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Boodles Cheltenham Festival Leading Jockey

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Walsh 8/11
Geraghty 7/2
McCoy 8/1
Cooper 16/1
Jacob 16/1
Johnson 16/1
Twiston Davies 20/1
Scudamore 33/1
Fehily 40/1

Bryan Cooper at 16s the value IMO.

Ruby has the ammo to win it again and clear favourite but not sure Barry has this year. After Sprinter (who knows?) and Bobs (please yes) best chance looks to be Oscar Whisky. Don't think AP has big book either.
 
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Sam TD would me my pick but only if each way available. Ruby wins this again.
 
Had a look on oddschecker earlier today. Ruby is probably on 7 favourites at the minute. I would say it will increase too !
 
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 10-YEAR LEADERBOARD (2004 - 2013)
Jockey Total £1 levels Chase Hurdle NHF Non-hcp Handicap
Ruby Walsh 35-193 +£1 11-85 22-98 2-10 28-122 7-71
Barry Geraghty 22-164 -£7 13-70 8-85 1-9 19-105 3-59
Tony McCoy 15-175 -£68 9-79 6-86 0-10 11-104 4-71
Robert Thornton 14-122 -£1 7-47 7-71 0-4 10-73 4-49
Davy Russell 10-96 +£10 6-41 4-50 0-5 5-56 5-40
Richard Johnson 9-130 -£21 3-59 5-64 1-7 6-70 3-60
Paul Carberry 8-113 +£8 2-43 5-65 1-5 4-65 4-48
Paddy Brennan 6-113 -£15 3-53 3-58 0-2 3-61 3-52
Timmy Murphy 6-120 -£17 4-54 2-58 0-8 2-69 4-51
Mr Sam Waley-Cohen 4-26 +£33 4-23 0-3 0-0 2-16 2-10
Miss Nina Carberry 4-32 +£2 3-28 1-1 0-3 0-14 4-18
Andrew Lynch 4-33 +£26 3-18 1-14 0-1 3-16 1-17
Jason Maguire 4-75 -£18 0-29 4-43 0-3 3-39 1-36
 
Leading Jockey 2014 Cheltenham Festival Odds

as at 14/02/2014 NRNB

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Ruby Walsh4/74/74/78/15
Barry Geraghty10/3
3/1
4/1
7/2
Tony McCoy8/1
8/1
8/1
9/1
Bryan Cooper14/1
16/1
14/1
16/1
Daryl Jacob20/1
14/1
20/1
16/1

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Leading Jockey Award at The Festival to be sponsored by British Jeweller Boodles

February 18th 2014 - This year's Leading Jockey Award at The Festival will be sponsored by the London jeweller Boodles. The award, which recognises the jockey with the most wins across the four days of The Festival, will be presented during the meeting, once the winner of the award is so far ahead that they cannot be overtaken.

Michael Wainwright, Managing Director of the British family-owned fine jeweller, commented: "Boodles are delighted to be involved with The Festival for the first time.

"We have a long relationship with horseracing, having sponsored the three days of the Chester May meeting for some years and we have also created the Grand National trophies for many years.

"Although my own racehorse, trained by Tom Symonds, is not quite up to Festival class, I am passionate about Jump racing. We also know that many of our clients who buy Boodles fine jewellery are very keen racegoers and, for me, The Festival is the pinnacle of all UK horseracing Flat or Jump.

"We hope that the Leading Jockey Award will be fiercely-contested by all the top names in the game."

Carey Buckler, Regional Sponsorship Manager for the South West region of Jockey Club Racecourses, added: "I am delighted that Boodles are partnering with the Leading Jockey Award for this year. Although they are previous sponsors within racing, they have not partnered with Cheltenham before and I'm sure that they will find it very rewarding.

"This year's Boodles Leading Jockey Award will provide an interesting narrative throughout the week."

