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2016 Cheltenham Festival Preview Nights

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one of the first ones

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2016 Schedule
Thursday, 25th February 2016, Keadeen Hotel
Venue: Keadeen Hotel, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
Panel: Oli Bell (MC), Ruby Walsh, AP McCoy & Rob Catterson (Paddy Power).

Friday, 26th February 2016, Exeter Racecourse
Venue: Denman Suite, Exeter racecourse
Price: £10 (can be linked to racecourse Premier admission for £22.40 – Devon National day)
Start time: 6.30 for 7pm
Panel: Paul Nicholls, Phillip Hobbs, David Pipe, Nick Schofield.

Tuesday 1st March 2016 – Tattersalls
Venue: Tattersalls
Price: £30 including light supper
Start time: TBC
Host: William Haggas
Panel: Oli Bell, Steve Mellish, Anthony Bromley, John Ferguson
Book: stearnfarmsltd@btconnect.com

Thursday, 3rd March 2016 – London
Venue: Walkabout, Temple, London
Price: £5, includes £10 free bet
Start time: 7pm sharp (doors open at 5pm)
Host: Matt Chapman
Panel: Rich Ricci, Sam Twiston-Davies, Paul Kealy, Noel Hayes, Joe Chambers

Friday, 4th March 2016, Kildare House Hotel
Venue: Kildare House Hotel
Panel: MC Kevin O’Ryan and Gary O’Brien from Attheraces, Sandra Hughes (Trainer), Jonathan Burke (Jockey), Joseph O’Brien (Jockey) and Pat Brennan (Tote Ireland).
Price: €10
Book: 045491830 (Tote Ireland) or 045520002 (Kildare House Hotel)

Monday 7th March 2016 – Weatherbys
Venue: Weatherbys Conference Centre, Wellignborough, Northants NN8 4BX
Price: £12.50pp includes supper and drinks
Start time: 7.30pm
Panel: Lydia Hislop, David Minton, John Ivan-Duke, Lucy Wadham, Matt Tombs, Will Kenndy, Ian Williams, Colin Brown
Book: bettrendsshop.co.uk (only eight tickets remaining)

Tuesday 8th March 2016 – Manchester
Venue: St Kents Irish Social Club, Manchester
Price: £10 including Irish Stew and raffle
Start time: 7pm
Host: David Yates
Panel: Jamie Lynch, Martin Dixon, David Barber and 2 TBC
Book: jason.moorhouse@timeform.com

Tuesday 8th March 2016 – Wetherby Racecourse
Venue: Bramham Hall, Wetherby Racecourse, York Road, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS22 5EJ
Price: £12 inc sausage and mash supper and Star Sports Cheltenham booklet
Start time: 6.30pm
Panel: Jim McGrath, Trevor Harris, Niall Hannity, Darren Owen, Sean Quinn
Book: wetherbyracing.co.uk

Tuesday 8th March 2016 – Newcastle Racecourse
Venue: Newcastle Racecourse, High Gosforth Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 5HP
Price: £10 (£5 for Newcastle annual Members) inc sausage and mash supper
Start time: 6.30pm
Host: TBC
Panel: TBC
Book: newcastle-racecourse.co.uk

Wednesday 9th March 2016, Middleton Cheney
Venue: Middleton Cheney Sports Club, Astrop Road, Middleton Cheney, nr Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX17 2PG
Price: £10pp
Start time: 7pm for a 7.45 start
Host:
Panel: Richard Hoiles, Charlie Longsdon, Lawney Hill, Andrew Mount, Jen Prest (William Hill)
Book: 07900 692154 or juniorhook21@aol.com

Wednesday 9th March 2016 – Kings Head Hotel, Cirencester
Venue: Kings Head Hotel, 24 Market Place, Cirencester, GL7 2NR
Price: £15
Start time: 7pm
Host: Tom Clarkson
Panel: Nico De Boinville, Luke Tarr, Christian Williams, Tom Symonds
Book: 01285 700900

Wednesday 9th March 2016, Sway Bar, Central London
Venue: Sway Bar, 61-65 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5BZ
Price: £20 (plus £2.29 booking fee). Option to buy raffle tickets to be pre-purchased.
Start time: 7pm
Host: Rishi Persad
Panel: Tony Calvin, Lydia Hislop, Geoff Banks and surprise guest.

