Cheltenham Betting 2011
The Cheltenham Festival remains the centrepiece of the horseracing calendar, and Cheltenham Betting 2011 the focal point of a horse racing bettor's attentions. The world’s best National Hunt horses are primed for this week-long meeting, and whilst nothing in the flat racing schedule comes close to capturing the nation’s imagination in the same way, Cheltenham continues to do so year in year out.
Cheltenham 2011 will run for four days from 15 March 2011 until 18 March 2011 with more than 25 top class races on offer for punters and race lovers to indulge. But you needn’t wait until then to begin your Cheltenham Betting 2011, in fact many markets for this season’s event were formed almost immediately subsequent to the conclusion of the respective 2010 races and punters have invested in Cheltenham Betting 2011 ever since.
Centenary Day Cheltenham Betting 2011
The first day of this year’s festival marks a special occasion in which they will celebrate the centenary of the event which found its home at Cheltenham Racecourse in 1911.
The race taking centre stage will be the Champion Hurdle, a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race for horses aged four years or older run over a distance of 2miles. The race has spawned many horseracing legends including Sea Pigeon, Istabraq and Hardy Eustace, however, defending champion Binocular will not defend his crown after being ruled out of the race on the weekend before the festival began.
There will be sixth other high class races which add to the unique atmosphere of the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival.
Ladies Day Cheltenham Betting 2011
This season Ladies Day will be on the Wednesday of the Cheltenham Festival meeting rather than its more customary Thursday slot. The day is said to be an opportunity “to celebrate the role that women play in jump racing and to have some fun with Ladies day fashion awards.”
The main Cheltenham Betting 2011 focal point of the day will be the Queen Mother Champion Chase which was won last year by Ireland’s Big Zeb. He is likely to renew rivalries with Master Minded who won the race the two previous years in an emphatic fashion which led to him becoming one of the highest rated horses in training.
Other big races on Ladies Day include the RSA Chase, Coral Cup and Champion Bumper.
St Patrick’s Day Cheltenham Betting 2011
One of the main features of the Cheltenham Festival is the Irish versus British rivalry that transcends most races – Cheltenham Betting 2011 even allows you to punt on which nation will have the most winners over the course of the festival. The third day of this season’s festival just so happens to fall on St Patrick’s Day and Cheltenham are embracing the celebrations with a The St Patrick’s Day fashion awards and St Patrick’s Day derby.
The main race of the day is the World Hurdle which is run over 3miles on Cheltenham’s New Course. The race produced arguably the greatest ever hurdler in Inglis Drever whilst Big Buck’s hopes to eclipse all that have gone before him by winning a third consecutive World Hurdle. The Paul Nicholls trained horse is certain to be one of the best backed Cheltenham Betting 2011 favourites.
Other big races on the day include the Pertemps Final and Ryanair Chase.
Gold Cup Day Cheltenham Betting 2011
The climax and pinnacle of the jump season is the Cheltenham Gold Cup which pits the best of the best against one another over a distance of 3miles 2.5furlongs around Cheltenham’s New Course. In recent years we have seen classic battles between Kauto Star and Denman and more recently Imperial Commander pipping them both to the crown.
The Gold Cup sparks a frenzy of Cheltenham Betting 2011 action as those who wouldn’t normally have a bet on the horses join regular punters to bet on one of the biggest race sin the world. The Grand National may hold the bigger prestige but in racing circles this is the one that they all want to win.
Other races on the day include the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle and the Triumph Hurdle.
Cheltenham Free Bets 2011
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