New Posts For Thread: Long Priced Fancies For The Handicaps: 25/1+https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27096881/long-priced-fancies-for-the-handicaps-251Ogee - 25/1 Festival Handicap ChaseOne thing that struck me at the festival last year was how well horses who have done well at the festival before come back and perform well again, not just in the big races but in the handicaps too. For example, lasThank the Lord for that!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27096881/long-priced-fancies-for-the-handicaps-251?post_id=489492289#489492289Thank the Lord for that!Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:29:50 -0500Kayf Aramis is currently a 25/1 chance for the Pertemps Hurdle.The horse has finished 1st and 5th in the race for the last two seasons.He won the 2009 race convincingly and last year he was the only horse carrying over 11 stone(11-6) that finished inhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27096881/long-priced-fancies-for-the-handicaps-251?post_id=488492585#488492585Kayf Aramis is currently a 25/1 chance for the Pertemps Hurdle.The horse has finished 1st and 5th in the race for the last two seasons.He won the 2009 race convincingly and last year he was the only horse carrying over 11 stone(11-6) that finished inTue, 08 Mar 2011 17:05:12 -0600Always Waining will be there purely as a warm-up for Aintree. Peter Bowen loves loves loves Aintree and aims his horses at the Grand National meeting, not Cheltenham.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27096881/long-priced-fancies-for-the-handicaps-251?post_id=487856777#487856777Always Waining will be there purely as a warm-up for Aintree. Peter Bowen loves loves loves Aintree and aims his horses at the Grand National meeting, not Cheltenham.Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:56:56 -0600The Bear could not win if he started now. He isn't the same animal anymore. He used to be very smart but not anymore.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27096881/long-priced-fancies-for-the-handicaps-251?post_id=487851021#487851021The Bear could not win if he started now. He isn't the same animal anymore. He used to be very smart but not anymore.Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:06:34 -0600For me the Bear hated that ground at Wincanton- always wanted good ground imho, I'm not sure it really likes fences, but if it was ridden like a non trier at a fast Chelters pace could well reward eachy waysy- good luckhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27096881/long-priced-fancies-for-the-handicaps-251?post_id=487843449#487843449For me the Bear hated that ground at Wincanton- always wanted good ground imho, I'm not sure it really likes fences, but if it was ridden like a non trier at a fast Chelters pace could well reward eachy waysy- good luckThu, 03 Mar 2011 07:53:12 -0600Likely to be the Chase given the races he has ran in so far imo. On his penultimate run I thought he was just getting his act together, he generally jumped fine, and Tony was definitley not hard on him. His last ran gives me the squits thoughhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27096881/long-priced-fancies-for-the-handicaps-251?post_id=487840789#487840789Likely to be the Chase given the races he has ran in so far imo. On his penultimate run I thought he was just getting his act together, he generally jumped fine, and Tony was definitley not hard on him. His last ran gives me the squits thoughThu, 03 Mar 2011 07:26:59 -0600Sint, where do you think SB will turn up?I was hoping the Martin Pipe race tbh, though I have a gut feeling they will go for the novice chase. He was rated 130 for his last run but gets in of a tasty 125 for the Centenary Chase.He will surely be winnhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27096881/long-priced-fancies-for-the-handicaps-251?post_id=487833597#487833597Sint, where do you think SB will turn up?I was hoping the Martin Pipe race tbh, though I have a gut feeling they will go for the novice chase. He was rated 130 for his last run but gets in of a tasty 125 for the Centenary Chase.He will surely be winnThu, 03 Mar 2011 06:00:42 -0600Looking at the Wm Hill Chase (or whatever it is this year) last night and I'm another Pearlysteps fan, having already backed Sunnyhill Boy (convinced this is a plot horse)If only we could be sure this was his intended targethttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27096881/long-priced-fancies-for-the-handicaps-251?post_id=487833269#487833269Looking at the Wm Hill Chase (or whatever it is this year) last night and I'm another Pearlysteps fan, having already backed Sunnyhill Boy (convinced this is a plot horse)If only we could be sure this was his intended targetThu, 03 Mar 2011 05:56:08 -0600Yes, Fuilin on better ground and still eligible for the novice events is interesting if we had more of an intimation which race he might be heading for. I would like to see him tried over a bit further than when he out ran his price in the SN last tihttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27096881/long-priced-fancies-for-the-handicaps-251?post_id=487832009#487832009Yes, Fuilin on better ground and still eligible for the novice events is interesting if we had more of an intimation which race he might be heading for. I would like to see him tried over a bit further than when he out ran his price in the SN last tiThu, 03 Mar 2011 05:40:18 -0600Poker de Sivola has to be of interest if Ferdy aims him @ the Cross Country chase(his only festival entry)7th in a kim muir 20091st in NH ch 2010The horses at the head of the market proved last year that they were vulnerable, to my eyes nothing has chttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/27096881/long-priced-fancies-for-the-handicaps-251?post_id=487831925#487831925Poker de Sivola has to be of interest if Ferdy aims him @ the Cross Country chase(his only festival entry)7th in a kim muir 20091st in NH ch 2010The horses at the head of the market proved last year that they were vulnerable, to my eyes nothing has cThu, 03 Mar 2011 05:37:57 -0600