Wednesday 9th March 2016 – Leeds Town Hall
Venue: Leeds Town Hall, City Centre Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3AD
Price: £10 inc pie and peas and £5 free bet with Sky Bet
Start time: 7.30
Host: Ed Chamberlain
Panel: Alex Hammond, Donn McClean, Dave Ord, Niall Hannity, Mark Howard, Denis O’Regan, Warren Greatrex
Book: For a table of 10 on the evening, email: michael.shinners@skybettingandgaming.com

Thursday 10th March 2016 – Sydney Arms, London
Venue: Sydney Arms, 70 Sydney Street, London SW3 6NJ
Price: £15 for table seat, £10 standing
Start time: 6.45pm
Host: Emma Spencer
Panel: Tom Segal, Nicky Henderson, Barry Geraghty, Oliver Sherwood, John McCririck
Book: Call 07574 442333

Thursday 10th March 2016 – Doncaster Racecourse
Venue: Doncaster Racecourse
Price: £10pp including pie and peas
Start time: 7.30pm
Sponsored by: Sky Bet
Host: Michael Shinners
Panel: Dave Ord (Sportling Life), Tom O’Ryan (Racing UK), Martin Dixon (Racing UK and Timeform) and Andrew Thornton
Book: doncaster-racecourse.co.uk

Thursday 10th March 2016 – Kensington Forum
Venue: Holiday Inn, Kensignton Forum, near Gloucester Road tube station
Price: £8 members, £15 non-members
Start time: 7pm
Sponsored by: Star Sports
Panel: Lydia Hislop, Phil Smith, Lee Mottershead
Book: call Kate Austin on 07711 260973

Thursday 10th March 2016 – West Berkshire Racing Club
Venue: Long Room, Berkshire Stand, Newbury Racecourse.
Price: Members £3, Non-members £5
Start time: 8pm
Panel: Lee McKenzie (Chair), David Bass, Brendan Powell Jr, Oliver Wardle (Alan King’s assistant), David Williams (Ladbrokes)
Book: westberksracingclub.org.uk

Friday 11th March 2016 – East Garson
Venue: East Garson Village Hall
Price: £10 (includes one drink)
Start Time: Bar opens 7pm, starts 7.30pm
Host: Ed James
Panel: John Francome, Oliver Sherwood, Noel Fehily, Colin Brown, Stan Moore, Pat Murphy and Jamie Snowden
Book: via Sporting Agenda or Ed James directly edjames@sportingagenda.co.uk or 01488 649770

Friday 11th March 2016 – Almalda Suite, Hamilton
Venue: Hamilton Council Buildings
Price: £13 (in advance) £15 (on the day)
Start time: 6.30pm for 7.15pm
Host: Gordon Brown
Panel:Mark Howard, Fergal O’Brien, Ian Robinson, Trevor Harris. On the phone: Gordon Elliott, Paddy Brennan, Sam Twiston-Davies
Book: paul@imperial-horseracing.com or 07877 618120

Monday 14th March 2016 – Hollow Bottom, Guilting Power
Venue: The Hollow Bottom Pub, Guilting Power, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 5UX
Price: £20 (share platter included)
Start time: 7pm
Host: Alex Steedman
Panel: Sam Twiston-Davies, Ryan Hatch, Gary Wiltshire, Carl Llewellyn
 
Timeform Cheltenham Preview Night 2016

We're back for a 2nd time!

After last year’s hugely successful Cheltenham Preview Night we are pleased to return to St Kent's Irish Club, Manchester, on Tuesday 8th March at 7pm, for a night of insight, tips and form analysis from the experts ahead of the 2016 Cheltenham Festival.

