Cheltenham Festival Handicaps 2015 – 3 Of The Best

[jamespatrickashton]

How do you narrow the field to a manageable level? We all have our own ideas on the festival handicaps. (Just in case you are interested), here’s my approach.

1 Get the field down to 3 contenders, or forget the race.
Won’t bore you with the long winded principles of ‘narrowing’, they’re a bit outside the box and open for ridicule. That’s for the later, should you want to feel superior at my expence ?

2 Put the horses in order of merit most likely to win goes first, least likely last and the other divides the two. Kind of a reverse to the final of that tele quiz, ‘Pointless’.

3 Decide on which of the three horse to bet on. Maybe bet them all?

4 Hope to make an overall profit on the 4 days of the festival.

5 Have enough money in reserve to drown sorrows, if need be…

As for the selections on day one

Cheltenham Handicaps 2015

March 10:
14:40 Ultima Business Solutions Handicap Chase

Best Gevrey Chambertin
Nest Best The Druids Nephew
Alternative Dursey Sound

17:15 CHAPS Restaurants Barbados Novices’ Handicap Chase

Best Generous Ransom
Nest Best Little Jon
Alternative Thomas Crapper

Beer money at the ready, just incase of dissapointment

[jamespatrickashton]

Cheltenham Festival Handicaps 2015 – 3 Of The Best – Day 2

Here’s todays offering. Any non-runners, will try to update, if time allows.

March 11:
14:40 Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle
Best Blackmail
Nest Best Shammick Boy
Alternative Hisaabaat

16:00 Glenfarclas Handicap Chase
Best Duke Of Lucca
Nest Best Charingworth
Alternative Chicago Grey

16:40 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
Best Gwencily Berbas
Nest Best Starchitect
Alternative Arabian Revolution

[jamespatrickashton]

Thanks Venture To Cognac, I take your ‘luck’ and raise a glass to you and our endevours at the Cheltenham Festival. We both lucked out yesterday, here’s hoping for a better day today, cheers!

[jamespatrickashton]

Looking for a winner or two today to get back some of the losses on the first 2 days.

March 12:
14:05 Pertemps Networks Final (Listed Handicap Hurdle)

Best Dawalan
Nest Best Sybarite
Alternative Trustan Times

16:00 Browne Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Handicap Chase

Best Un Ace
Nest Best Aupcharlie
Alternative De Boitron

16:40 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase

Best Tap Night
Nest Best Benbane Head
Alternative Across The Bay

[moehat]

I’m a bit odd in that I prefer the handicaps to the championship races. But I haven’t really had time to look at them properly this year. So I’m just looking at things like course form, first time visors, claimers on board etc. Do like horses priced 33/1; often seem to get a placed horse at that price. Have tiny bets so have to back horses with big prices.

[moehat]

Pertemps; Knight of Noir, Bygones Sovereign, Aqalim.

[jamespatrickashton]

Not the best of festivals, just the one winner, The Druids Nephew @ 8/1. That’s a one point profit so far. Looks like the big money will com from today’s bets then???

2:05 Vincent O´Brien County Handicap Hurdle

Best Quick Jack
Nest Best Lucky Bridle
Alternative Wicklow Brave

4:40 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys´ Handicap Hurdle

Best McKinley
Nest Best Party Rock
Alternative Pearl Swan

5:15 A.P. McCoy Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap)

Best Croco Bay
Nest Best Ted Veale
Alternative Claret Cloak

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