to let him run without my money.
Plenty others are interesting – though most of them are unlikely to run. That makes this race hard to evaluate.
If she runs, then Let’s Dance is my pick. With a handy weight allowance, strong form and experience, she ticks plenty of the right boxes for me. I love her improvement this season and particularly her last Grade 2 success at Leopardstown.
She is versatile, ground independent and has already won over 2m 4f – the right traits for a big performance.  With NRNB I select her – if she does not run I watch the race in the hope of a big performance by Neon Wolf.
Selection:
10pts Win – Let’s Dance @ 7/1 VC (NRNB)
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2.10: RSA Novices’ Chase
With plenty of talented horses likely to pull out before Wednesday, the RSA could be left with a slightly lukewarm lineup. That doesn’t mean it won’t be an intriguing contest, but it certainly does not shape as one of the stronger renewals.
Favourite Might Bight has been on the drift for a while and there is the question whether Cheltenham is his track. We’ll find out soon. His Kempton performance (until the fall) was huge, so one should not underestimate him and his price goes in a direction where it becomes tempting.
Alpha Des Obeaux’s bleeding issues when last seen put me off, whereas I feel Royal Vacation is a very decent each-way shout here. But the one I’m most excited about is recent 32 lengths Navan winner Acapella Bourgeois.
Yes, you can argue he got it easy in front that day, the other jockeys were caught napping and the heavy ground had a role to play too. But the way he jumped, the way he pricked ears while jumping the final fence clear by a mile, still only in second gear – you got to be impressed with this still generally lightly raced seven year old.
The faster ground is a question mark, though he was a Grade 2 winner over hurdles on yielding ground. I feel he’s the right type for this race, one who’ll be suited to Cheltenham and its demands, one who won’t go away when it starts to hurt and one who’ll be able to pull out more when the others stop.
Selection:
10pts Win – Acapella Bourgeois @ 7/1 Skybet
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2.50: Coral Cup
Another of those races where you can’t be certain at all who’s going to line up on Wednesday afternoon. Though fairly certain is the start of Peregrine Run.
A really nice progressive sort who was denied a five-timer back in January at Warwick probably by unsuited soft ground. With decent ground looming and course and distance form in the book, this race should suit down to the grounds with a fair handicap mark to leverage.
Dan Skelton’s Mister Miyagi is another one i do like quite a bit. Finished sixth behind Altior in last years Supreme, not far behind Tombstone, who incidentally is favourite for the Coral.
Things did not go right for MM afterwards, he needed a wind op suffering from the same issues Cue Card did before his legendary revival. Skelton feels he’s a big runner and he’s probably right: if the wind op helped to solve the underlying issue then he’s got a huge chance to to be in the shake-up in this compressed handicap.
Highly speculative my third selection: Bleu Et Rouge goes back hurdling. He never seemed happy over fences, his jumping letting him down badly, though his debut run was quite promising, actually.
The smaller obstacles (either here or in the county hurdle) will be a big help nonetheless, he was a Grade 1 winning novice who could easily be well handicapped if the spark is back. With NRNB insurance, it’s worth a risk at a value price in case he lines up in the Coral.
Selection:
5pts win – Peregrine Run @ 10/1 Bet365
5pts win – Bleu Et Rouge @ 16/1 Bet365
5pts win – Mister Miyagi @ 20/1 Skybet
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3.30: Queen Mother Champion Chase
An empty netter from five yards out for Douvan this is, he won’t be beaten. So I focus more on what’s finishing behind him in second and third. Fox Norton, God’s Own and Special Tiara is the trio most likely to fill places left on the podium – all three rated within a pound, in and around with the same sort of chance.
Though the betting does not reflect this. That says I get why the not fully exposed seven year old Fox Norton is slightly better fancied, nonetheless I think 16/1 for Special Tiara with 1/4 of the odds looks big in comparison.
The win part of the bet hinges on luck or misfortune of Douvan, but the place part looks to have a better chance than the odds suggest in my mind. He mightn’t be quite as good as he used to be, but fact remains that he finished 3rd in the Champion Chase last year and won this season the one time he encountered the ground he needs.
with decent ground likely here on Wednesday, Special Tiara should prove hard to pass for most rivals in this race, bar the near unbeatable favourite.
Selection: 
5pts E/W – Special Tiara @ 16/1 Bet365
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4.10: Cross-Country Chase
Any Currency won this race last year but lost it in the courtroom afterwards. Nonetheless he is a Cheltenham specialist and even more specialist for this specific race. He seems to find his form again and should be ripped in order to put up a huge performance once more.
Now 14 years of age, there will come a point where younger legs do get the better of him him but the Cross Country is a race for specialists. A specialist Any Currency is and therefore it looks near impossible to keep this guy out of the money.
Selection: 
5pts E/W – Any Currency @ 14/1 PP
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4.50: Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
A big field and one where you wouldn’t like to be on a short price but the word is out that Divin Bere is the one to beat and well fancied by the stable. He could have gone down the Triumph route but he’s here in a handicap off a reasonable mark.
In fact it’s probably closer to the truth that the Henderson inmate is well handicapped taken his sole run in Britain into account.
He is a French recruit who made a big impression on his UK debut at Huntingdon with form that works out incredibly well through the runner-up. Connections didn’t leave a stone untouched it seems as Divin Bere also got a wind op since then.
Selection: 
10pts win – Divin Bere @ 6/1 Skybet
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5.30: Champion Bumper
Exciting favourite Carter Mckay might be too good but at bigger prices I fancy two other Irish horses to outrun their price tag: that is Robbie McNamara’s Quick Grabim. A visually super impressive winner of a bumper at the Leopardstown Christmas festival, he was disappointing the next time at Exter but probably had excuses that day.
Better ground should suit and it’s telling that Noel Fehily was extremely keen to get the leg up on this boy.
Davy Russell will ride Joseph O’Brien’s interesting West Coast Time. Impressive on debut, he was hampered in the mud when runner-up – yet convincingly beaten  – behind Carter Kckay. Drop back to two miles on decent ground could easily bring out further improvement though.
Selection: 
5pts win – Quick Grabim @ 25/1 WH
5pts win – West Coast Time @ 16/1 Skybet

