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The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the Blue Riband of jump racingand, having spoken to jockey Barry Geraghty on Wednesday, it is fair to saythat confidence behind Bobs Worth (3.20) retaining his crown is growing as thesun beats down on Prestbury Park.
A winner at the Cheltenham Festival for the last three years(Albert Bartlett 2011,cheap nfl jerseys, RSA 20012,wholesale nfl jerseys, Gold Cup 2013) the horse may not havecaptured the imagination of the public yet as he is not the flashiest ofanimals but he is a dour, relentless galloper, safe,wholesale jerseys china, if not spectacular,jumper and I think he is the one tobeat.
Silviniaco Conti was, arguably, going better than theselection when coming down three out in the corresponding race last season butthat was on his favoured soft ground and he might have to improve on hisKempton King George success on Boxing Day to trouble the selection.
Having backed Royal Irish Hussar for the Triumph Hurdleearlier in the season I am loath to desert him at the eleventh hour,cheap nfl jerseys,wholesale jerseys china, but he wasvery disappointing at Doncaster last time and,wholesale jerseys, although excuses were given forthe below par run, he is reluctantly overlooked.
Preference is for Calipto (1.30) who has impressed inwinning both starts for Paul Nicholls since coming over from France and istaken to get one on the board for the former Champion trainer who, at the timeof writing, has had a frustrating first half of the meeting.
One of my bets of the meeting is Cheltenian (2.05) each wayin the County Hurdle. The selection is only 3lbs higher than when finishingfourth in the Betfair Hurdle last time on ground he would have hated and hemust have a leading chance on this better ground.
Note we are paying 5 placeson the race at and, at the time of writing, the Philip Hobbs-trainedrunner is for what is always an ultra-competitive heat.
At a bigger price the ground is coming right for Montbazon() of Alan King who returned from a long lay-off when down the field atNewbury but is another for whom the spring ground is a positive,wholesale nfl jerseys.
There are many across the Irish Sea who believe Briar Hill,cheap authentic nfl jerseys,last year??s Bumper winner, is a certainty for the Albert Bartlett Novices??Hurdle but I??m not convinced that Willie Mullins will have a clean sweep of theNovice Hurdle division and think Briar Hill might fail where Vautor andFaugheen have succeeded.
Marginal preference is for Kings Palace (2.40) of DavidPipe; the horse looked a potential superstar when scoring over C&D earlierin the season and the yard will be looking for revenge following thedisappointing run of Red Sherlock on Wednesday in the Neptune,wholesale jerseys.? ?
Harbour Court (4.00) will need luck in running in theFoxhunters?? but Alan Hill??s 8-y-old looked a future star when scoring atCheltenham and Stratford last summer although I do hope that his talentedjockey doesn??t overdo the waiting tactics.?
David Pipe has never saddled the winner of the conditionaljockey??s race named in honour of his father Martin but he has an excellentchance this afternoon courtesy of Vieux Lion Rouge (4,cheap authentic nfl jerseys.40) who has had a quietcampaign possibly with this race in mind for some time. You don??t normallyassociate Wincanton and Sedgefield as the breeding ground for Festival winnersbut that is where he has plied his trade over hurdles and remember he has onlymet with defeat once in six career starts.
The getting out stakes looks difficult to say the least butNed Buntline (5.15) is an Irish novice who has plenty of scope and, whilst helacks the experience over the larger obstacles of many of today??s rivals, is atthe right end of the handicap. He can reward each way support at withBetVictor.
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