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Irish Novice Hurdlers Have the Edge At The Cheltenham Festival

The Irish Novices look to have the edge in the hurdle races this year with Dunguib the banker in the Supreme Novices Hurdle on the first day of the festival in three weeks. His presence has meant that potential competitors will look elsewhere including Rite of Passage who will now go for the Nuptune Novies on the Wednesday.

Rite Of Passage, trained by Dermot Weld and third to Dunguib at The Festival last year, has the £100,000 Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle over two miles and five furlongs on Wednesday, March 17, as his principal target and the six-year-old is one of 69 acceptors for that event. With his weight-adjusted rating of 161p, Rite Of Passage is joint top-rated by Timeform along with Get Me Out Of Here, who convincingly defeated seasoned handicappers in the totesport Trophy at Newbury, and the smart Paul Nicholls-trained French import Najaf.

The championship contest for four-year-old hurdlers is the £100,000 JCB Triumph Hurdle on Friday, March 19, for which 51 contenders go forward. Timeform currently has two Irish-trained horses heading the ratings for the two-mile race, headed by Edward O’Grady’s recent impressive Grade Two scorer Alaivan on 164p. Alaivan was previously defeated by Carlito Brigante, trained by Gordon Elliott and second highest-rated by Timeform on 163p.

Other Cheltenham Festival News

19 Feb 2010Dunguib Most To Fear From Supreme Novice Oscar Whisky
18 Feb 2010Zaynar Drifts In Champion Hurdle Betting Following Defeat At Kelso
18 Feb 2010Captain Cee Bee Looking To Double Up In Arkle Chase
18 Feb 2010Cheltenham Festival Leading Trainer Betting Will See Bookmakers Take No Chances
17 Feb 2010Paul Nicholls Has 6 Of The 19 Left In Cheltenham Gold Cup
15 Feb 2010Dunguib Master Minded Big Bucks Kauto Star The Cheltenham Festival Bankers
11 Feb 2010Ruby Walsh Top Jockey at Cheltenham Festival
10 Feb 2010First Australian Runners On Course For Cheltenham Festival Runs
08 Feb 2010All The Even Money Odds Gone For Dunguib In Supreme Novices
06 Feb 2010Tony McCoy v Ruby Walsh Denman v Kauto Star in Cheltenham Gold Cup

Cheltenham Festival - Betting Tips

Tom LeeFollowing on from last year, we are delighted to announce that we are featuring horse racing tips from Channel Four Racing presenter, Tom Lee.

Tom appears on Channel 4's Morning Line & covers live Racing in the afternoon as well fronting RTE's Racing coverage in Ireland, his Cheltenham Festival Tips and previews of each day's Racing will be available during the Festival and supported with opinions and views from our Racing writers.

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Cheltenham Festival 2011 Odds

We now have the latest bookmakers betting odds for the main Cheltenham Festival Races.

These odds are updated regularily to ensure that you in touch with all the market moves in the build up to the festival.

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Cheltenham Festival Guides

The four days of the Cheltenham Festival play host to a number of high quality races: