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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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
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
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