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Cheltenham Preview Nights 2018

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Tues 27th Feb 2018, 7pm
Moor Park, Ludlow, SY8 4DZ
Panel - Henry Daly, Tom Symonds and Richard Johnson
Contact Fiona Johnson - 07795833614

Betfair Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Emirates Stadium, London
Wednesday 28th February
Panel - Bruce Millington, Gordon Elliott, Olly Muprhy, Gary O'Brien, Kevin Blake and Barry Orr
Live Streamed - Betfair and Racing Post Social Media channels

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Hereford Racecourse
1st March 2018
Panel - Richard Johnson, Kerry Lee and Richard Hoiles
Tickets - £11 (including Sausage and Mash)
Get tickets here

Betbright Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Cargo Venue, London, EC2A 3AY
Thursday 1st March 2018
6pm - 10.30pm
Panel - Rich Ricci, Paul Kealy, David Jennings and Luke Harvey

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Jack Berry House
Friday 2nd March 2018, 7pm
Panel - Brian Hughes, Andrew Thornton, Brian Ellison, Nicola McGeady and Niall Hannity
Contact - Jack Berry House on 01653 602090

Cheltenham Festival Preview Evening
Old Railway Club, Melling Road, Aintree
5th March - 7.45pm
Panel - To be confirmed

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Towcester Races
Monday 5th March 2018
Doors open at 6.45pm
Panel - Dave Ord, Ben Linfoot, Oli Bell, Daryl Jacob, Jamie Lynch and Michael Shinners
Tickets - www.towcester-racecourse.co.uk/cheltenham-festival-preview-evening-2017

Sean Graham Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
The Grand Ballroom of The Europa Hotel, Belfast, BT2 7AP
Monday 5th March
Panel - Gary O'Brien, Gordon Elliott, Noel Fehily, Richard Hoiles, Neil Mulholland and Mark Winstanley
Tickets - £10 in all Sean Graham Bookmakers

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Chester Racecourse
6th March 2018
Panel - To be confirmed
Tickets - £20
Get tickets here

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury
Tuesday 6th March @ 7.30pm
Tickets - £20 including bar snacks (ticket only event)
Panel - Claude Duval, Toby Lawes (Assistant to Nicky Henderson), Simon Clare, Paul Jones
Contact - heidi.coleman.kent@ecb.co.uk

Cheltenham Festival Preview Evening
Suddabys Pub, Malton
6th March - 7.30pm
Panel - Bobby Beevers, Michael Shinners, Danny Cook and Brian Ellison
Tickets - £10 including Pie Supper

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Newcastle Races - Tues 6th March 2018
Preview starts at 7pm
Panel - Graham Wylie, Brian Hughes, Gordon Clarkson
Tickets - £15PP - includes seat and sausage and mash

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
7th March 2018
Crockwell Farm, Eydon
Tickets £40 - including a 2 course meal (In aid of the IJF and WNAA)
Panel - Bob Cooper, Andrew Tinkler, Charlie Poste and Richard Phillips
Contact - 01327 361358 or info@crockwellfarm.co.uk

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Doncaster Racecourse
7th March 2018
Panel - Ed Chamberlin, Oli Bell, Michael Shinners and Ben Pauling
Tickets - £12
Click Here for tickets

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Middleton Cheney Club, Astrop Road, Nr Banbury, OX17 2PG
Wednesday 7th March
Tickets - £10 (Sponsored by Ladbrokes in aid of Transplant Sport UK)
Panel - Richard Hoiles, Nicola McGeady, Charlie Longsdon, Tom Messenger and Paul Jones
Details - Andrew Hook 07900 692154

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
The Hogan Stand, Meanus
Thursday 8th March 2018
Preview starts at 8pm
Panel - Enda Bolger, Donie McInerney, Peter McGrane, Eric and Andrew McNamara
Tickets - 10 Euros - www.scobiewankenobi.com

