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Cheltenham 2017 Antepost Bets

Just ordered Jumping Prospects, and had my first bet for 2017.

Found a £20 freebet that was running out, so chucked it on Ar Mad for the CC, lol.

Real racing can't come soon enough!
 
Not long till Listowel. A surprising number of Cheltenham winners have started there in recent years.

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Altior @ 7/1 CH
Barters Hill @ 14/1 RSA
Min @ 8/1 Arkle
Thistlecrack @ 8/1 GC
Smad Place @ 25/1 King George
On the Fringe @ 6/1 FX
 
I think I will end up checking this thread every day. Ante-post betting is great, as I feel I have accepted I won't be generally putting 'good' bets on, but I would rather waste my money on that one magical week than on a 2YO maiden that I have nothing but the connections and market to go on.... so with that being said, here is what I am already on for Cheltenham 2017:

Barters Hill (RSA) - Might go for the JLT, as he will start at that distance but 20s seems massive on a horse that was unbeaten going in to the festival that in my opinion didn't give his true running because of the stiffness a couple of days earlier)
Alpha Des Obeaux (RSA) / On The Fringe (XC) - 62/1 each way double... Some good points made on the previous page about OTF and then I just thought I can't see ADO going for anything but that race with his owners being so keen on the race. I don't think the price is great but if they both turn up I would expect a good run for my money
Thistlecrack (Gold Cup) - I have been backing Vautour with my free £5 skybet each week and will probably carry on but I took the 8s about Thistlecrack because I watched Tizzard talking about the Gold Cup as the target and they have nothing to lose in going for it. If he takes to chasing there is no way he will be that price considering how he performed in the World Hurdle. (Whether he wins or not is a different matter of course)
Faugheen - World Hurdle - 10/1 when I read about Ricci saying he would want Annie to defend her crown... I expect Faugheen to go for the CH but 10's was far too big at the time...

That is all I can remember at the moment
 
Sensible thinking there Kevloaf, but I'm very cynical about Ricci/Mullins and where their horses might go, anything with doubt about target I'll ignore like the plague.
Even Barters Hill has unfinished business over timber, not certain to go chasing, but if he was I'd expect him to go RSA route.

I snapped up some 6s On The Fringe with B365, won a few quid and pressed, won a few quid more and pressed at 5s, now have a nice position about a horse that can only enter the one race and whose dominance in the division is obvious, although age is a concern the renewal looks to be weaker this season.
 
My Barters Hill thoughts came from this article, http://www.racinguk.com/news/articl...drop-back-in-trip-for-cheltenham-november-run although I did read after Cheltenham that if Thistlecrack goes chasing (which looks likely) then they might aim at the World Hurdle.

Yeh, I read earlier about your reasons for On The Fringe and can't knock them at all. From memory he wasn't that strong until Cheltenham in any race last year and you'd see no reason they won't just do the exact same thing again. If I win anything at York this week I will be topping up my ante-post portfolio!
 
Clerk of the course at Chepstow just said on ATR that he spoke to Colin Tizzard who will be aiming Thistlecrack at the novice chase their on the opening weekend (8th October).... That 8/1 will be gone soon for the Gold Cup
 
I've got Faugheen CH, Douvan CC and Annie Power WH treble in my open bets. Roll on the jumps!
 
Although I said I wouldn't be backing any WPM horses ante post, I've had a small bet on Fulham Road in the supreme novices at 33/1. He was highly thought of last season and rumoured to be WPMs number 1 bumper horse before injury struck.

Lots of unknowns and may need further anyway but willing to take the risk at the price.
 
Altior for Champion Hurdle, Thistlecrack Gold Cup and Buveir D'air JLT are my biggest ante posts at the moment.
 
What price Buveir D'air? I think from NH comments he is definitely going further than 2 miles so that looks a good call. If Min wasn't single figures I would say he was a solid bet for the Arkle - I recall Mullins saying he was a scopey chasing type and he won't get a yard past 2m ... all in all 2nd to Altior over hurdles might not look bad at all, but I don't think 8/1 is a good bet.
 
Buveir D'air is 14/1 for the JLT at the moment. JP has bought him this week - the previous owner had sold most, it not all, of his horses.
 
Faugheen_Machine said:
Although I said I wouldn't be backing any WPM horses ante post, I've had a small bet on Fulham Road in the supreme novices at 33/1. He was highly thought of last season and rumoured to be WPMs number 1 bumper horse before injury struck.

Lots of unknowns and may need further anyway but willing to take the risk at the price.
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I'll never knock a bet like that FM, at 33s you're looking for value, I take issue when the likes of Vatour are touted all year as a certain Gold Cup horse and Ricci wants to fire as many GC bullets as possible blah blah blah when it's all lies, and at a much shorter price people will get hurt, your 33s will always be a calculated gamble and a value one....
 
I have thrown a couple of darts at the novice hurdlers:-

Senewalk 10/1 Supreme
Blow By Blow 16/1 Neptune
Battleford 16/1 Albert B

Getting the right race is the worry with Ruby and Willie calling the shots
 
Oooh where did you hear that? he had quite a few decent horses... nothing mega, but a lot of decent ones with Nicholls?
 
I heard it earlier in the summer that he was selling up but thought he was keeping some of the better ones. That's why I was really surprised when when BD was sold, as I believe he could be the real deal over fences.
 
Really tempted to do Moon Racer in Supreme. Seemed to be Ok in his last run after long lay off, can't see it going for anything other than this. Invitation Only also looks tempting, thinking back it EW in both Neptune and Albert Bartlett
 
For those interested, just noticed that Paddy Power are 12/1 for Senewalk to win any race - the same as top price for the supreme novices.

Not a horse I'm interested in but that might tempt some.
 
I begrudge backing anything in two races unless it is with a free bet so that would put me off invitation only. Moon Racer, I agree, can only see that lining up in the supreme and as a Cheltenham Bumper winner it won't be anywhere near double figures? (Unless it doesn't take to hurdles) but thats unlikely as they nearly sent it for an audacious attempt for its first run so it must have at least popped plenty at home.

Thanks for the info Faugheen... not one that I would even waste a free bet on though
 
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