Cheltenham 2020 - Ante post bets

[Faugheen_Machine]

Has it been nominated as a target?

(Not seen much)

They haven't (that I've seen) but it's surely the race for him. He won't be targeting Kempton on Boxing Day, so little point going to Haydock either.

The Hennessy will suit him down to the ground imo.

[Hurricane fly]

Haha, fairplay, what you gone for?

Have requested a load to be added, very interested in Laurina(Mares market not up) and Samcro prices for any race

[Altior]

Laurina is going chasing surely?

[cwright23]

With regards requesting horses to be added to the any race market, how easy is this to do and how long does it usually take to be added?
Sky are normally poor with there AR prices when do WH normally put there’s up

[Altior]

Once you tweet them they usually have it up sharpish enough but the odds will stink. For example I saw someone on Twitter request Santini for the Hennessy and they got given 6/1, whereas Hills have 14/1.

[Hurricane fly]

Laurina is going chasing surely?

Certainly in the question for her, but I would expect her to be shorter in the Mares than anything else.

Samcro I am hoping I could get 10s and that would be worth a free bet or 2.

[Altior]

Certainly in the question for her, but I would expect her to be shorter in the Mares than anything else.

Samcro I am hoping I could get 10s and that would be worth a free bet or 2.

Yeah fair point. 8/1 for the Arkle which is absolutely daft, if anything she needs a longer trip...

Yeah I'll be jumping all over Samcro any race at any sort of handy price. Expecting a monster season from him once they give him priority over their other novice chasers.

[SeanRock]

Added Carefully Selected to the RSA market last night hoping he’d oblige today. Can’t believe there was evens available yesterday had a packet on.......went off 1/3. Nice performance for his seasonal appearance, jumped & travelled lovely but my heart could have done with a wider margin victory!

Have added him for the RSA next year at 33/1 e/w. He’ll be an 8 year old next season which might give him a little edge over most & already looks a proven stayer and coming from a successful PTP background you’d hope he’ll enjoy jumping a fence!

[Istabraq]

Nothing original here but Altior 5/2 and Buveur D'Air 5/1 look OK to me.
Altior may well step up for the King George but I then expect him to come back for a third champion chase even though there's talk about a Gold Cup.
The lure of three 2 mile championships and a place in history is likely to be too much to refuse....

[FaugheenTheMachine]

I think Patrick will already be eyeing Carefully Selected up for the 4 miler.........
Laurina is an interesting one, I think it it’s purely down to Willie she’d go down the Mares Hurdle route but the owners seem far more sporting and might fancy a crack at bigger targets

[Brital]

Nothing original here but Altior 5/2 and Buveur D'Air 5/1 look OK to me.
Altior may well step up for the King George but I then expect him to come back for a third champion chase even though there's talk about a Gold Cup.
The lure of three 2 mile championships and a place in history is likely to be too much to refuse....

Especially if the 3 in the RSA are as good as they look, then it may also be the much safer option.

[Istabraq]

Especially if the 3 in the RSA are as good as they look, then it may also be the much safer option.

Absolutely, proper RSA that but I just don’t believe Altior will get a Gold Cup trip, he may well get a Ryanair trip but I’m not convinced you give up a shot at history for a non championship race.

[FaugheenTheMachine]

Racing Post tips for next year are in tomorrow’s paper; don’t suppose out of any interest anyone kept a record of what they tipped up last year?

[Vautour]

Racing Post tips for next year are in tomorrow’s paper; don’t suppose out of any interest anyone kept a record of what they tipped up last year?

Tom Park - Laurina (Arkle) 25-1
Graeme Rodway - Samcro (Arkle) 10-1
Ben Hutton - Next Destination (RSA) 14-1
David Jennings - Topofthegame (RSA) 16-1
Pietro Innocenzi - Petit Mouchir (Champion Chase) 25-1
Stuart Riley - Douvan (Champion Chase) 14-1
Tom Collins - Monalee (Ryanair) 14-1
Tom Segal - Supasundae (Stayers) 14-1
Richard Birch - Presenting Percy (Gold Cup) 7-1
Paul Kealy - Balko Des Flos (Gold Cup) 25-1
James Pyman - Santini (RSA) 16-1

(Vautour - Tiger Roll (Cross Country) 4-1)

[Altior]

A 3 in a row is tempting for sure considering he'd only be the second horse to do so but I really think they're all itching for further. Nico most certainly wants him to go up in trip and you'd imagine Nicky does too...and the owners surely have their ears burned by the two. It'll be interesting to see.

I certainly couldn't back Altior for the QMCC any time soon... Hopefully he trashes Cyrname in the Celebration Chase for the record and to convince them that it is time to see what Altior is really hiding within.