Producer Daniel Hussey summarises all the picks on the Matchbook Cheltenham Preview Night with Tom Stanley, joined by Matt Tombs, Donn McClean, Adele Mulrennan, Charlie Poste and Micheál Deasy…
An eventful night on the annual Cheltenham Preview Night, with some WILD picks thrown in by all.
It’s hard to write down all the picks so if you missed any, they’re summarised below.
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We’ve included a Cheltenham Trend from Matt Tombs for each Grade 1 – check out his articles here.
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Tuesday – Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
Winners of the Brave Inca Novice Hurdle, now over 2m at the Dublin Racing Festival, are 6/9 this century – 14pt (153%) profit
- Matt – Il Etait Temps
- Donn – Marine Nationale
- Adele – Il Etait Temps place
- Charlie – Tahmuras
- Deasy – Facile Vega (If its heavy ground) Strong Leader (Win/Place)
Tuesday – Arkle Chase
Since the BHA started publishing ratings in 2008, the top-rated runners are 9/15 – 12pt (78%) profit
- Matt – El Fabiolo
- Donn – El Fabiolo
- Adele – Jonbon
- Charlie – Dysart Dynamo
- Deasy – Jonbon
Tuesday – Champion Hurdle
The trend is that trends don’t matter when you’ve got a horse head and shoulders above the others in a championship race
- Matt – Constitution Hill
- Donn – Constitution Hill
- Adele – Constitution Hill
- Charlie – Constitution Hill
- Deasy – Epatante (Place)
Tuesday – Mares Hurdle
No trend, but we asked the team what price does Honeysuckle go off?
- Matt – Trade: Honeysuckle back-to-lay to get stake money on the day
- Donn – Honeysuckle
- Adele – Epatante (or Marie’s Rock if she goes)
- Charlie – Epatante
- Deasy – Shewearsitwell (Win/Place)
Tuesday – Any Other Bets
- Matt – Churchstonewarrior (Not-Quite-4-Miler)
- Donn – Oscar Elite (Ultima)
- Adele – Into Overdrive place (Ultima)
- Charlie – Mahler Mission (NH Chase)
- Deasy – Corach Rambler (Ultima)
Tuesday – Best Lays
- Tom – Constitution Hill
- Matt – Jonbon
- Adele – El Fabiolo
- Charlie – State Man
- Deasy – Gaillard du Mesnil
Tuesday – Best Bets
- Tom – Facile Vega (Supreme)
- Matt – El Fabiolo (Arkle)
- Donn – Marine Nationale (Supreme)
- Adele – Jonbon (Arkle)
- Charlie – Epatante (Mares)
- Deasy – Corach Rambler win/place (Ultima)
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Wednesday – Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle
All 20 winners of the Challow Hurdle to have run in the Ballymore were beaten, 10 of which went off 6.0 or shorter
- Matt – Impaire Et Passe
- Donn – Champ Kiely
- Adele – Hemes Allen
- Charlie – Impaire Et Passe
- Deasy – Inthepocket (win/place)
Wednesday – Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase
Since Young Hustler won 30 years ago, all 90 runners that had had 2 or more ‘full’ seasons over hurdles have been beaten
- Matt – The Real Whacker
- Donn – Gerri Colombe
- Adele – The Real Whacker
- Charlie – Gerri Colombe
- Deasy – Gerri Colombe
Wednesday – Champion Chase
Winners of that season’s Desert Orchid Chase are 6/14 – 20pt (144%) profit. Overall form 1231413114132P
- Matt – Editeur Du Gite (win/place)
- Donn – Gentleman De Mee
- Adele – Edwardstone
- Charlie – Gentleman De Mee
- Deasy – Edwardstone
Wednesday – Any Other Bets
- Matt – Encanto Bruno (Bumper)
- Donn – A Dream To Share (Bumper)
- Adele – Irish Hill (Coral Cup)
- Charlie – Langer Dan ( Coral Cup )
- Deasy – Saint Roi (Grand Annual) Beacon Edge (Coral Cup)
Wednesday – Best Lays
- Tom – Back Edwardstone in running
- Matt – Thyme Hill
- Donn – Energumene
- Deasy – Place Lay Hermes Allen and Energumene
Wednesday – Best Bets
- Tom – Hermes Allen (Ballymore)
- Matt – Impaire Et Passe (Supreme)
