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Named after his late father, it’s no surprise that Nicky Henderson likes to target this race. He’s already won it twice and WHATSWRONGWITHYOU looks to have a decent chance of giving him a third victory in the race. Sent off just 8/1 for this race last season, he didn’t have a favourable trip that dayContinue reading “Cheltenham 2020 – A 33/1 Selection for the Grand Annual”

Note: Trends can be a useful pointer to Cheltenham winners but it’s important to consider all stats in context. Always consider the difference between correlation and causality. SHISHKIN – SUPREME NOVICE HURDLE Trend(s): The past 11 winners had run at least 4 times over hurdles. Only 1 of the last 11 winners had no previousContinue reading “Cheltenham 2020 – Four Festival Favourites Looking To Defy The Trends”

Ultima Handicap Chase – Discorama 20/1 Previous festival experience has proved pivotal to success here in recent years; just 1 winner from the last 11 had failed to run at a prior festival before lining up here. Discorama has twice finished 2nd at Cheltenham; in the Martin Pipe (2018) & the National Hunt Chase (2019).Continue reading “Cheltenham Festival 2020 – Ante-Post – Ultima & County Selections”

Since becoming a level-weights contest in 2010, the National Hunt chase has been a happy hunting ground for relatively experienced novices. Heading into this race, the last 10 winners had an average of 7.1 starts over fences. The exact breakdown of prior runs over fences is as follows: 11,9,5,3,4,10,4,10,10,5. If you look at all runnersContinue reading “Cheltenham Festival 2020: National Hunt Chase – Du Not Discount the Lord”