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You could have filled an eight-page pullout on the ruminating about Envoi Allen s move from Gordon Elliott to Henry de Bromhead just a couple of weeks before the Cheltenham Festival. What trainers think, what the statistics say, his relationship with his lass and so on.
None of these can get to the heart of the matter and punters would be as well to channel the old joke that has the punchline The Russians used a pencil . Basically, moving stables two weeks out from his big target is hardly likely to help, is it?
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What you should know about the 2021 Cheltenham Festival
Many people who live around the Costa Blanca and Costa Calida regions of Spain love to follow horse racing. That is especially true of the British ex-pat community who enjoy staying in touch with what is happening in the UK. Of course, the internet gives an easy way to do this with online sportsbooks making it simple to bet on horse racing around the world.
One of the top meetings is the Cheltenham Festival held in March each year. Many people will start planning now and looking at other major meets in advance to see how the best horses are likely to shape up for 2021. The International Festival at Cheltenham each December is one such meeting.
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Crowds recently returned to the home of jumps racing for the first time at Cheltenham (11-12 December) since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, and what a couple of days of action it was.
Here are some great shots, taken by Bill Selwyn, which capture runners and riders in full flight, peppered with some winners for good measure…
Fusil Raffles (left, in green colours) and Daryl Jacob on their way to winning the Jockey Club Cheltenham And SW Syndicate Novices’ Chase for trainer Nicky Henderson and owners Simon Munir and Isaac Souede.
Cheltenham horse racing tips today: Newsboy s best bets for Caspian Caviar Gold Cup card Mirror 12/12/2020
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CHATHAM STREET LAD is fancied to catapult trainer Mick Winters into the Cheltenham limelight with a victory in the Caspian Caviar Gold Cup (1.50).
Cork-based Winters is something of a cult figure in his homeland - but confesses: “I don’t think I’ve had a winner in Britain.”
That can change - and in style - with Chatham Street Lad, the novice who has put more experienced rivals to the sword in handicap chases at Ballinrobe and Cork this winter.
Both those successes came over two miles, but the son of Beneficial scored over an additional four furlongs over hurdles.
Cheltenham racing results: Mick Winters Chatham Street Lad wins Caspian Caviar Gold Cup Mirror 12/12/2020
Chatham Street Lad won the feature Caspian Caviar Gold Cup at Cheltenham.
The Irish-trained chaser was ridden by Darragh O Keeffe and crossed the line 15 lengths in front of his 16 rivals.
Bookmakers paid out at odds of 16-1 to those with a winning ticket among the small crowd of racegoers.
The impressive victory sparked celebrations in the winners enclosure at Prestbury Park, as trainer Mick Winters rolled in the mud in delight.
Chatham Street Lad was one of Mirror Racing tipster Newsboy s selections on Saturday.
Racing results from Cheltenham