Previous winners of the Leading Jockey Award are:

2013 Ruby Walsh (4)

2012 Barry Geraghty (5)

2011 Ruby Walsh (5)

2010 Ruby Walsh (3)

2009 Ruby Walsh (7)

2008 Ruby Walsh (3)

2007 Robert Thornton (4)

2006 Ruby Walsh (3)

2005 Graham Lee (3)

2004 Ruby Walsh (3)

2003 Barry Geraghty (5)

2002 Richard Johnson (2)

2000 Mick Fitzgerald (4)

1999 Mick Fitzgerald (4)

1998 Tony McCoy (5)

1997 Tony McCoy (3)

1996 Richard Dunwoody (2)

1995 Norman Williamson (4)

1994 Charlie Swan (3)

1993 Charlie Swan (4)
 
Think they all have their specialisms Ruby's is 2 mile Grade 1 Hurdles

Champion Hurdle

2009 2nd Celestial Halo Ruby Walsh 17/2
2010 4th Celestial Halo Ruby Walsh 7/1
2011 1st Hurricane Fly Ruby Walsh 11/4f
2012 3rd Hurricane Fly Ruby Walsh 4/6f
2013 1st Hurricane Fly Ruby Walsh 13/8f

Supreme
2009 12th Kempes Ruby Walsh 9/1
2010 10th Blackstairmountain Ruby Walsh 12/1
2011 1st Al Ferof Ruby Walsh 10/1
2012 5th Prospect Wells Ruby Walsh 14/1
2013 1st Champagne Fever Ruby Walsh 5/1

That is 4 wins and 2 places from his last 10 rides for £9.375 profit to £1 stake.
 
Barry G's is 2 mile Grade 1 Chases

Champion Chase

2009 3rd Petit Robin Barry Geraghty 12/1
2010 1st Big Zeb 10/1
2011 2nd Big Zeb 3/1
2012 1st Finian's Rainbow Barry Geraghty 4/1
2013 1st Sprinter Sacre Barry Geraghty 1/4f

Arkle

2009 1st ForPadythepalsterer 9/1
2010 5th Riverside Theatre Barry Geraghty 7/1
2011 2nd Finian's Rainbow Barry Geraghty 7/2
2012 1st Sprinter Sacre Barry Geraghty 8/11f
2013 1st Simonsig Barry Geraghty 8/15f

That is 6 wins and 3 places from a last ten rides for £13.20 profit of a level £1 stake.
 
One from David Myers

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 10-YEAR LEADERBOARD (2004 - 2013)
Jockey Total £1 levels Chase Hurdle NHF Non-hcp Handicap
Ruby Walsh 35-193 +£1 11-85 22-98 2-10 28-122 7-71

Recent stats

2013: 4-20 (20%) +£16
2012: 2-22 (9%) -£19
2011: 5-18 (28%) +£11
2010: 3-21 (14%) -£12
2009: 7-20 (35%) +£2

Overview: It will be interesting to see how Ruby Walsh fares without Paul Nicholls’ supply of rides, but with Willie Mullins traditionally amongst the winners at the festival, Walsh will still be a force to be reckoned with – for the record, Mullins and Walsh have combined for a record of 14-61 (+£18).

Such is the consistency Walsh has displayed at this meeting in recent years, punters could have actually made a blind profit of +£18 on each of his rides since 2009, though not many of his victors came outside of Graded level – his record in Listed events reads 0-21. The Irishman also boasts a superior strike-rate in hurdles at 22-98 (22%, +£22) compared to chases at 11-85 (13%, -£42).

Walsh has been a reliable pair of hands on runners arriving at the festival in top shape having won last time out at 29-104 (28%) for a handsome level profit of +£42, reading much favourably than those he rode who finished second or worse last time at 6-89 (-£41).


