Cheers mate.

Williams has had a few winners recently 20/1 one today.

Should bode well for Deep Purple as it means the yard is finding some form after the bug that was going round.

Beshabar out of Coral Cup

Beshabar will not run in Wednesday's Coral Cup because the ground is too fast, Paul Nicholls has said this morning. The horse, a winner of handicap hurdles at Sandown and Ascot on his two most recent starts, had been 10-1 third-favourite for the race.

Can't wait till the festival.

Think Mobassher, Fredo and Frawley have good chances at biggish prices.

Got a treble on Voler La Vadette, Quel espirit and Long run.

Mourad and Shakervilz out too

Best guide there is Wheels - not read it all yet but buying the Racing Post each morning is a good idea too for all the form, cards, tipsters (some better than others) etc.

Tuesday Picks

130 - Dunguib WIN Get me out of here WIN (with Paddy Power, money back if Dunguib wins)
205 - Somersby WIN
240 - The Package WIN Theatrical Moment EW
320 - Go Native WIN Khyber Kim EW
400 - Garde Champetre WIN
440 - Quevega WIN

Nap Dunguib

Good luck one and all, best week of the year!

52 page guide - well worth the £1.70.

My stabs for tomorrow - going e/w on all these...

1:30 MENORAH and OSCAR WHISKY

2:05 KANGAROO COURT

2:40 CHIEF DAN GEORGE

3:20 ZAYNAR

4:00 MONKERHOSTIN

4:40 CAROLE'S LEGACY

Bit too wary to deploy my usual tactic of laying all the favs tomorrow



Good luck everyone!

Tuesday 16th March

1.30 Dunguib
2.05 Somersby
2.40 The Package
3.20 Go Native / Khyber Kim
4.00 Garde Champetre
4.40 Voler La Vadette

I know most of them are near head of the market and as we've seen time and time again all favourites don't win but i dont know which one's wont therefore I cant abandon them just incase there 1 of the 1's who inevitably wont win. :/

Good Luck all

My selections :- 1.30pm - Oscar Whisky 2.05pm - Riverside Theatre 2.40pm - Theatrical Moment 3.20pm - Punjabi 4.00pm - Monkerhostin 4.40pm - Voler La Vedette I am trying to run a champion tipster table over on the Leigh site :- viewtopic.php?f=22&t=448933

My selections :- 1.30pm - Oscar Whisky 2.05pm - Riverside Theatre 2.40pm - Theatrical Moment 3.20pm - Punjabi 4.00pm - Monkerhostin 4.40pm - Voler La Vedette I am trying to run a champion tipster table over on the Leigh site :- viewtopic.php?f=22&t=448933

GMOOH
Sizing Europe
Benselem
Solwhit
Garde Champetre
Quevega

Good luck all, i'll need it.

Somersby and Garde Champetre look to be a worthwhile double tomorrow.

The Champion Hurdle is the most open I can remember and I might take a chance on Medermit, depending on the going - I think this is the least exposed in the race and may well improve past some of the more fancied runners.

I've been given a strong e/w tip for the County Hurdle on Friday, currently 25/1, been laid out for this race but the drawback is that the trainer is a wrong 'un so am wary of passing the info on.

The Champion Hurdle is a fascinating race tomorrow!

I've backed Punjabi purely because I always normally do back it, but I like Starluck and Zaynar at bigger prices.

Starluck wasn't beaten far by Go Native in the Christmas hurdle and I reckon he'll like the stiffer track and hill.

Zaynar still interests me a lot also, I reckon you can probably forgive him for the run at Kelso, he didn't like the ground that day and you get the feeling that the Johnson team got a right touch that day in running a horse that they'd bought primarilly to go chasing and dropping it in with very favourable conditions. I reckon with a bigger field and a slightly better pace he could be right there at the end.

Agree with a few others that it could well be a great day for favourite backers tomorrow. At Cheltenham I do always try and avoid as many as I can, but tomorrow I just cannot get away from so many of them..

Supreme Novices - Dunguib for me is the biggest Cheltenham banker of my lifetime of following racing. No point looking for an e/w option for me as I'm so certain of the winner.

Arkle - Captain Cee Bee needs to jump better than he ever has before but I think he will. I know it's hard to compare a Supreme Novices Hurdle to an Arkle but the form of the Captain's win 2 years ago makes very good reading.. He won very well running on strongly and had some cracking animals in behind...Binocular, Khyber Kim, Sentry Duty, Deep Purple, Kalahari King, Tranquil Sea, and other good horses too..