Due to anticipated demand, we are opening up the event to last year’s attendees and the initial interested parties exclusively for 48 hours.

The tickets will go on general release to the public via our website and Social Media from Wednesday 17th onwards, so to avoid disappointment we urge you to act quickly as we only have 150 of these tickets allocated.


We've got a great line-up for you including:

·Daily Mirror's Newsboy: David Yates is our MC for the evening

·Our Chief Correspondent and Channel 4 Racing's: Jamie Lynch

·At The Races and RUK regulars: Dan Barber and Martin Dixon

·Betfair spokesperson: Barry Orr


We have held the price of admission at just £10 and for this you will also enjoy:

·Free meal of Irish Stew

·Free programme

·Free raffle tickets - with great prizes including a £200 free bet courtesy of Betfair.

For any help with purchasing the tickets please call 01422 330540 from 9.00-4.30 Mon-Fri; 9.00-11.45 Sat.

For enquiries outside these hours email timeform@timeform.com.
 
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Wednesday, 9th March 2016 @ 8pm (Sharp)

VENUE: WESTMANSTOWN SPORTS & CONFERENCE CENTRE, DUBLIN 15

PANEL: Jonathan Mullin (MC), Davy Russell, Barry Geraghty, Ruby Walsh, Paul Kealy Racing Post, Paddy Power, Jessica
Harrington and conference call with Willie Mullins.

INFO: All proceeds in aid of ‘STEMS FOR NIAMH’, Tickets €20 including
€10 matched Bet, Racing Post Cheltenham Preview Book, Finger-Food. Fantastic Raffle Prizes Includes, all-
expenses paid day trip for two to the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

To book, call (01) 8207888 (Mon-Fri, 9am - 5pm) Book early to avoid disappointment.
 
Tuesday March 1st
Venue: Newcastle Community Centre, Co Dublin.
Hosted By: St Finians GAA Club & Peamount Utd
Panel: Johnny Ward, Jane Mangan, Tony Mullins, Gavin Lynch, Geoff Lester
8pm
Admission: €10
€50 Starsports matched bet for all attendees

Wednesday March 2nd
Venue: O Grady's Bar, Gort, Co Galway
Hosted by: Beagh GAA Club
Panel: George Mc Donagh, Tony Mullins, Johnny Ward, Derek O Connor, Geoff Lester + Special phone in guests
9pm
Admission: €10
€50 Starsports matched bet for all attendees

Thursday March 3rd
Venue: Tierneys Bar, Ballygar, Co Galway
Hosted by: Ballygar Sports Field Group
Panel: Gavin Lynch, Johnny Ward, Kevin Blake, Jane Mangan, Mickey Fogarty, Geoff Lester
9pm
Admission: €10
€50 Starsports matched bet for all attendees

Friday March 4th
Venue: The Gap House, Moate, Co Westmeath
Hosted by: Maryland GAA Club
Panel: Leo Powell, Johnny Ward, Tony Mullins, Kevin Blake, Jane Mangan, Geoff Lester + Dan Skelton (phone interview)
9pm
Admission: €10
€50 Starsports matched bet for all attendees
 
Morning Glory said:
Wednesday, 9th March 2016 @ 8pm (Sharp)

VENUE: WESTMANSTOWN SPORTS & CONFERENCE CENTRE, DUBLIN 15

PANEL: Jonathan Mullin (MC), Davy Russell, Barry Geraghty, Ruby Walsh, Paul Kealy Racing Post, Paddy Power, Jessica
Harrington and conference call with Willie Mullins.
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That's a hell of a panel !!!
 
Anybody heard anything from last nights preview night at The Limerick Strand Hotel, 8pm
Kevin O’Ryan, Davy Russell, Adrian Heskin, Kate Harrington, Robbie McNamara, Derek O’Connor and Enda Bolger
€15?
 