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Chase thing is a bit of an oddity ...Dont think he has won a Chase since Kauto Stars Gold Cup ? Probably down to Nicholls not performing and Mullins being more of a hurdle yard :confused:
 
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Old Vic said:
Barry G's is 2 mile Grade 1 Chases

Champion Chase

2009 3rd Petit Robin Barry Geraghty 12/1
2010 1st Big Zeb 10/1
2011 2nd Big Zeb 3/1
2012 1st Finian's Rainbow Barry Geraghty 4/1
2013 1st Sprinter Sacre Barry Geraghty 1/4f

Arkle

2009 1st ForPadythepalsterer 9/1
2010 5th Riverside Theatre Barry Geraghty 7/1
2011 2nd Finian's Rainbow Barry Geraghty 7/2
2012 1st Sprinter Sacre Barry Geraghty 8/11f
2013 1st Simonsig Barry Geraghty 8/15f

That is 6 wins and 3 places from a last ten rides for £13.20 profit of a level £1 stake.
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Moscow schooled him well :)
 
From Toucho on Betfair forum...Nicholls is 0/63 in chases since Kauto FWIW

2013

Arkle - Arvika Ligeonniere 15/2 PU
RSA - Unioniste 5/2F 4th
Champion Chase - Sanctuaire 20/1 4th
Jewson - Marito 12/1 Fell
Ryanair - Ghizao 25/1 6th
Byrne Group - Sweet My Lord 16/1 PU
Gold Cup - Silvianaco Conti 4/1 Fell
Grand Annual - Ulck Du Lin 7/1 PU

2012

Arkle - Al Ferof 3/1 4th
JLT Handicap - Noland 25/1 PU
Pultney Novices Handicap - That'll Do 10/1 Fell
RSA - Join Together 7/1 PU
Champion Chase - Kauto Stone 14/1 Fell
Jewson Novices - Cristal Bonus 13/2 PU
Ryanair - Blazing Tempo 16/1 PU
Byrne Group - Crack Away Jack 13/2 PU
Gold Cup - Kauto Star 3/1 PU
Grand Annual - Toubab 12/1 Brought Down

2011

Centenary Novices Handicap - Definity 3/1F 5th
RSA - Mikael D'haguenet 15/2 Fell
Champion Chase - Master Minded 2/1F 8th
Jewson Novices - Robinson Collonges 6/1 PU
Ryanair - Poquelin 2/1F 4th
Gold Cup - Kauto Star 5/1 3rd
Grand Annual - Pepe Simo 11/1 8th

2010
Arkle - Sports Line 17/2 11th
Will Hill Handicap - The Tother One 14/1 5th
RSA - Citizen Vic 12/1 Fell
Champion Chase - Master Minded 4/5f 4th
Jewson Novices Handicap - Rivaliste 6/1F 7th
Ryanair - Poquelin 11/4f 2nd
Byrne Group - Gwanako 20/1 5th
Gold Cup - Kauto Star 8/11F Fell
Grand Annual - Free World 7/1 10th

No chase winners but has won 14 other races at the last 4 festivals.

I suppose you'd be disappointed Master Minded got beat twice as favourite but he never quite matched his early brilliance and Walsh did nothing wrong. Poquelin was beaten favourite in two Ryanairs but we can say now he was never quite top class. He had three attempts on Kauto Star. In 2010 as odds on favourite he fell but it's interesting that he was already 'too old' (statistically) to win another Gold Cup at that point though.

Between 2003 and 2009 over fences he won 1 Arkle, 2 RSAs, 2 Gold Cups, 3 Champion Chases and 4 other chases. Nothing since then.
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I don't think there is a poor ride in that list statto.
I think it will be interesting to see how Nicholls gets on this year tbh. He has been good at pot hunting this year but I have doubts about most of his Festival team.
 
Old Vic said:
I don't think there is a poor ride in that list statto.
I think it will be interesting to see how Nicholls gets on this year tbh. He has been good at pot hunting this year but I have doubts about most of his Festival team.
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Didnt say there was :)

Ruby's Irish chase stats - not too shabby

2013-14 31-114 27%
2012-13 32-105 30%
2011-12 21-100 21%
2010-11 13- 59 22%
2009-10 40-145 28%
2008-09 43-165 26%
2007-08 46-153 30%
 
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