- Donn – Gentleman De Mee (Champion Chase)
- Adele – Hermes Allen (Ballymore)
- Charlie – Gerri Colombe (Brown Advisory)
- Deasy – Gerri Colombe (Brown Advisory)
Thursday – Turners Novices’ Chase
All 17 winners of the Drinmore to have run at the Festival that season were beaten
- Matt – Balco Coastal (win/place)
- Donn – Banbridge
- Adele – Banbridge
- Charlie – Mighty Potter
- Deasy – Mighty Potter
Thursday – Ryanair Chase
9 of the last 12 renewals have been won by the top 2 in the BHA ratings – 11pt (38%) profit
- Matt – Shishkin
- Donn – Janidil
- Adele – Shishkin
- Charlie – Shishkin
- Deasy – Shishkin/Janidil forecast
Thursday – Stayers’ Hurdle
In the first 14 renewals this century every winner went off 9.5 or shorter and from the front 4 in the market. In the 8 renewals since only 3 have gone off shorter than 11.0
- Matt – Ashdale Bob (25% win / 75% place)
- Adele – Paisley Park (place)
- Charlie – Teahupoo
- Deasy – Home By The Lee
Thursday – Any Other Bets
- Matt – Frero Banbou (Plate – win and place)
- Donn – Lot Of Joy (Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle)
- Adele – Glimpse Of Gala place (Pertemps)
- Charlie – Walking On Air (Pertemps)
- Deasy – Thanksforthehelp (Pertemps) Anightinlambourn (Kim Muir)
Thursday – Best Lays
- Tom – Luccia
- Matt – Blazing Khal
- Adele – Mighty Potter
- Charlie – Luccia
- Deasy – Place lay Teahupoo (if ground isn’t soft)
Thursday – Best Bets
- Tom – Blazing Khal (Stayers)
- Matt – Balco Coastal win/place (Turners)
- Donn – Janidil (Ryanair)
- Adele – Glimpse Of Gala place (Pertemps)
- Charlie – Mighty Potter (Turners)
- Deasy – Thanksforthehelp (Pertemps)
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Friday – Triumph Hurdle
Since it was awarded Grade 1 status in 2010, runners from the Spring Juvenile Hurdle, now run at the Dublin Racing Festival, are 7/38 – 33pt (87%) profit
- Donn – Gala Marceau
- Adele – Lossiemouth
- Charlie – Lossiemouth
- Deasy – Comfort Zone (Win/Place)
Friday – Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle
Horses that had won a graded novice hurdle at Cheltenham earlier in the season are 7/23 – 42pt (185%)
- Matt – Rock My Way
- Donn – Hiddenvalley Lake
- Adele – Stay Away Fay place
- Charlie – Monty’s Star
- Deasy – Favori De Champdou
Friday – Cheltenham Boodles Gold Cup
This century horses that had recorded a Racing Post Rating of 177+ that season are 8/21 – 13pt (61%) profit
- Matt – Bravemansgame
- Donn – Conflated
- Adele – Bravemansgame
- Charlie – Galopin Des Champs
- Deasy – Conflated (Win/Place)
Friday – Any Other Bets
- Matt – Jeremys Flame (Mares Chase)
- Donn – Magic Daze (Mares’ Chase)
- Adele – Pembroke (County Hurdle)
Friday – Best Lays
- Matt – Allegorie De Vassy (Mares Chase)
- Donn – Lossiemouth
- Deasy – Lossiemouth
Friday – Best Bets
- Tom – Lossiemouth (Triumph)
- Matt – Bravemansgame (Gold Cup)
- Donn – Conflated (Gold Cup)
- Adele – Bravemansgame (Gold Cup)
- Charlie – Lossiemouth (Triumph)
- Deasy – Conflated (Gold Cup)
Cheltenham Best Lays
- Matt – Thyme Hill (Brown Advisory)
- Donn – Energumene (Champion Chase)
- Adele – El Fabiolo (Arkle)
- Charlie – State Man (Champion Hurdle)
- Deasy – Hermes Allen Place Lay (Ballymore)
Cheltenham Long-Shots
- Tom – Noble Yeats (Gold Cup)
- Matt – Balco Coastal (Turners)
- Donn – Gentleman De Mee (Champion Chase)
- Adele – Glimpse of Gala (Pertemps)
- Charlie – Tahmuras (Supreme)
- Deasy – Corach Rambler (Ultima)
Cheltenham Best Bets
- Tom – Hermes Allen (Ballymore)
- Matt – Impaire Et Passe (Ballymore)
- Donn – Conflated (Gold Cup)
- Adele – Hermes Allen (Ballymore)
- Charlie – Gerri Colombe (Brown Advisory)
- Deasy – Gerri Colombe (Brown Advisory)
