Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham

[milser23]

I am just wondering what other people fancy for the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in March. I have studied recent results for the main market dangers in the race, here's my view of the main entrants :-

Solwhit - won well last time, but looked beat when made up alot of ground before last
Zaynar - unbeaten in 3 starts, never been asked a serious question off the bridle
Go Native - has beaten Binocular past two starts, first time at a massive price
Binocular - no excuses cant believe its 8/1, should have no chance
Khyber Kim - recently beat Celestial Halo and Punjabi, showed improvement in form
Merdermit - last race beat Punjabi in a 4 horse field, well held throughout
Punjabi - emptied 2nd last race to nothing when against khyber kim, last race no excuses
Celestial Halo - well beat last two races well out, wouldn't rate a danger

My bets of the whole festival has got to be :-
Zaynar £100 Win 5/1
Punjabi £30 Win 14/1

The only reason I have added Punjabi is due to Barry Geraghty's loyalty to the horse which means Zaynar may have to settle for second best jockey (maybe AP McCoy/Felix De Giles, looking at ATRs stats for Henderson next two Jockeys mostly used by Henderson in the past 12 months, 94 and 72 rides respectively).
Another link to sportinglife regarding Geragthys choice of ride.


PS Sorry if i have wrote off your horse you fancy for this race.

[milser23]

PUNJABI TEAM FEAR GERAGHTY LOSS | Cheltenham Festival 2010 | Racing News, Form, Tips, Gold Cup.

Link added now allowed thanks

[kompressaur]

here's another link for uou milser
SOLWHIT HEADS CHAMPION BETTING: Horse Racing News - Racing Betting, Previews, Tips

[milser23]

thanks kompressaur will have a look, knew solwhit went favourite after beating sublimity in Ireland

[beamer]

Pretty boring from me, but no bet yet. The only early bet i would consider is possibly Khyber Kim before his next race. Unless there are injuries to a couple of the market leaders, I can't see much change to the betting myself.

General view is the going will be good-g/f, but we don't really know and hate waving goodbye to ante post bets because of the going.

Good luck beamer

[milser23]

yeah i know what you're saying wait till nearer the day and get true prices for the races, as anything could happen denman/kauto star might not run but lets hope not lol that would be extreely rare.