I will update this post before/after each race at Cheltenham today with my selections. Feel free to leave comments etc and I will answer what I can time permitting. No doubt you will be inundated with horse racing tipsters sending you guaranteed winners etc but it really is not like that, I find it a very entertaining battle and hope to come out on top.
My selections will come from a combination of
Info from my pro punting friends who bet on horses for a living and are pretty good.
I am using System Builder
The race card from Festival Racing Specialists which is good value for the week and has worked well last few years
Good Luck whatever you bet on and follow me at your peril, I take no responsibility for any losses incurred!!
Cheltenham 1.30
Vaniteux £50 EW 14/1 (14.0 BF)
Josses Hill £50 EW 16/1 (18.5)
Un Ace £25 EW 50/1 (50.0)
All 1/4 odds first 4
Good luck guys, exciting isn’t it!!
Second and Third in the 1.30 steady old start
Results
Cheltenham 1.30
Vaniteux £50 EW 14/1 (14.0 BF) +125
Josses Hill £50 EW 16/1 (18.5) +150
Un Ace £25 EW 50/1 (50.0) – 50
All 1/4 odds first 4
1.30 +£225
Well done winners, glad a few of you had the same selections also. Tinysidsdad a winner is a winner but not for me at prices!!
2.05 Cheltenham
Grandouet £50 EW 10/1 (11.5 BF)
Dodging Bullets £35 EW 6/1 (7.2)
1st 3, 1/4 odds
Good luck again in the second, a few of you liking Champagne Fever from the emails and a comment. Bets of luck whatever your on. Come on Grandouet!!!
Blankety Blank – well done if you had that winner!!
2.05 -£170 (+£55)
Cavalry Charge field next race!!
2.40 Cheltenham
Fruity O Rooney £35 EW 25/1 (32 BF)
Tour Des Champs £25 EW 14/1 (13.5)
Cantlow £25 EW 14/1 (17.5)
All 1st 5, 1/4 Odds
Good Luck Lads a nice price could take this!
Results – some early fallers there!
2.40 Cheltenham
Fruity O Rooney £35 EW 25/1 (32 BF) – £70
Tour Des Champs £25 EW 14/1 (13.5) +£62.50
Cantlow £25 EW 14/1 (17.5) – £50
2.40 -£57.5 – (-£2.50)
Guys not having a bet in Champ Hurdle, winner will prob come from top 3 in betting and heard good things for all of them so will watch and enjoy!
Festival Racing guaranteed profits with Jezki, typically I didn’t back it!!
4.00 Cheltenham – Quevega looks one to beat obviously going for some value
Cailin Annamh £40 EW 14/1
Highland Retreat £40 EW 14/1
1/4 odds first 3
Results 4.00
4.00 Cheltenham – Quevega looks one to beat obviously going for some value
Cailin Annamh £40 EW 14/1 – £80
Highland Retreat £40 EW 14/1 – £80
1/4 odds first 3
4.00 -£160 (-£162.50)
Well done those of you on Glens Melody. Fantastic achievement from Quevega!
Well done Kev on L’unique!
4.40 Cheltenham
Midnight Prayer £25 EW 8/1 (10.0 BF)
According To Trev £25 EW 25/1 (34)
Living Next Door £20 EW 50/1 (50)
Adrenalin Flight £20 EW 100/1 (220)
Some great runs for the big prices there, LND just pipped for the place but bagged a small winner
1/4 odds, 1st 3
Results
4.40 Cheltenham
Midnight Prayer £25 EW 8/1 (10.0 BF) +£250
According To Trev £25 EW 25/1 (34) – £50
Living Next Door £20 EW 50/1 (50) -£40
Adrenalin Flight £20 EW 100/1 (220) -£40
4.40 +£120 (-£42.5)
What was the jockey on Adrenalin Flight doing stopped riding half way up the run in!!! Idiot!!
Ok the lucky last as they say
5.15 Cheltenham
Tony Star £40 EW 25/1
Grandads Horse £30 EW 33/1
Ohio Gold £25 EW 16/1
All 1/4 odds 4 places
well done Martyn, that is you done with 888!! It does pay if you have accounts to shop around the bookies these big meetings.
