In association with RacingFX, BetBright bring you Paul Townend’s final Cheltenham Blog, after two excellent Festival wins on Thursday Here he is with his thoughts ahead of Day Four… I had a fantastic day yesterday winning the Stayers Hurdle on Penhill and the Mares Novices Hurdle on Laurina. She is Continue reading →
The 2018 Cheltenham Festival has been truly memorable so far, with numerous instances of the kind of equine brilliance that keeps us National Hunt fans flocking to Prestbury Park every year. Rain and Heavy ground has been a feature not just of this week, but the entire jumps season so Continue reading →
JLT Novices’ Chase 1.30pm I can honestly say I could have made a case for two thirds of the field here. The JLT is one of the more open Grade 1’s of the meeting in the end I have just come down on the side of Nicky Henderson’s Terrefort who Continue reading →
Triumph Hurdle – 1.30pm An unusually small field for the Triumph Hurdle and I’ve been much more in the pro, than anti, Apples Shakira camp in the lead up to this race, particularly given the prevailing ground conditions. That said the best form of her victories has taken more than Continue reading →
Welcome to the BetBright STATZONE, where we give you the stats and you make the decisions! As we head into the final day of the 2018 Cheltenham Festival we’ve seven more races to take in and we always get started on day four with the ultra-competitive Triumph Hurdle – a Continue reading →
In association with RacingFX, BetBright are delighted to bring you Paul Townend’s Cheltenham Blog, every day of the Festival. Here are Paul’s thoughts for Day three… It’s very unfortunate to see Ruby out of action after his fall yesterday, it’s never nice to see someone side-lined especially when they’ve just Continue reading →
In association with RacingFX, BetBright are delighted to bring you Paul Townend’s Cheltenham Blog, every day of the Festival. Paul has ridden six Festival winners so far in his career and will be aiming for more Cheltenham glory this week. Here he is with his thoughts ahead of Day Two… Continue reading →
Ballymore Novices Hurdle – Vision Des Flos Each-Way Clearly Samcro is a monstrous talent but you don’t need Holmes style investigative skills to work that out and given the possibility of a few wacky races this week, it might be worth having a dart at Vision Des Flos at double Continue reading →
In association with RacingFX, BetBright are delighted to bring you Paul Townend’s Cheltenham Blog, every day of the Festival. Paul has ridden six Festival winners so far in his career and will be aiming for more Cheltenham glory this week. Here he is with his thoughts ahead of Day One… Continue reading →
So, it’s finally here and – as we dive headlong into Day One – we can now, with some certainty, anticipate fairly soft ground. That certainly has a significant bearing on my opening shot, a relative latecomer to the Supreme Novices’ party but, nevertheless, a very important one. Supreme Novices Continue reading →