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
London Racing Club - Thurs 8th March 2018
Kensington Forum (Holiday Inn), SW7 4DN
Panel - Lee Mottershead, Phil Smith, Lydia Hislop
Buy tickets on the door

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Rawdon Cricket Club, Leeds
Thursday 8th March @ 7.30pm
Advance Tickets only - £10 entry
Panel - Danny Cook, Michael Shinners and Martin Dixon

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Taunton Racecourse
Friday 9th March 2018, 7pm
Panel - Paul Nicholls, David Pipe, Tom Scudamore and Philip Hobbs
Tickets - £10 (£12.50 on the door)

Air Ambulance Race Day and Cheltenham Preview
Warwick Races
Sunday 11th March 2018 - 11.15am to 5.30pm
Tickets - £80 (includes drinks reception, lunch and afternoon tea)
Panel - Olly Murphy, Dan Skelton, Jason Maguire & Rupert Bell
Contact - jo.payne@theairambulanceservice.org.uk

Cheltenham Festival Preview Night
Cheltenham Racecourse
11th March - 6.30pm - 10pm
Panel - John Francome, Ruby Walsh, Fergal O'Brien and Cornelius Lysaght
Members - FREE
Non Members - £6
 
Anyone going to Clonmel tonight, I would have gone but the weather probably won't allow.

Tuesday 27th February. Park hotel Clonmel. Panel= Matt Chapman , Gary O’Brien , Davy Russell, Joesph O’Brien ,Kevin Ryan. Price €20 and a free €25 matchbook match bet. All proceeds to St Marys hurling club Clonmel.

Tuesday 27th February. Larry Tompkin’s Cork’s Premier Sporting Pub-Lavitts Quay Cork City.

Joe Seward MC (Life FM Sport/Sporting Life) Panel = Charlie Swan,Tony Mullins,Enda Bolger and Colm O’Connell (Owner Un De Sceaux). Complimentary Finger Food,Racecourse Atmosphere,Ladbrokes will offer Price Topping Specials on the Night

Might go to the one in Cork instead.
 
TheRowebot said:
https://mobile.twitter.com/RChurchill26

Has some preview night coverage..
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#COTR Handicap Bet of the Week
Pricewise: Hunters Call - County Hurdle
Kealy: Ivanovich Gorbatov - County Hurdle
Jennings - Don’t Touch It - Grand Annual

#COTR NAP of the Week
Pricewise: Hunters Call - Any Race
Kealy: Mr Whittaker - Brown Plate
Jennings - Balko Des Flos - Ryanair

#COTR To the Gold Cup and there is shock to see @WilliamHill have gone 9/2 about Might Bite. Kealy also likes Lexus winner Road To Respext. Pricewise big on Our Duke, and likes 50/1 shot Anibale Fly. DJ compares RTR to Denman, but questions ground.

#COTR In the Albert Bartlett, Santini is NAPed by #ScouseOnTheSofa and Pricewise couldn’t agree more. PK gives us the stat that most exposed horse wins, so lands on big priced Callet Mad.

#COTR For the Stayers, the #ScouseOnTheSofa woofs as DJ puts up LAmi Serge. PK likes Apples Jade, and Segal has info that Penhill could be the steamer of the festival.

#COTR Thursday closes with David Jennings napping Larina as shortest price SP of the festival. Fully East in the Brown Plate for DJ. PK likes Mr Whittaker in the Brown Plate, whilst Pricewise has Sort It Out in the Pertemps.

#COTR PK loves Waiting Patiently for the Ryanair, and agrees with Pricewise that Balko Des Flos is a fair bet. Jennings also a Balko Des Flos, goes off 9/2 in his mind.

#COTR Day 3 up now. PK suggests Finians Oscar is the bet in the JLT despite worries. Pricewise puts up Modus and Monalee NRMB. DJ on Modus also.

#COTR Paul Kealy likes Diese Des Bieffes in whatever he ends up in, be it Coral Cup or Martin Pipe. Segal sure Hunters Call wins his race. DJ likes Oxford Blue in the Fred Winter @33/1, Cause of Causes on the XCountey.

