UK Horse Racing Tips

The Cheltenham Festival is a jewel in the crown of UK national hunt racing and its not long now until it comes around once again. The four day festival falls on Tuesday March 10th 2015 and culminates on the hopefully not too unlucky Friday 13th. With significant prize money on offer we can expect to witness huge crowds and highly anticipated match ups. There are set to be 27 races in total starting with Tuesday’s 2m 1/2f Grade One Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. On Friday, the final day of the festival, we get to enjoy the 3m 2 1/2f Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Previous years at Cheltenham have brought us some memorable races and achievements. Ruby Walsh has won the top jockey accolade (for most wins over the four day festival) a staggering 8 times including 2013 and 2014. Walsh is currently still undecided about whether to ride 5/4 favourite Faugheen or Hurricane Fly in the Champion Hurdle.

Taking a look at the Cheltenham Festival 2015 odds , should you wish to win big straight after hearing the Cheltenham Roar, you’ll need to wage a bet on the first race of the the festival, the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. There’s a clear favourite in Douvan, who may have too much for the rest of the field, though I’d suggest Lami Serge (9/2) and Shaneshill (16/1) may be in with an outside chance.

For those fancying a punt on the Gold Cup, French bred Paul Nicholls trained Silviniaco Conti is clear favourite at 3-1 with several bookmakers, ahead of Road to Riches and Many Clouds, both at 8-1. Going by recent form the odds are no surprise but I’m inclined to think that Silviniaco Conti is a tad short, so would hold out until closer to the race to see market movements.

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