Hennessy Gold Cup Betting 2009

The Hennessy Gold Cup is run at Newbury at the back end of every year over a distance of some 3 miles and 2.5 furlongs round a left-handed course layout. To many within the sport as well as the broader online horse racing gambling community, the opportunity provided by Hennessy Gold Cup betting 2009 will be seen as a timely indicator as to which horses should be in contention for the following year's Grand National, and true to this very form, if you look back over the years many of the jump horses that have emerged victorious over the Gold Cup fences went on to emulate their winning ways at the Grand National thereafter, an impressive seven joint winners between 1990 and 2002 according to the record books. Indeed, the correlation with the Grand National is never far removed, with State of Play the 2006 Gold Cup winner talked about in the same breath as Grand National Betting 2010 ante-post favourites Denman and Madison Du Berlais, who themselves were winners of the Gold Cup in 2007 and 2008 respectively. For Hennessy Gold Cup betting 2009 fans the interest intesnifies as more horses are confirmed as runners as we build up toward the race itself.

Forming the centrepiece of the annual Hennessy Winter Festival - a three day-long jump race spectacle - the Gold Cup puts Newbury's famous racecourse very much in the National Hunt season shop window and without question amounts to the biggest race day in the course's calendar. Entry is invited to qualified chasers aged four and upwards, who will contest the outcome of the Hennessy Gold Cup over 21 fences. Previous Hennessy Gold Cup betting statistics point to 6 and 7-year olds fairing the best in the race historically, whilst those horses attracting a 10/1 price or less have enjoyed the most success in recent times. Originally using Cheltenham race course as its home from its inception in 1957, some three years later the location of the Grade Three National Hunt Steeplechase event was swapped to Newbury, where it's remained ever since, and where Hennessy Gold Cup betting 2009 continues to attract a massive National Hunt following to this end.

Denman Leads The Hennessy Gold Cup Outright Win Markets According To Online Horse Racing Bookies

With the Hennessy Gold Cup betting 2009 odds and prices now gaining coverage on the net, it's time to look ahead with our up-to-the-minute updates on which horses are considered to be in the reckoning this year. As it stands the outright win markets are offering the following odds;

Denman 7/2 with Bet365

What A Friend 6/1 with Betfred

Barbers Shop 6/1 with Ladbrokes

Killyglen 8/1 with 888sport

Cappa Bleu 8/1 with Coral

Carruthers 9/1 with Paddy Power

Gone To Lunch 12/1 with Ladbrokes

Casey Jones 20/1 with Betfred

Ballyfitz 20/1 with Coral

Horner Woods 20/1 with 888sport

State Of Play 20/1 with Bet365

Nenuphar Collonges 25/1 with Coral

Snowy Morning 25/1 with Paddy Power

Kornati Kid 25/1 with Ladbrokes

My Will 25/1 with Betfred

An Accordian 28/1 with Bet365

Others to watch include; Darkness (33/1 with Coral), Niche Market (25/1 with Ladbrokes), Mon Mome (33/1 with Betfred) and War Of Attrition (40/1 with 888sport).

Hennessy Gold Cup Betting 2009 Fans Afforded Early Grand National 2010 Pointers

Aside from it being considered hugely relevant in terms of future Grand National runners and betting markets, the Hennessy Gold Cup also serves as a potential insider's guide to the more immediate King George VI Chase that's staged in December. But of course all this talk is of little help to the here and now, which is why the more imminent Paddy Power Gold Cup is looked upon as ideal practice for predicting Gold Cup winners themselves. Generally regarded as one of the most prestigious and well-respected handicap races in the early season jump calendar, the Gold Cup has proven particularly good hunting ground for a number of horses aged between 7 and 9-years old, whilst the history books illustrate that only three horses older than 9-years have claimed the title throughout its running.