#COTR Kealy likes Rhinestone to overturn Blackboe form, also puts word in for Holographic, who has support from Jennings.

#COTR Panel can’t get away from Altior for the QMCC. That was easy.

#COTR In the RSA, Pricewise shades Black Corton and Monalee (goes to JLT allegedly). Shattered Love and Mias Storm at the prices for Segal. DJ likes the fav once more, also Ballyoptic at a price.

#COTR Day 2 now. Opposition to Samcro in the Ballymore given the price from PK and Pricewise. DJ believes the beast to be a special animal, sure it wins, deserving of current price. Vision Des Flos suggested as a big price chance.

#COTR Burning Ambition the NAP of the week for Day One guest from @bet365’s Pat Cooney. #ScouseOnTheSofa makes his first appearance, naps Rather Be in the Close Bros.

To wrap up Tuesday, Pricewise likes Mias Storm and Coo Star Sivola for the Ultima. PK very confident on CSS also, then suggests Barney Dwan the play in the novice chase. DJ likes Dounikos for the 4 miler, De Plotting Shed in the novice chase.

#COTR In the Mares, Lets Dance given to us as dirty ew. BDD the selection of Pricewise at the price.

#COTR All agree Buveur D’Air wins the CH. Wicklow Brave and Mick Jazz put up W/O Fav. MTOY also a fancy without.

#COTR Opposition to Arkle favourite Footpad, ‘worst price at festival.’ PK likes the next three in, focussed on Sceau Royal ew. DJ ❤️ Brian Power, much to consternation of panel. Pricewise puts up Saint Calvados based on Warwick run.

#COTR Surpeme starts us off. All shading Mengli Khan, and like Kalashnikov a lot. Concerns over Getabord given price and ground. DJ likes Sharjah and Paloma Blue at a price.
 
Cheltenham Preview night , location : Larry Tomkins Bar Cork City

Sorry folks that this years into up to last year’s but a combination of ManFlu and ‘The Beast From The East' made it a bit of a stretch to make it to Larry’s tonight. But we weren’t dis-appointed AGAIN this year

The panel tonight were Tony Mullins (TM) , Enda Bolger (EB) and Charlie Swan (CS) with the excellent MC Joe Seward and special guest from an Tusail O’Chonaill Un De Sceaux owner

Supreme Novices :
TM: Fancies Getabird thinks Kalashnikov got an exceptional ride last time out
CS : Likes Kalashnikov and refers to Make A Stand who won like he did and won a Champion hurdle.
EB : A big fan of Getabird

Arkle :
TM : Prefers Petit Mouchoir, says Willie is aiming Footpad at the Gold Cup and this is just a stepping stone
CS : Likes Brain Power each-way ,thinks he’d be a Paul Carberry type of ride
EB : Loves the grey horse - Petit Mouchoir

Champion Hurdle
CS : Buveur Dair for him, Faugheen not at its best
TM : After finishing second to Supasundae Tony was happy enough but coming off the track, i.e. the immediate response from Willie was that he’d have to find a bit.
EB : Nothing beats Buveur Dair

Mares Hurdle
Apples Jade could run in a Champion hurdle, penalty kick for the whole panel

NH Chase
Surprise they took this one in , interesting
TM & EB love fest for Mall Dini
CS : Watch out for Shattered Love that gets all the allowances

Ballymore
No love for Gigginstoown hard to judge
TM : Needs to see more from Samcro
EB : Bombproof Samcro
CS : Samcro banker

Tony Mullins then went off on one of his many tangents whereby he said that Ruby said that Next Destination beats them all

Champion Chase
TM : Douvan the best horse in training at the moment, if it shows up wins by a fence
CS : Likes the way Min has learned to settle
EB : Thinks a negative for Min re the hill

RSA
CS : Presenting Percy won’t be beat
EB : Hard race for Presenting Percy last time out. Noel Fehily loves Monalee
TM : Likes Monalee, says Presenting Percy had a hard race last time out.