Results
5.15 – £190 (-£232.50)
Not horrendous and certainly recoverable, onto tomorrow! Cheers guys hope you did ok.
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47 Responses
Thanks for taking the time to post. Greatly appreciated as always.
Andrew
Good to see that I’m on the right track… not betting just following but had 2 of the 3 above, only difference was Irving instead of Josses Hill.
Kav
I’ve gone for Josses Hill and Un Ace as well. Godd Luck!
Unlucky Ian but your in profit, Luckily I was on the winner.
Thanks for posting your bets Ian. First day using the System builder and just had the first 2 from the 3 selections i came up with. Could be something to this!!!
Good to start with a winner
Great stuff and a good start, keep it up Ian.
Had high hopes for liquidator but died at end.
well done Ian…great start 🙂
Chap.fever to win plus the 2 Ew
Thanks for Josses Hill Ian, I had Vautour from SB and Vaniteux from the Festival Racing boys. Nice steady start
Had Irving/Vaniteux and Un Ace, positive to see picking similar sort of horses, only had them to win though. Onto the next one
Dodging Bullets, Trifolium & Grandouet for me here from the SB.
Champagne Fever & Valdez For Me, good luck everyone.
only looked the other day and watched video last night,great stuff on the 130 m8 great stuff,i had winner in double on betfair promo next race on ruby as well to put me bang in there,i done granduet ante -post i’l be checking you out alot more pal regards Jules
None so far – have Vintage Star as good place chances- good jockey – all thats needed is a bit of luck
2 places in 2 races. Vintage Star, Cantlow and Tours Des Champs for the next one
Alfie Sherrin, Hadrians Approach, Pacha Du Polder & will have a fourth here with Holywell all from the SB.
Golden Chieftain and King Massini e/w
Green Flag EW Plus the 3 trend selections
Flag at 4th got me out of jail in that one
Nothing really standing out price wise from the SB in the Champion as i’m coming up with the top 3 in the betting as the selections, so will follow Ian by not having a bet. Hope to see the Fly win.
Today’s lesson for me? Make sure you get that extra place!!
M.rondezvous ew for me
The New One really unlucky, was on Jezki thanks to the Festival Racing lads, cam out ahead on this one.
Hi
So far two reasonable bets – two fallers – can only get better
I backed Jezki and laid the Fly. Good day so far. The last two races are tough calls though.
Ignoring Quevega here leaves me with Glens Melody, L’Unique, Hidden Identity & Down Ace all decent prices so will have a nibble on all four.
With you on this one Ian, going for Glens Melody also
Excellent winner with trends @southwel 3.45
I got L’Unique at 33’s this morning, so a nice return in third.
Thought Glens Melody had it in the last one… 4 out of 4 places so far – Shotgun Paddy, Midnight Prayer & Foxrock for 4.40 for me
Comes as no great surprise that Quevega stops me from having the 1,2,3 in that race.
Nice one there Ian. Missed that race as on the school run!!
Nice 1 and 2 there.
If he hadn’t of stopped riding he would have won that the way he steamed past the post at 223 BSP
Thanks to Kieran’s FTS Noir Membership offer I was with 888 who gave 1/4 odds on first 4. Thanks Ian for tipping up Adrenelin Flight.
Persian Snow, Attaglance and King Vuvuzela for the last one
Just noticed 888sport are paying pace money on first 5
should say Place money in the 5.15
I thought Will was amongst us then Martyn. Pace Pace Pace!!
Oh Brian Hughes, there was no room up the inside, may have cost the race on Attaglance, who I backed. May have won if he had kept straight. Such is racing.
Think he had it Kev if he stayed out, was on my shortlist. Unlucky mate
6 places and a EW winner at 9/1. Not bad for someone who doesn’t know anything about racing. Just using system builder and common sense.
Had Present View from System Builder.
Bit of a sweat, agree no gap there but
after Chapagne getting pipped earlier,
deserved to get call on PV.
Enjoyed the aftermoon. Thanks Ian.
Thanks Ian
See u tomorrow
I enjoyed the racing and your blog today Ian. Keep up the good work + good luck all !