Here are some Cheltenham Festival stats for day 2, Wednesday March 16th
The opening race is the THE BALLYMORE NOVICES HURDLE, WHICH IS DUE OFF AT 1:30pm
ONLY 2 WINNERS IN THE LAST 13 YEARS HAVE BEEN RETURNED AT BIGGER THAN 7/1 – WILLOUGHBY COURT AND CITY ISLAND
NO SEVEN-YEAR-OD HAS WON THE RACE
SIX- YEAR-OLDS HAVE WON 10 OF THE LAST 11
IRELAND HAS WON 7 OF THE LAST 8
6 OF THE LAST 8 WINNERS WERE RETURNED AT 9/2 OR SHORTER, WITH THE FAVOURITE WINNING 3 OF THE LAST 4 AND 5 OF THE LAST 10
WILLIE MULLINS HAS THE STRONG FAVOURITE IN THE RACE, SIR GERHARD
2:10PM – THE BROWN ADVISORY NOVICE CHASE, FORMERLY THE RSA CHASE
THE LAST 8 WINNERS HAD RUN AT CHELTENHAM PRIOR TO THEIR FESTIVAL WINS, AND 5 OF THEM HAD WON AT CHELTENHAM
NO HORSE AGED OLDER THAN 8 HAS WON THIS RACE IN THE LAST 12 YEARS – WITH 9 OF THE LAST 12 BEING AGED 7 – AS HAVE 16 OF THE LAST 21 WINNERS
IRELAND HAS WON 7 OF THE LAST 21 RENEWALS – AND 4 OF THE LAST 9
6 OF THE LAST 7 WINNERS WERE RETURNED AT 4/1 OR SHORTER
Our market for the ‘Brown Advisory’ can be found via this link
250PM – THE CORAL CUP, RACE 3
IRELAND HAS WON 4 OF THE LAST 6 AND 6 OF THE LAST 13
8 OF THE LAST 13 WINNERS WERE RETURNED AT 16/1 OR BIGGER
NICKY HENDERSON HAS WON THIS RACE 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 12 YEARS – AND 2 OF THE LAST 3
ONLY 4 OF THE LAST 12 WINNERS CARRIED LESS THAN 11ST TO VICTORY
3:30PM CHAMPION CHASE
THIS IS A RACE THAT WILLIE MULLINS HAS NEVER WON
NICKY HENDERSON HAS WON IT SIX TIMES, 5 OF THOSE WINS COMING IN THE LAST 10 YEARS
HE HAS THE STRONG FAVOURITE SHISHKIN IN THIS YEAR’S RACE
IN 11 OF THE LAST 13 YEARS THE WINNING DISTANCE HAS BEEN 7 LENGTHS OR LESS
IRELAND HAS WON 7 OF THE LAST 19 CHAMPION CHASES
Nicky Henderson runs this year’s strong favourite, SHISHKIN
Our Champion Chase market can be found via this link
Our full list of Cheltenham markets for Weds 16 March can be found via this link
Our full list of Cheltenham markets for Thurs 17 March can be found via this link
THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEY STATS ON DAY TWO OF THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL
AND DON’T FORGET THAT WE WILL BE BOOSTING THE PRICE OF THE FAVOURITE ON THE LIVE SHOWS IN EVERY RACE AT THE FESTIVAL
WE’LL ALSO HAVE EXTRA-PLACE RACES, EXTRA MARKETS AND A WIDE RANGE OF CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE, INCLUDING A €50 FREE BET FOR NEW CUSTOMERS
AND WE GUARANTEE PRICES ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS ON UK & IRISH RACING ON SINGLE AND MULTIPLE BETS FROM THE DAY BEFORE THE MEETING – WHEN THE PRICES BECOME AVAILABLE
WE DO HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US AT BARONERACING.COM FOR THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL – WEDNESDAY’S ACTION BEGINS AT 1:30PM