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paz247 said:
Anybody heard anything from last nights preview night at The Limerick Strand Hotel, 8pm
Kevin O’Ryan, Davy Russell, Adrian Heskin, Kate Harrington, Robbie McNamara, Derek O’Connor and Enda Bolger
€15?
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I seen this elsewhere -

Panel-
Robbie Mc-R Mc
Kate Harrington-KH
Enda Bolger-EB
Davy Russell-DR
Adrian Heskin-AH
Derek O' Connor-DOC

Supreme
R Mc-Min is a banker
KH-Is in with Henderson and Altior is well fancied
EB-Said Min but 2m hurdlers not really his thing
DR-Worried that Min is keen and it's wild jumping.Fears Buveur D'air.He was talking to Noel Fehily and he thinks the world of this horse.Davy has a soft spot for Tombstone and said he's the most likely winner.
AH-Supsasundae
DOC-Min

Neptune
KH-Long Dog is the value
EB-Yanworth
DR-Yorkhill-Could be anything
AH-Hard to see past Yanworth
DOC-Yorkhill

Albert Bartlett
R Mc-Big fan of Shantou Village
KH-Bellshill
EB-Shantou Village
DR-Said Bellshill jumping isn't good enough.
AH-Shantou Village
DOC-Ballydine-Said track would be ideal and gave Jonniesofa at a massive price which Russell took the piss out of him for.

Arkle
R Mc-Buy a bottle of champagne after win Mins and sit back and enjoy this race.
KH-Douvan
EB-Douvan
DR-Douvan
AH-The Game Changer
DOC-Douvan beats Sizing John

RSA
R Mc-More Of That
KH-More Of That
EB-More Of That...Another Jp horse he has tipped....
DR-If it's nice ground No More Heroes,if it's soft or worse More Of That.
AH-More Of That/No More Heroes miles ahead in this and fancies MOT
DOC-Blacklion-Russell again took the piss out of this

Champion Hurdle
R Mc-Would like to see Vautour supplemented but other than that fancies Identity Thief.
KH-My Tent Or Yours
EB-Says it's a pin job
DR-Identity Thief
AH-Annie Power if she runs
DOC-The New One

Champion chase
R Mc-UDS
KH-UDS
EB-UDS
DR-Felix Yonger is good value.Says there'll be a mad pace and he can pick up the pieces for a place at least.
AH-UDS
DOC-UDS

Ryanair
R Mc-Vautour
EB-Vautour
DR-Road To Riches if Vautour doesn't run in this.
DOC-Road To Riches

World Hurdle
R Mc-Thistlecrack should be tough to beat but fancies Cole Harden
DR-Thistlecrack
DOC-Thistlecrack

Triumph Hurdle
R Mc-Let's Dance
DR-It's a terrible race for flat rats.
AH-Let's Dance.Liked the way it stayed on last time when 2nd.

Gold Cup
R Mc-Djakadam
KH-Cue Card
EB-Djakadam
DR-Smad Place-Has progressed well through the ranks
DOC-Don Cossack

Other notes
Cross Country-
EB going runner Josies Orders,Quant & Cantlow but the big news was that Foxrock runs in this race.Russell said it has no chance in it

EB-Bit dissapointed with On The Fringe come back run and tougher race this year but going targeting the 3 festivals again.Gilgamboa has Ryanair entry but likely to go for Aintree National.

DR-Zabana schooled well last week and likely to go for JLT or Rsa.Leaning towards JLT.

AH-Blue Hell goes for Country Hurdle & Bishopslough goes for the novice handicap chase on Day 1**

DOC-Might be on Southfield Royale in the 4m.Tom George rang him about the Kim Muir and said he has a couple on good marks.Gave Battleford for the bumper.

KH-Rock The World going really well have a bet on it wherever it turns up.
Oscar Sam going for the Pretemps.Thankfully didn't win lto so penalty wasn't too harsh.Another one to have a bet on.
Lake Champlain/Newberry New for for Fred Winter.
Kepols Queen/Rock On The Moore go for Mares race.
New To This Town might go to the Bumper.

R Mc-Strongly fancies Black Hercules for the 4m
NAPS-
EB-UDS
DR-Limini
DOC-UDS
AH-Yanworth
 
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