TRF vs Pricewise 2016

[JumpsRiley]

Champion Hurdle – The New One 20/1 1Pt each way

World Hurdle – Ptit Zigg 1Pt each way 25/1

Gold Cup – Don Cossack 2pt Win Don Cossack 5/1

[JumpsRiley]

ALMOST every Grade 1 race at the Cheltenham Festival these days is dominated by a Willie Mullins-trained horse or two and the big problem for ante-post punters is that most of the credible opposition is in the same yard as well. Last year Mullins saddled the 1-2-3 in the Stan James Champion Hurdle and it can’t be a very big price that he will do the same again. Faugheen is the reigning champion and will be extremely hard to beat after his easy win at Kempton over Christmas. He looked right back to his best and, while he certainly wasn’t at his best when winning the Champion last year, it looks like Mullins is going to give him a run in the Irish Champion this time and Faugheen looks the type who improves for racing. He will probably win again, but he’s long odds-on and no-one needs telling that! Next in the market comes six-time Grade 1 winner Nichols Canyon, the horse who took Faugheen’s unbeaten record in the Morgiana at the start of the season. He looks the sort who saves all his best for the track and it is pretty easy to make a case out for him at 13-2 as well. However, he was well beaten in the Neptune on his only run at the track and it is hard to see Ruby Walsh on Faugheen letting Nichols Canyon get his own way out front as he did at Punchestown. It is unlikely two horses from the same yard will take each other on up front in the Champion, but both seem best when allowed to dominate and it is likely we are going to see a much stronger pace in this year’s race than there was 12 months ago. If that’s the case it is possible to make a strong case for last year’s runner-up Arctic Fire, as his style of racing would be ideally suited by a strong gallop and he did really well to chase home Faugheen last year, given the way the race was run. The problem for ante-post punters is that the last time we saw him he ran no sort of race over three miles in the mud. However, there were obvious excuses owing to the trip and ground, and on the way he finished the race last year there is a definite chance he could reverse the placings with Faugheen provided the pace is stronger. Every year Arctic Fire seems to peak for Cheltenham and in a race likely to cut up it seems to me the 10-1 about him each-way, with the non-runner no bet concession, is the best value on offer. Of the rest, Peace And Co looked a superstar as a juvenile and can be forgiven his comeback run at Cheltenham when everything that could go wrong did. However, he clearly has issues with settling, and just how good was the juvenile hurdle form? It was probably pretty strong, as both Top Notch, Hargam and Old Guard have run well against older horses, but not to the extent that last year’s fouryear-olds seem anything out of the ordinary. Nicky Henderson has won the Champion five times, including with a five-year-old in See You Then, but Peace And Co looks to be bumping into a vintage group of two-mile hurdlers and will have to improve significantly to win. The vibes aren’t great about My Tent Or Yours but if the ground were to come up heavy Camping Ground might come into the equation. However, the likelihood of it being in his favour is pretty slim and, even on soft ground, he shouldn’t be anything like as short a price as the firms betting non-runner no bet seem to think.

Pricewise ^^

[stilvi]

Had to have a little chortle about Camping Ground. Horse is only being quoted because Segal suggested it would be an idea to go the Champion Hurdle route.

[Red Rum 77]

My selection for Champion Hurdle are Identity Thief 1 pt EW 14/1 William Hill (Non runner, no bet)

My World Hurdle selection are 1 pt EW Alpha Des Obeaux 16/1 Sportingbet

PRICEWISE WORLD HURDLE SELECTION

Vroum Vroum Mag
Ladbrokes World Hurdle, Cheltenham, March 17
1pt win at 10-1 with bet365, Ladbrokes and Hills
all non-runner, no bet

Windsor Park
Ladbrokes World Hurdle, Cheltenham, March 17
1pt win at 16-1 with Hills non-runner, no bet

You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.

[Fran the man]

Been having difficulty logging in for weeks now but i’m in just in time to give some of the worst antepost pricewising you’ll ever see, here goes

Champion Hurdle Arctic Fire 2pts win 10/1 Various
World Hurdle Thistlecrack 2pts win 9/4
Gold Cup Don Cossack 2pts win 11/2 available with 10bet whoever they are but i presume 5/1 with most of the others is the fair price to take.

Cheers for running this again VTC

[Hot Fuss]

Gold Cup – Don Cossack
2pt Win @ 5/1 (Various)

Champion Hurdle – Nichols Canyon
1pt E/W @ 7/1 (Stan James)

World Hurdle – Thistlecrack
2pt Win @ 9/4 (Various)

[Keptonsamepace]

I’ll split my stake on the World Hurdle please VTC.

1PT win Annie Power 10/1

1PT win Alpha Des Obeaux 14/1 Freely available

Cheers.

[Red Rum 77]

PRICEWISE GOLD CUP SELECTION

Road To Riches
Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup, March 18
1pt each-way at 16-1 with bet365 and BoyleSports, non-runner, no bet (14-1 Sky Bet, William Hill and Betfair non-runner, no bet)

My GOLD CUP SELECTION

2pt win Cue Card 7/1 Paddy Power & William Hill (Non Runner, no bet )

You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.

[Triptych]

Finally got there…

Champion Hurdle ..
Old Guard 40/1 Paddy Power
1 point each way

World Hurdle …
Cole Harden 9/1 Paddy Power
2 points win

Gold Cup
Smad Place 33/1 Paddy Power
1 point each way

Thanks for doing this Vtc..Jac

Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...

[stilvi]

VTC, do you know what the next races are? I only ask because bookmakers use the Pricewise selection as an excuse to cut several horses the night before. It shouldn’t happen but from the point of view of this competition it is probably best to get your selections in before that happens.

Thanks

[Red Rum 77]

My Champion Chase Bet is 1 pt EW FELIX YONGER 25/1 Boylesport (NRNB)

You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.

[KingSprinterSacre]

If the champion chase entries are open i’ll take Sprinter at 4s (i’d hardly take anything else now would I haha!)

2pts win Sprinter Sacre @4/1 paddy power.

This will be my selection either way, if entries not open and price retracts i’ll take whatever it is.

[KingSprinterSacre]

Thank you

[Kentucky Spring]

If the two races come up, my selections will be: Dodging Bullets (7/1-WHill) for the QMCC, I believe it´s 8/1 in general? 2pts
Don Cossack (10/1 E/W-WHill) for the RyanAir. 1pt

Best Wishes
Silk

[Kentucky Spring]

Thank you, VTC

Best Wishes
Silk

[Steeplechasing]

Bobby,

Please put me down for:

1PT EW DODGING BULLETS IN QM AT 10S – BETWAY

2PTS WIN SMAD PLACE IN RYANAIR AT 8S PP

Ta

[Gingertipster]

Queen Mother Champion Chase
1 point each way @ 9/1 (betway) Sire De Grugy

Value Is Everything

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