William Hill Trophy - Nenuphar Collonges (e/w) ran well at the festival for the last 2 years winning the Albert Bartlett 2 years ago and finishing just under a length 3rd to Wichita Lineman in this race last year. Might be Alan King's 2nd string, but Wayne Hutchinson is a very able jockey and course form of 2 wins a 2nd and that 3rd last year reads well. Has had a nice break and has ran well fresh on a number of occasions before.

Champion Hurdle - Starluck (e/w) arguably the hardest race of the festival to work out with about 75% of the field being able to have a strong case for having a good chance. Love the horse though and the way he travels and think he'll be in the shake up close home..

Cross Country Chase - Lacdoudal (e/w) Garde Champetre another very worthy favourite and one I have backed and think will probably win. Having a few quid e/w on the selection though purely on the grounds that it's from a stable bang in form (Phillip Hobbs) has an outstanding 3lb claimer on board (Reece Flint) and has course form and at 33/1 could be decent value.

Mares Hurdle - Quevega a match for me with the selection and VLV. Tough to pick one over the other, but gone for Quevega after the way she slaughtered the field in this race last year and helped me to my biggest win last year...

Can't wait for it now it's nearly here, good luck all!

Not long now chaps been waiting months for this.

Good luck.

Well .. I truly cannot wait for racing to begin tomorrow. I'll be up bright and early for the papers and a last look before placing bets.

But at the moment - I'm pretty happy with my picks.

[u1:30 - Spinal Research Supreme Novices´ Hurdle[/u
Dunguib to WIN.
Get Me Out Of Here to WIN.
Dan Breen E/W

[u2:05 - Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase[/u
Sizing Europe to WIN.

[u2:40 - William Hill Trophy Handicap Chase [/u
Theatrical Moment to WIN.
The Tother One E/W.
Beat The Boys E/W.

[u3:20 - Smurfitt Kappa Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy[/u
Solwhit to WIN.
Zaynar - Undecided yet, probably WIN depending on Odds.

[u4:00 - Glenfarclas Handicap Chase[/u
Garde Champetre to WIN.

[u4:40 - David Nicholson Mares Hurdle[/u
Volar La Vedette to WIN.

I'll let y'all know of any changes before I head for the course, but I'm confident i'll have a strong day tomorrow.

Good Luck All - Let the games begin.

And to you.

Not sharing your picks?

Not got much money to play with so it's mainly going to be small E/W bets and lucky 31s. Will be regularly scanning here for any tips



My E/W try tomorrow is Razor Royale was 16/1 but all SkyBet prices went at midnight. Probably come nowhere but i think it offers good value, especially with SkyBet paying 1st 5 on that particular race.

1:30 Dunguib
2:05 Captain Cee Bee
2:40 Ogee
3:20 Punjabi
4:00 Garde Champetre
4:40 Quevega

Also on Punjabi. Backed it last 2 years at the festival and it's never let me down

Yep I definitely agree with this (not saying i dont your others backed dunguib and garde champetre) however I think this horse offers outstanding value for the reasons you have stated and have a couple of quid e/w as I do =#000000Kangaroo Court in the Arkle, only his 3rd race over a fence and 7 overall he stays all day at this trip whilst having the pace to compete too, he's without doubt one of the more unexposed horses in the race and im struggling to come up with a convincing/strong argument for any of the three at the top of the market (preference for somersby but not by much) so at [u25/1[/u ill take a chance on abit of value and have few quid e/w

Also have an e/w treble with the two above and kyber kim at odds above 4000/1



so we can see whether dreams do come true at cheltenham.

Could a Wire Fan trouble you for a pint if this one comes off?

So looking forward to the next few days (whatever it costs me).

Good luck everyone.

Thought i would post my selections, as i have been quiet on here this year.





Supreme Novices -

Dunguib to win - evens.
General Miller EW - 25/1.

Arkle -

Captain Cee Bee to win.

William Hill Trophy -

Bensalem to win.

Champion Hurdle -

Medermit EW.

Cross Country Chase -

Garde Champetre to win.

Mares Hurdle -

Voler La Vedette.

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Done a 6/1 double Quevega and Dunguib this morning


The Arkle Captain Cee Bee @ 18/1 17/1 and 9/1 E/W

Supreme Novice Get Me Out Of Here 9/1 place

Champion Hurdle Celestial Halo 16/1 E/W 4.5 PLACE

Champion Hurdle Solwhit 5/1

4.00 Heads On the Ground 33/1 E/W

1:30pm - Blackstairmount

2:05pm - Sportsline

2:40pm - The Package

3:20pm - Khyber Kym

4:00pm - L'ami

4:40pm - Quevega