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TsarDiniyar
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Difficult to pick winners at that festival, but no where near as difficult Aintree.
I know, because for once its a meeting where you can guarantee all the jockeys actually trying. So the likes of McCoy might be worth backing if his ride is at longish odds. McCoy rides for the bookies, but in races like these where the Prize fund is huge, he has no choice but to go all out. He would have won 5,000 races if he had tried in every race.
Anyway my Cheltenham bets are:
Cant see past Cousin Vinny (NAP OF THE FESTIVAL) for the Supreme Novices (1.30 on Tuesday) @ 5/2
There's a horse in The Arkle (2.05 on the Tuesday) called I'msingingtheblues, its a Nicholls trained horse and has been on form this season and its got the pace to get up the hill. I'm having an e/w tinkle on that @ 9/1 for the name alone.

The Gold Cup itself (3.20 on Friday) is impossible to call, its all about how fit Denman is, but @ 7/1 its foolish not to have an e/w dabble on that.
Champion Hurdle (3.20 Tuesday) Binocular @ 6/4 under McCoy would be the obvious choice but theres potential for a shock and I reckon Osana @ 12/1 (e/w) is going to give the Favourite a run for its money. (I'm tempted to have a little dabble on last years winner Katchit even though its been ****e this season could do well @ 16/1).
On Wednesday in the Ballymore Novices Hurdle at 2.05 there's a superb horse trained by Willie Mullins, 3rd or 4th in the market at the moment around 5/1 with some bookies called http://www.racingpost.com/horses/horse_home.sd?horse_id=700801&race_id=473556&r_date=2009-03-11 Mikael D'Haguenet. (The horse is entered into a few races but I think this is the one it will go for. It may run in the Supreme Novices with Cousin Vinny, if so i'll stick with CV).
, absolutely ****ting myself now even though beforehand I was confident as anything, never put so much on a horse:huh:








