Producer Daniel Hussey summarises all the Cheltenham Day 1 Final Decs picks from Tom Stanley, Matt Tombs, Micheál Deasy and Charlie Poste…
13:20 Cheltenham – Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
The last horse to win off 1 hurdles run was Flown (1992) – he’d had 14 flat runs
Tom – Old Park Star 3.5
Matt – Leader D’Allier 15.0 (w/pl)
Deasy – Talk The Talk 6.8
Charlie – Leader D’Allier 15.0
14:00 Cheltenham – Arkle Chase
Runners who achieved an RPR of 160+ over hurdles the previous season are 10/20 – 9pt (42%) profit since 2002
Tom – Kopek Des Bordes 2.68
Matt – Kopek Des Bordes 2.68
Deasy – Kopek Des Bordes 2.68
Charlie – Lulamba 2.75
14:40 Cheltenham – Fred Winter
In the last 15 renewals, horses that had had only 3 hurdles runs but 10+ starts under Rules are 5/52 – 32pt (62%) profit
Tom – No bet
Matt – No bet
Deasy – Hardy Stuff 30.0 / Glen To Glen 11.0
Charlie – No bet
15:20 Cheltenham – Ultima Handicap Chase
Every winner this century had run over 3m+ in a chase under Rules, 9 had run over at least 3m5f.
Tom – Hyland 12.0
Matt – Myretown 11.0
Deasy – Johnnywho 16.0 / Blaze The Way 24.0
Charlie – Resplendent Grey 21.0
16:00 Cheltenham – Champion Hurdle
The last winner who’d been defeated on the previous start was Jezki in 2014
Tom – Lossiemouth 3.0
Matt – Brighterdaysahead 6.0
Deasy – No bet
Charlie – Lossiemouth 3.0
16:40 Cheltenham – Plate
29 of the last 32 winners had shown their best chase form (on RPR) over an intermediate trip
Tom – No bet
Matt – Downmexicoway 11.0
Deasy – Down Memory Lane 15.0
Charlie – Madara 5.5
17:20 Cheltenham – National Hunt Handicap Chase
No trend as 2nd renewal
Tom – Grand Geste 15.0
Matt – Newton Tornado 6.5
Deasy – King Of Answers 17.5
Charlie – Newton Tornado 6.0
Matchbook Zero Tuesday Long-Shot
Tom – Grand Geste 15.0 (National Hunt)
Matt – Koktail Brut 81.0 (Supreme)
Deasy – Hardy Stuff 30.0 (Fred Winter)
Charlie – Resplendent Grey 21.0 (Ultima Handicap Chase)
Best Tuesday Lays
Matt – PLACE LAY Jagwar (Ultima)
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Tom / Charlie – Lossiemouth 3.0 (Champion)
Matt – Kopek Des Bordes 2.68 (Arkle)
Deasy – Talk The Talk 6.8 (Supreme)
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