I was cheered this morning to read that Bet365 have come up with a very good Cheltenham Offer for ante post punters. All bets from last Saturday will be on “no run, no bet” terms. Also if the starting price is greater than the price taken, they will pay you out at SP. William Hills are offering “no run, no bet” on Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase, the Ladbrokes World Hurdle and the Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup. It is nice to see that the current competition between the off and online bookies is working in our favour.
If you fancy going racing for free the following courses are throwing their gates open with no admission fee:
Monday April 26th Towcester and Wolverhampton
Tuesday April 27th Sedgefield Wednesday April 28th Ascot and Kempton.
That day Ascot will be staging The Sagaro Stakes (Group 3 race).
Monday April 26th Towcester and Wolverhampton.
Tuesday April 27th Sedgefield
Wednesday April 28th Ascot and Kempton
ThursdayApril 29th Huntingdon .
Friday 30th Doncaster .
Saturday 1st May Goodwood,
So why not go and have a free days racing.
My selection for the Racing Post Chase didn’t last very long when Fistral Beach blundered and unseated Ruby Walsh at the second. However, I was right about the going was going to make it tough at Chepstow. In the mares novice chase Ringsend Road 28/1 eventually finished alone when everything in front fell. Even so the connections had to wait for the result of a Stewards enquiry because the winner was sent around the third last fence to avoid an injured horse. In Kempton’s bumper the money continued to pile on to Victor Dartnell’s Shammick Boy and it went off as 7/2 favourite after opening at 16/1 earlier in the day. However, it was Dartnell’s other runner Mic’s Delight 20/1 who overturned the hot pot to win by 1¼ length. I suppose that’s racing.
Barry Dennis’s Bismark The Nightingalewas an easy winner at Kempton. After that win Paul Nicholls suggested that the horse may swerve the RSA at Cheltenham and instead be aimed at a race at the Grand National meeting. However, the trainer confirmed that no final decision had yet been made. As good as the performance was I am not sure that The Nightingale would be a good bet for the RSA.
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