Cross Country
EB : All his horses are a stone behind Cause Of Cause

Bumper
CS : Likes a horse related to Denman called Didyouleavemeouttoo
TM : No noise from Willes yard … Interesting

Ryanair Chase
TM : Un De Sceaux best horse he’s seen in 30 years - hyperbole alert!!
Colm O’Connell : No bet if under 6/4, loves the horse but gives a mention to Balko De Flos (Man owes us nothing !!!!!)
On a side note thinks his other horse Bacchasson goes for either the Melling Chase or the Galway Plate
EB : Un De Sceaux is a phenonemon thats not finished yet
CS : Un De Sceaux as long as the ground is in its favour.

Albert Bartlett
No-one had an opinion on this just how horrible it was for Bryan Cooper to get the public dressing down from Michael O’Leary calling him an imbecile after last years race where he unseated on Death Duty!!!!

Stayers hurdle
CS : Likes Sam Spinner and keep an eye out for Unowhatimenharry
EB : Very fond of Supasundae
TM : Has had a change of heart from last year re Yanworth. but has had Penhill at home and he’s flying

Mares Novice hurdle
No-one that keen
CS likes Dame de Compagnie each-way

JLT :
TM : Terrefort
EB : Invitation Only
CS : Likes Modus if the ground dries up

Triumph Hurdle
CS : Nicky likes Apples Shakira but also likes Redicean
TM : Apples Shakira
EB : likes Redicean

Albert Bartlett
TM : Likes Duc De Genièvres as a horse that has stamina!!

Gold Cup
CS : Total Recall and Might Bite
EB : Loves Edwulf also Native Rives has been laid out for it
TM : Killultagh Vic is an improver / Total Recall has a smell of Aintree about him

Fox hunters
EB : Back the Nicholls hot-pot!!!!!!!! interesting

Naps and lays

TM : Naps Un De Sceaux - Lays Samcro
EB : Naps Un De Sceaux - Lays Might Bite
CS : Naps Samcro - Lays Footpad

Talked about a Charles Byrnes horse in a handicap but gave no name :(

Charity Bets
CS €100w Apples Shakira
TM €50ew Next Destination (Baltimore)
EB €50ew Josie Orders

Host Larry Tomkins had €100 on Wonderful Charm!!

Great night for a great cause.

See ye next year folks!!!!
 
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Great job Theporge! Nothing worse than 'man flu"! Thanks for making the effort. Strange comment re Charles Byrnes horse: he only had one horse (Hareth) entered at Cheltenham (Pertemps) and he isn't qualified. Also good to see the support for Bryan Cooper- would love to see him bounce back.
 
Bayoffreedom said:
Great job Theporge! Nothing worse than 'man flu"! Thanks for making the effort. Strange comment re Charles Byrnes horse: he only had one horse (Hareth) entered at Cheltenham (Pertemps) and he isn't qualified. Also good to see the support for Bryan Cooper- would love to see him bounce back.
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I second that B.o.f , Great to hear what "the Experts" are saying and thanks to Rowebot too .
 
Enda Bolgers works around Cause of Causes is music to my ears!
 
The betfair preview is usually a good one in terms of them doing price pushes. They did 1 per day last season up to a max of £50. Getabird or Footpad has to be the day1 push.

It's worth getting your account(s) topped up.
 
Was also at Larry Tompkins last night. I think theporge covered it quite well but I'll add the following.

Supreme
TM: Not worried about Getabird running out in P2P said buck house was the bravest horse he ever sat on and he did the same thing in a bumper at Listowel, he said its much more likely something spooked the horse. Said there wasn't much competition in this for the bird.

Arkle
CS: Said he say Saint Calvados run in France and he'd be worried that form is all on flat tracks and bad ground.

4M
CS: No Comment has loads of class, jumped well at Sandown and definitely has an each way chance.

