Cheltenham Festival Preview Nights

You'll hate them then Cash is K? They talk about Handicap plot horses!!!!!!!!

regular preview night at beverley racecourse march 7th 7-30 pm.
panel to be confirmed.

Any interesting/useful nuggets gleaned from the Festival Preview circuit?

(I won't hold my breath!)

RUK tonight at 1730

Ibrahima who are you sweet on this year. Any ew djakadams or top notch's up your sleeve. I'm keen on Dounikos myself.

GL Ibra. Jeez oh that Unibet preview was a snore fest. Sympathies to all who watched or turned up. Bookies have ruined them , and have bought trainers all season.

Got an incredible line-up for the Cheltenham Festival @WillHillRacing Radio preview night. Tomorrow at 6pm. @holding_andy, @STurnerTipster, Andrew Thornton, Sir Anthony McCoy, @KOM_GGRacing and many more. Make sure you tune in.

That tweet is from yesterday, so the previous is this evening from 6.00pm on Willhill radio

one of the best was the leeds one when ferdy murphy always turned up,always but some of his up at big prices that hit the frame

Duffy - You're right. The occasional nugget does come to light but you have to sift through a lot of twaddle and statements of the bleedin' obvious first.

A few years ago Nicholls was struggling to contain himself when discussing the chances of one of his County hurdle entries - might've been Lac Fontana or possibly (even further back) Sporazene.  Trainers are much more circumspect nowadays.

I agree with your assessment CashIsKing, but I do find it very frustrating the trend regarding information and declarations in the ante post market. as an example the 25 of the first 40 in the weights for the Martin Pipe hdle belong to the three main trainers (Elliott, Mullins and Henderson). It's a similar trend for the County hurdle and not massively different for the Coral Cup. Of which of course many are duplicate entries. Of course owners and trainers have a right to do so and to delay decisions on target to the point where they are clear on ground conditions etc. But, what this means is that the punters role in the ante post markets is severely handicapped by knowing the likely cutoff points, weight rises and the target of each horse on the day. Communication from the top yards in particular is therefore paramount if there is to be any faith for punters to engage in bets before the day. I am fast becoming of the view that I will not do so for future festivals given the poor communication in certain instances which has contributed to disruptive markets. In this regard I find Henderson the most straightforward and Elliott and Mullins for me are far less clear. Elliott in particular is causing chaos with the RSA and NH Chase markets and who knows if there will now be a u-turn on Samcro.
I can handle communication which is clear on the conditions with which a horse might be re-routed from its stated target, but not being put away with conflicting statements. There should in my view be a greater level of responsibility to punters who (in this country) contribute significantly to the finance for the running of racing. Cheltenham ante post markets could be (and used to be) a great way for punters to get much more engaged and speculate on multiples and ante post long prices, knowing the horses racing are likely to be on the top of their form and the result to be a achieved from a true test. OK rant over!!

Equine Flew - Yes it's an idea that I think could be adopted. Also slightly messier is a code that the target race (ie 'first preference') is adopted to make a clear signal. while this would not be binding it would make more transparent those that flip flop more frequently. I think your first suggestion though needs to be extended to owners. If you look at the grand national field currently two owners (JP and Gigginstown) own 12 of the field of 40. As a compromise I think they ought to be restricted to 3 entries per owner (for example). I would also have a code on communication to the public to ensure trainers and owners respect the financial implications of their announcements as in the wider financial markets. While I am not naive enough to know this will eradicate the worst offenders there should be some acknowledgement to the stake punters play. For now it's a sit and pray job that the canadians and yankees at least run in the right race on the right day having faithfully tracked the stable announcements to date!

beverley cheltenham preview 7th march
panel
darren owen nap santini   albert bartlett
chris dixon nap sam spinner   stayers hurdle
micky hammond nap sire du berlais   martin pipe hcp
malcom tomlinson nap  chef des obeaux   albert bartlett

panel for saint calvados,samcro,monalee,sam spinner,redicean.

panel against getabird,faugheen,supasundae,might bite.

Looks like plenty will be looking to take on Getabird (currently a 6/4 shot) in the Supreme and then Footpad (11/8) in the Arkle.

The ATR one was a bit painful to watch as the host was very loud and very unfunny.

Saturday's Racing Post Sandown preview video has been blocked on Youtube: This video contains content from [Merlin] Warp Records, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.