2.50: Coral Cup


 Tombstone 5/1 Skybet
One of the toughest races for punters at the Festival over the last ten years. This time round we have a fancied runner in Tombstone who deserves plenty of respect being from the Gordon Elliott yard who has won this race twice. The 7yo was 4th to Altior last season in the Supreme and has done little wrong since which makes his mark of 149 look very lenient indeed. Last time out he beat Jezki without much fuss and must go close on his handicap debut.

Stable mate Automated is also worth putting on the shortlist, he won at Navan in December and has been kept quiet for a tilt at this prize.


 
4.10: Cross Country


Cantlow 11/4 PP 
Owner JP McManus has a great record in Cross Country races whether it be here at Cheltenham or at home in Ireland. He has a couple of leading fancies this year with Cantlow and Cause Of Causes and on the bare figures you would have to take Cantlow to come out on top. Trained by Enda Bolger who has won this race five times the 12yo was a creditable second here in January giving plenty of weight away to the French runner Urgent De Gregaine. On level terms he should get his revenge and will be very hard to beat.


 
4.50: Fred Winter

Divin Bere 6/1 Skybet

 
Nicky Henderson last won the Fred Winter back in 2012 with Une Artiste and has a very good chance of taking it gain with Divin Bere who has only had the one run since coming over from France. Last years winner Diego du Charmil came via the same route and actually won without a prep race so the lack of experience is not a worry.
On his British debut he got the better of Master Blueyes who has gone on and franked the form by winning the Adonis at Kempton and is now rated 150 which makes Divin Bere’s mark of 139 look very attractive.


 
5.30: Champion Bumper


 Western Ryder 7/1 Coral
At one time the Festival Bumper was all about Willie Mullins, he has won it 8 times and also had several placed horses. He hasn’t won it now since 2013 but has a big fancy in Carter McKay who is very highly regarded. The home side have took the last two renewals however so maybe the tide is turning and my vote goes to Western Ryder who was second last time out behind the useful Daphne Du Clos who incidentally misses the race through injury. That was a very good contest and prior to that the Warren Greatrex 5yo had won well at Ascot.

Of the rest Cause Toujours and Someday both bring last time out winning form to the table and look sure to run well.

It's Time!  
17:30 Cheltenham - Trully East. 1pt Win Bet @ 16/1 Skybet & Bet365 

Stunning Write up 
Best of Luck 

Sorry missed comps last week been in hospital and came out with man flu so been under the covers last four days
1.30 Ch: Ballyandy
2.10 Ch: Altior
2.50 Ch: Noble Endeavor
3.30 Ch: Yanworth
4.10Ch:  Vroum  Vroum  Mag                                                                                                                                  4.50 Ch: Beware The Bear
5.30 Ch: Two Taffs

Surely Bryan Cooper is worth a buck or two at 10/1 most outfits 

Nicky Henderson 2017 Cheltenham Festival team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iB518TqCZI

Nigel Twiston-Davies - Cheltenham Festival Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3PGL3YfPrs#t=10.631822

Cheltenham Festival Stable Tour - Willie Mullins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlP1ORDSqbQ#t=15.914294