Amongst other famous horses to have added the Hennessy Gold Cup to their impeccable CVs during their careers include the three times Cheltenham Gold Cup champion, Arkle (who completed the feat twice) and Mill House who famously landed the stunning treble of the Hennessy Gold Cup, Cheltenham Gold Cup and King George VI Chase in the same single season. November 28th 2009 signals starters orders in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, although in Hennessy Gold Cup betting 2009 terms, the excitement surrounding the race mounted weeks back as all of us horse racing betting fans acknowledged. So with this very much in mind Free Betting Online are looking at the SP on a few of the suggested and confirmed runners ahead of the big race. Remember to return closer to the time to get the low-down on all the starters though, as the bookies release the all-important details.

Denman Set For Hennessy Gold Cup Return To Form

Air Force One - Recording a second to last year's eventual winner, Madison Du Berlais, Air Force One is rumoured to be thrown into the Hennessy Gold Cup mix again in 2009. whether or not he'll emerge as an ante-post second favourite in a repeat of last year is anyone's guess at this stage whilst we wait on the bookies' prices and markets on the horse to be published. That said, the odds might be stacked against him after Air Force One's form left him in the latter part of 2008, and after hurting himself in last year's King George VI, Air Force One took time out and underwent surgery to aid his breathing pattern, but now fully recovered and chomping at the bit for a return to the action trainer Charlie Mann is aiming for the Hennessy as the horses' first big test on his comeback. Given Air Force One's weight differential, the Lambourn-based trainer is hoping that Denman confirms his showing in the Gold Cup in the coming weeks so as to peg the 158-rated Air Force One.

What A Friend (6/1 second favourite with Totesport) - Part-owned by Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson, there's much speculation that the Paul Nicholls trained six-year old chaser will make an appearance at Newbury in November providing the conditions are to his liking. That being firm. The 5/2 favourite for the Wetherby's Charlie Hall Chase on October 31st, will use that outing amongst others to determine his chances of shining in the Gold Cup in November and giving Hennessy Gold Cup betting 2009 followers somethingt to cheer. Despite being out of sorts when posting a fifth place at the RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival earlier in 2009, everyone connected with the horse is confident he'll put in a resounding performance and mark his entry in the forthcoming Hennessy.

Denman (5/1 favourite with Bet365) - After lying low after suffering from a heart irregularity last season, Paul Nicholls says that Denman should be fit and ready to face the Hennessy Gold Cup jump competition this year after also having to sit out some other top class races in the meantime. His only notable outing this season was his second placing to nemesis and stable-mate, Kauto Star in that other Gold Cup, at Cheltenham, back in March. Revenge (or at the very least, making up for lost time) will be very much on the mind of Denman's yard, owner and trainer (if not the horse in question) come November as he seeks to repeat his Hennessy Gold Cup glory of 2007 which effectively thrust him into the National Hunt spotlight. SportingBet have Denman had previously marked down at an ante-post price of 7/1 for the race.

Cappa Bleu (10/1 with Victor Chandler) - Is in the frame for a stab at the Hennessy Gold Cup if new trainer Evan Williams has his way according to reports in the respected racing press recently. He reckons if Cappa Bleu gets two good wins under his belt by the end of November then the chances of the seven-year old running in the Gold Cup is a distinct possibility. A 12 length winner in the Foxhunters at Cheltenham back in March, Cappa Bleu needs a tilt at a couple of meets between now and the Gold Cup in order to qualify for the event, but again is worthy a mention from a betting perspective at this point.

In a bid to attract more Irish-trained horses this year, the management committee of the Berkshire-based track has - in an unprecedented move - offered to pay the owners of horses trained outside of Great Britain, a £750 incentive to make the journey to this year's Golf Cup event. What's essentially offered as a travel allowance, organisers hope will ultimately result in seeing a greater influx of Irish-bred horses make the trip, especially in light of a few fact-finding reverse trips of their own to the Emerald Isle to encourage more trainers to bring their horses across the Irish Sea for handicaps of this stature. £200,000 purse for the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup this year, a £25,000 increase in allocated prize money from 2008's pot.