CHELTENHAM STATS FOR THURSDAY MARCH 14TH, 2024
- 1.30PM – TURNERS NOVICES’ CHASE
2M4F, NEW COURSE
THIS RACE WAS FIRST RUN IN 2011 – IRELAND HAS WON IT NINE TIMES IN THE 13 RUNNINGS
WILLIE MULLINS HAS WON IT 4 TIMES, BUT NOT SINCE 2017
GORDON ELLIOTT HAS WON TWO OF THE LAST 6
ONLY TWO OF THE LAST 9 WINNERS HAVE RETURNED AT BIGGER THAN 4/1 – THESE INCLUDE LAST YEAR’S WINNER, STAGE STAR (15/2, PAUL NICHOLLS)
HERE ARE OUR MARKETS FOR CHELTENHAM ON THURSDAY MARCH 14TH
- 2.10PM – PERTEMPS NETWORK FINAL HANDICAP HURDLE
3 MILES, NEW COURSE
TWO WINNING FAVS IN THE LAST 15
IRELAND HAS WON SEVEN OF THE LAST EIGHT
RECENT WINNERS INCLUDE DELTA WORK, PRESENTING PERCY AND SIRE DU BERLAIS
7 OF THE LAST 15 WINNERS WERE RETURNED AT 14/1 OR BIGGER
5 OF THE LAST 11 WINNERS HAVE BEEN 6YOS
JUST ONE OF THE LAST 15 WINNERS WAS A 5YO – DELTA WORK, 2018
- 2.50PM – RYANAIR CHASE
2M4.5F, NEW COURSE
WILLIE MULLINS HAS WON THREE OF THE LAST FOUR AND 5 OF THE LAST 8
THIS RACE WAS FIRST RUN IN 2005
THERE HAVE BEEN 5 WINNING FAVS IN THE LAST 10
7 OF THE LAST 11 WINNERS HAVE BEEN 3/1 OR SHORTER – LAST YEAR’S WINNER, ENVOI ALLEN, HENRY DE BROMHEAD) WAS 13/2)
THE UK WON THE FIRST 11 – IRELAND HAS WON SEVEN OF THE 8 SINCE THEN – THE EXCEPTION BEING FRODON (PAUL NICHOLLS) IN 2019
HERE ARE OUR MARKETS FOR CHELTENHAM ON THURSDAY MARCH 14TH
- 3.30PM – STAYERS’ HURDLE
3 MILES, NEW COURSE
JUSTY 6 WINNING FAVS IN THE LAST 17 – 2 IN THE LAST 11
6 OF THE LAST 9 WINNERS WERE RETURNED AT 10/1 OR BIGGER, INCLUDING SIRE DU BERLAIS (33/1, GORDON ELLIOTT) LAST YEAR
IRELAND HAS WON 6 OF THE LAST 11
ON ONLY 4 OCCASIONS IN THE LAST 27 YEARS HAS THE WINNING-DISTANCE BEEN GREATER THAN 3 LENGTHS
FLOORING PORTER WON IN 2021 AND 2022 AND WAS FOURTH LAST YEAR
TEAHUPOO FINISHED THIRD LAST YEAR
PAISLEY PARK WON THIS RACE IN 2019, WAS SEVENTH IN 2020, THIRD IN 2021 AND THIRD AGAIN IN 2022 – HE FINISHED SEVENTH LAST YEAR AND HE COMES INTO THIS RACE ON THE BACK OF NARROW DEFEATS (TO NOBLE YEATS) IN THE RELKEEL HURDLE OVER COURSE AND DISTANCE AND THE LONG WALK HURDLE AT ASCOT (TO CRAMBO) – HE’S BEEN A GREAT SERVANT TO CONNECTIONS
ALONG WITH LAST YEAR’S THIRD, FOURTH AND SEVENTH (SEE ABOVE), LAST YEAR’S SECOND, DASHEL DRASHER, AND FIFTH, HOME BY THE LEE, WHO, ALONG WITH NOBLE YEATS, WILL RACE IN FIRST-TIME HEADGEAR, ARE SET TO RUN
- 4.10PM – TRUSTATRADER PLATE HANDICAP CHASE
2M4F127Y, NEW COURSE
4 WINNING FAVS IN THE LAST 15, BUT THESE INCLUDE 3 OF THE LAST 6
IRELAND HAS WON 5 OF THE LAST 8
9 OF THE LAST 17 WINNERS HAVE BEEN PRICED AT 16/1 OR BIGGER, INCLUDING THE LAST TWO – SEDDON (20/1, JOHN MCCONNELL) AND COOLE CODY (22/1, EVAN WILLIAMS)
THIS SAID, THE LAST 6 HAVE BEEN RETURNED AT (MOST RECENT FIRST) 20/1, 22/1, 9/4 FAV (THE SHUNTER), 10/3 FAV (SIMPLY THE BETTS), 9/2 AND 5/1 FAV (THE STORYTELLER)
THE RACE IS RIPE FOR A GAMBLE
THE 2022 WINNER, COOLE CODY, WAS AN 11YO BUT, GENERALLY, THE WINNING AGE GROUP RANGE IS 6YO-9YO, WITH 9 OF THE LAST 11 WINNERS HAVING BEEN IN THIS RANGE – LAST YEAR’S WINNER, SEDDON, WAS 10
12 OF THE LAST 15 WINNERS CARRIED 10ST13LBS OR LESS, INCLUDING 8 OF THE LAST 11
- 4.50PM – GRADE 2 RYANAIR MARES’ NOVICES’ HURDLE
2M179Y, NEW COURSE
THIS RACE HAS BEEN RUN 7 TIMES – WILLIE MULLINS WON THE FIRST FIVE, FOLLOWED BY HENRY DE BROMHEAD, HARRY FRY AND JAMIE SNOWDEN
WINNING SPS (MOST RECENT FIRST – 16/1, 15/2, 5/1, 9/2, 50/1, 4/7 FAV, 11/8 FAV, 8/11 FAV
THE LAST WINNING-FAVOURITE WAS LAURINA (4/7 FAV) IN 2018
ONLY TWO ODDS-ON FAVS HAVE RUN IN THE RACE, AND THEY HAVE BOTH WON – LAURINA AND LIMINI (8/11, 2016)
- 5.30PM – FULKE WALWYN/KIM MUIR CHALLENGE CUP
3M2F NEW COURSE – AMATEUR RIDERS’ H’CAP CHASE
THERE HAS BEEN JUST ONE WINNING FAV IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, WHICH WAS MOUNT IDAA (3/1, DENISE FOSTER) IN 2021
6 OF THE LAST 9 WINNERS HAVE BEEN SHORTER THAN 10/1
40/1 SHOTS WON IN 2017 AND 2022, BOTH OF THEM TRAINED IN BRITAIN
GORDON ELLIOTT HAS WON THE RACE TWICE IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS – HE WAS 4TH AND 5TH LAST YEAR, 4TH IN 2022, 3RD IN 2018, 2ND IN 2015, AND 2ND ALSO IN 2014
IN 5 OF THE LAST 7 YEARS, THE WINNING DISTANCE HAS BEEN 2.5 LENGTHS OR SHORTER
