
The Fred Winter is a handicap for juveniles of four years of age. This race is all about horses that are improving for each run as they are just novices at the smaller obstacles and it takes time before they mature and become efficient at their jumps.
This is a very tough race for horse racing punters as their are generally over 20 runners and it is a handicap. When looking to narrow down your selection it is useful to look at horses that have won their preceding race before the Cheltenham showdown.
A good Fred Winter Hurdle Tip is to assess the winner of the Supreme earlier in the day, if it is won by a flat bred horse then the ground is probably on the good side and in all probability the Juvenile winner will have a similar profile. Whereas if the ground is slow you should be looking a National Hunt bread horse.
The winner of the Fred Winter in recent years has been a big price with three of the last four winners at prices of 14/1 or over and so it can pay to look at an outsider when checking out the Fred Winter Hurdle Odds.
We will review some of the key races building up to the Cheltenham Festival and the Fred Winter, in particular the Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle which is run at Sandown the previous Saturday before the festival meeting as trainers target this race and the Imperial Cup as their is a bonus for any horse which wins both races. A Fred Winter Hurdle tip worth considering is to look at horses that David Pipe runs in the Imperial Cup and back them ante post for the Fred Winter before the Imperial Cup race.
You can check out the race review of the 2009 Fred Winter Hurdle Result on this site as soon as the race has finished. Previous winners of the Fred Winter include;
2008 Crack Away Jack Miss E C Lavelle 14/1
2007 Gaspara 4 D E Pipe 9/2JF
2006 Shamayoun 4 P Brennan 40/1
2005 Dabiroun 4 P Nolan 20/1
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On this section you can get an overview of the card for each day of the festival. In addition we have previewed each race with all the form, tips and odds to assist you in backing a Cheltenham Festival winner.

We now have the latest antepost betting odds for the main Cheltenham Festival 2009 races. These odds are updated regularily to ensure that you in touch with all the market moves in the build up to the festival.
All the bookmakers will be putting up Special Offers on top of their Cheltenham Festival free bets for the festival. Generally you can get extra value with various cashback offers should your horse finish second or if it falls which are just a couple of the different types of offers you will find on this site during the Cheltenham Festival Races.
For those of you who do not have accomodation or tickets we have some useful tips to assist you in having a great week at Prestbury Park the home of National Hunt racing.

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