Ballymore:
EB: Take a good look at Samcro because like Ted Walsh said he's like are rare.
TM: Samcro not in the league of Golden Cygnet or Dunguib for him yet.

QMCC:
CS: Doesn't think Nicky would have ran Altior if it wouldn't have brought him on.
MT: Extremely bullish about Douvan. Said if Ruby rides you can take it hes well and if hes well he wins. Willie/Ruby are nervous but he did a sparkling piece of work a few days ago, the problem is he has to do it another 2 or 3 times before he goes.

RSA:
EB: Noel Fehily was raving about Monalee after Leopardstown.

XC:
EB: JO best of his, will stay best.

Bumper:
TM: Said he cant get any definite answer out of the lads in Willie's who's the best and usually when that happens he doesn't win it or you have something like Briar Hill win at 25/1 or like the year Charlie won at 33/1 for Willie.

Ryanair:
Colm said back UDS at 2/1 but if he gets to 6/4 you've probably missed your chance and value gone. Was looking for odds without Waiting Patiently but also mentioned Balko Des Flos as a worry. Said doesn't know if Bachasson goes gold cup, but if he doesn't keep an eye on him for Galway plate, since sold Chateau Conti.

TM: Said he feels Willie has this race covered and doesn't expect him to run anything else in it.

Mares Novice:
TM: Laurina doing everything right but hasn't heard anyone say shes in league of Limini. Weakest race of the festival.

JLT:
TM: Munir was over recently and was raving about Terrafort, Nickys best chance outside of big 3.

Fox:
EB: Said he thinks this comes a year too soon for Burning Ambition, there was 4 horses in the last race will be 24 the next day.

Other:
TM: Said if Willie is sending horses to handicaps with high weights, he is not sending them for nothing, especially this year as he will need everything he can to win trainers champ in Ireland so won't be wasting anything.
CS: The Byrnes horse was Off You Go in the County, also mentioned Out Of The Loop in Coral Cup and Don't Touch It in Grand Annual
 
In addition to that I would say I though Ladbrokes who sponsored the event were an absolute disgrace. The event was for a great cause and in my opinion they lost some goodwill.

Any enhanced prices were absolutely minimal even on charity bets which I’m not even sure they did enhance, only championship races were NRNB. At one stage they enhanced Samcro to evens for €25, there was a Cork bookie who said he’ll be at Clonmel Thursday and will take €1,000 on Samcro at 2/1.

Colm o’Connell wanted to have €500 of his own money on UDS for charity and they gave him 2/1. Sure he could have done that in the shop himself.

For me they gave the impression they were after being robbed all night with the amazing enhancements they offered but this was not the case imo.
 
The Betfair festival preview has been called off due to the weather!
 
ComplyOrDie said:
The Betfair festival preview has been called off due to the weather!
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Great shame. Been looking forward to that, its how I know we're close.

Cheers for the write ups guys
 
Hereford cancelled tomorrow....gutted to miss out on the sausage and mash dinner!
 
Thanks to those who take the trouble to post these up. At least we can all watch Betfair tonight.

Amazing some of the things these panels come up with.

Presumably, Paul Kealy thinks Michael O'Leary has been lying about Apple's Jade all season?

I want Monalee in the JLT, Tom Segal wants Monalee in the JLT but surely the market would have moved more strongly if that was where he was definitely going?

Off You Go isn't entered in anything. Doesn't take much homework.
 
kinloch brae said:
Thanks to those who take the trouble to post these up. At least we can all watch Betfair tonight.

Amazing some of the things these panels come up with.

Presumably, Paul Kealy thinks Michael O'Leary has been lying about Apple's Jade all season?

I want Monalee in the JLT, Tom Segal wants Monalee in the JLT but surely the market would have moved more strongly if that was where he was definitely going?

Off You Go isn't entered in anything. Doesn't take much homework.
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Sadly Betfair is cancelled KB
 
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