Cheltenham Handicap Shortlists

[Outlaw]

Sorry if this has already been mentioned , when are the initial entries for the handicaps is it the start of feb ?

[Istabraq]

Sorry if this has already been mentioned , when are the initial entries for the handicaps is it the start of feb ?

Usually about 3 weeks from the festival with weights announced a week later

[doctorwu]

Glenloe in the betting for the Close Brothers @14s!
Rating of 144, up to 145 max allowed for the CB. Poor run at Plumpton and does it sneak in here. And would you fancy it here??

Someone come up with the answer because I can't see a race for this horse.

[Cashew King]

With Tedham going down the handicap route today - maybe the Martin Pipe?

[Hurricane fly]

I’ve done a .5U
Moon Racer (pertemps)
StoryTeller (coral)
E/w double think the targets are clear

[Kevloaf]

Moon Racer - the bookies favourite horse.

[jonthehammer]

After reading a piece online I noticed the Grand Annual may be an option for Cadmium depending on how he gets on in his next race (Fairyhouse next weekend). He is rated 146 at present. I asked Skybet for a price (Obviously NRNB now) and they have put him in at 14s.

[Hurricane fly]

Moon Racer - the bookies favourite horse.

I can’t forget the bumper plunge and win, for my perils!

However bumper horses usually need a step up and thought it was interesting they got him qualified and haven’t heard a peep since

[archie]

If you'd backed every Mullins and Elliott runner in the Cheltenham handicap hurdles for a stake of 1 point you'd have had a profit of 50 points last season and 15 points in 2017. You'd have lost 5 points in 2016.

Seems to me, if you wait for NRNB and back every Mullins and Elliott horse at entry stage, you might do even better but if you don't want to tie up too much money for a couple of weeks it might be a strategy on the day. They neither of them send over horses just for a jolly.

[FaugheenTheMachine]

Which handicap does Glenloe go off favourite for?

[Quevega]

Which handicap does Glenloe go off favourite for?

Kim Muir for me, but he needs to get two more runs in first.
B365 gone 40-1 for 4 miler if anyone not on, and could end up there with a chance if things fall that way

[jono]

Kim Muir for me, but he needs to get two more runs in first.
B365 gone 40-1 for 4 miler if anyone not on, and could end up there with a chance if things fall that way

Bar any setbacks don't see any reason why they can't get 2 more runs into Glenloe between now and the Festival.
I've taken the 22/1 with WH for the Kim Muir - think it's by far the most likely option.

If they do struggle to get those runs in though then the 40/1 or the 4miler with b365 is huge when we have had Elliott namecheck the race for him. Have also added that purely as a backup. Don't think it'll be the race he lines up in (favour Jerrysback for JP there) and though I am not a fan of backing a price with 365 and cashing out for profit, there's no way he stays 40/1 when NRNB kicks in

[Quevega]

Bar any setbacks don't see any reason why they can't get 2 more runs into Glenloe between now and the Festival.
I've taken the 22/1 with WH for the Kim Muir - think it's by far the most likely option.

If they do struggle to get those runs in though then the 40/1 or the 4miler with b365 is huge when we have had Elliott namecheck the race for him. Have also added that purely as a backup. Don't think it'll be the race he lines up in (favour Jerrysback for JP there) and though I am not a fan of backing a price with 365 and cashing out for profit, there's no way he stays 40/1 when NRNB kicks in

been waiting for a price for Muir, and 20s with boost tempts, but gonna wait for now, have covered the four miler just in case.
sure one of jp's will go in rsa, but no real idea which one.

[doctorwu]

What did you think of Glenloe's jumping today?

[Quevega]

What did you think of Glenloe's jumping today?

wasn't watching him to be fair, but didn't notice anything too negative and was his first attempt on a tricky enough track over too short against experienced rivals in the main.