Cheltenham 2023 thread

PaddyP17 said:

1.30 – 1pt e/w Good Land; 0.75pts e/w Champ Kiely

2.10 – 1pt e/w The
Real Whacker; 0.5pts e/w Thyme Hill

2.50 – Bet365 doing 7 places best odds guaranteed: 0.5 pts e/w on all of these: Hms Seahorse; Sa Fureur; Benson. (other options to outrun odds are Tax For Max and Watch House Cross)

3.30 – no bet (one to watch though!)

4.10 – 0.25pts e/w Lieutenant Rocco @ 100/1; 0.5pts e/w Back On The Lash @ 14/1

4.50 – 1pt e/w Final Orders; 0.75pts e/w Third Time Lucki

5.30 – no bet

Final Orders and Third Time Lucki both place 5pl. Cheers @bobmunro

Bumper I'll add a couple (all 0.5pts each way):

Encanto Bruno
Western Diego
No Time To Wait

I rather think that one or two jockeys will be called to the Stewards room after that!

shirty5 said:

shirty5 said:

2 onboard for this afternoon 

1:30 - Impaire Et Passe
2:10 - The Real Whacker

Thanks mate I copied your selections today as didn’t have much time to study form. Thanks again

meldrew66 said:

1.30 Hermes Allen
2.10 The Real Whacker- won
2.50 Run for Oscar
3.30 Edwardstone
4.10 Delta Work - won
4.50 Andy Dufresne
5.30 A Dream to Share - won

3 winners yesterday but Gutted because I wrote 2 options down for each race before selecting my Super Heinz 7. The ones I passed on were:
1.30 Impaire Et Pass - won
2.50 Langer Dan - won
3.30 Energumene - won
4.50 Final Orders - placed

Anyone estimate what those 6 winners and a place would have paid out On my 5p e/w SH stake?

The increased number of races and horses being diverted away in preference rather than in addition to Aintree/Punchestown has, from a punting perspective, made it easier to find winners, especially in the non handicaps. That isn't, necessarily, a good thing in my opinion because it has had the effect of diminishing the competitiveness of Cheltenham. And that is what Cheltenham used to be to me. Sometimes less is more and the various calls to add a fifth day to the Festival aren't going to help the overall competitiveness.  

I have bolded all the SPs of those that returned at 3/1 or less for each year:

30 years ago - 19 races:

5/1
5/1
13/2
11/2
6/1
14/1
16/1
9/4
4/1
11/1
15/2
7/1
16/1
12/1
20/1
8/1
12/1
5/1
6/1
16/1

Last year - 28 races:

9/4
5/2
10/1
8/11
18/1
10/1
2/1
8/11
9/4
50/1
5/2
5/2
28/1
15/8
6/5
25/1
4/7
4/1
15/2
22/1
40/1
6/4
11/4
18/1
3/1
13/8
9/4
12/1

This year - 14 races:

9/2
11/10
6/1
4/11
9/4
18/1
10/11
5/2
8/1
9/1
6/5
11/10
22/1
7/2
 

Good luck @northstandsteve today with Stage Star. He’s got my money in the opener.

Only allowing me £10 on Bet365 super boost. 

1:30. Mighty Potter 1.75 win only

2:10. Walking On Air 12.0 W & 3.35 P / The Bosses Oscar 30.0 W & 5.9 P

Yes Steve!!

Great front running performance by Harry Cobden on Stage Star

Is it really 50 runners since Paul Nicholls has a Festival winner?  

Great run Stage Star