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The National Hunt Steeple Chase is for the out and out staying novice chasers of 5 years and older and what makes this one of the unique races at the Cheltenham Festival is that all the National Hunt Steeple Chase Runners are ridden by amateur jockeys. In 2012 the race will be named the Diamond Jubilee National Hunt chase in honour of the Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations this year.
When assess past National Hunt Steeple Chase form there are a few interesting points that should be noted. Jonjo O'Neill has a very good record in this race with 4 winners in the 2000's. Also, horses younger than seven years of age tend not to do well as they still do not have the stamina traits to win this race, there was an exception in 2009 when Tricky Trickster won but generally punters should be looking for the slightly older horses.
We shall be putting up the betting for the National Hunt Chase as soon as we have odds form out leading bookmakers.
National Hunt Steeple Chase odds
We shall be highlighting all the most relevant form for the leading contenders as the race gets nearer.
National Hunt Steeple Chase Form
We will endeavour to come up with our National Hunt Chase tip when we have looked at all the National Hunt Steeple Chase form and this shall be available closer to the race.
National Hunt Steeple Chase Tips
Previous years runners of this race since the year 2000:
2011 Chicago Grey 8 G Elliot 5/1f
2010 Poker De Sivola 7 F Murphy 14/1
2009 Tricky Trickster N Twiston - Davies 11/1
2008 Old Benny 7 A King 9/1
2007 Butler´s Cabin 7 Jonjo O´Neill 33/1
2006 Hot Weld 7 F Murphy 33/1
2005 Another Rum 7 I Duncan 40/1
2004 Native Emperor 8 Jonjo O’Neill 5/1JF
2003 Sudden Shock 8 Jonjo O’Neill 25/1
2002 Rith Dubh 10 Jonjo O’Neill 10/1
2000 Relaxation 8 H Daly 8/1
Following 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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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.
The four days of the Cheltenham Festival play host to a number of high quality races: