Paddy Power Gold Cup Horse Racing Betting 2009

Notoriously difficult to call the odds on, Paddy Power Gold Cup horse racing betting 2009 is as difficult as usual to pick a winner from a highly competitive field of starters at this juncture, in the lead up to the hugely anticipated race Grade Three race scheduled to run on Saturday 14^th November 2009. The age-old question of whether or not to plump for a tried and tested old hand with sound local knowledge of the Cheltenham course, or an up-and-coming jumper who's been making all the right noises according to yard insiders and the Horse Racing Betting pundits who never knowingly shirk their duties of affording us the low-down on those in the frame.

The Paul Nicholls hot winning streak looks set to continue gathering its momentum if you're to believe a number of Paddy Power Gold Cup horse racing betting 2009 info-providing internet bookies, championing the five-year old grey gelding Chapoturgeon. Trading high up the order with many virtual Sports Betting bookmakers here and now, Chapoturgeon caught the punters imagination after his Jewson Novices' Handicap Chase victory in the 2008 Cheltenham Festival meeting, running our victorious in a strong group of contenders that day.

Chapoturgeon And Tarotino Making Paddy Power Gold Cup Betting 2009 Running

Elsewhere Tatenen might well be in the final mix on Saturday 14^th November 2009, another of Nicholl's five-year olds whose fortunes may have been inconsistent in recent outings yet is generating a fair bit of attention. Ours is not to ask why, but purely to accept the acquired knowledge and make of it what we want.

Again Northern Alliance could pull something out of the bag according to some Paddy Power Gold Cup horse racing betting 2009 experts and predictors in the aftermath of the eight-year old chocolate gelding's impressive winning display against a challenging field of 18 horses in the Guinness Kerry National Handicap Chase. He also finished fourth out of 20, trailing eventual winner Chapoturgeon at Cheltenham last year.

Tartak Posed To See Return To National Hunt Form At Paddy Power Gold Cup 2009

Meanwhile Tartak is being talked up by many Paddy Power Gold Cup horse racing betting 2009 fans as the horse to watch, based largely on his win at the expense of Deep Purple in the John Smith's Novices Handicap Chase at Aintree back in April this year. Although other pundits believe Tartak to be fighting above his weight by going up against a strong selection of Grade 3 horses. And that's not taking into account his last showing – at Aintree again – in the Old Roan Chase, when going into the race as favourite he finished a disappointing (understatement if ever to the hordes of bettors who supported him) last place.

Staying with the crucial subject of Paddy Power Gold Cup horse racing betting 2009, and the following prices are being marked up by the online horse racing betting bookies as we write;

Sponsors Paddy Power, along with Ladbrokes, Bet365, Totesport and William Hill are offering Chapoturgeon at odds of 6/1 for the feature race, while Ladbrokes, Boylesports and William Hill are supporting Tarotino at 7/1, the same price as you'll get from Ladbrokes and Totesport on Poquelin at this juncture. Otherwise Northern Alliance, Tatenen, Tranquil Sea and My Petra can be backed at 10/1 by Boylesports and Bet365. One of the horses that could well figure highly in the 2010 Grand National, Barbers Shop, is finding support at 12/1 with William Hill, whilst Tartak is available at 20/1 with Ladbrokes, Paddy Power and William Hill ahead of the race.

Paddy Power Gold Cup Horse Racing Betting 2009 Effectively First Big Race Of 2009-2010 Hunt Season

The Paddy Power Gold Cup forms the backbone of the Cheltenham Open Meeting which is hosted by the famous Cheltenham racecourse during the middle of November every year. Some horse racing betting fans look on it with relish as a quasi pre-cursor to the Cheltenham Gold Cup which is run on the same track in the following March, yet reality dictates that this is very rarely the case. In as much as victorious horses in the Paddy Power Gold Cup don't have a habit of repeating that level of success in the Cheltenham Gold Cup four month later.

Despite this damning historical indictment, many of the riders and mounts that are subjected to the rigours of the Paddy Power Gold Cup are entered into its higher profile, Cheltenham namesake that's contested as the feature race during the famous Cheltenham Festival each spring, so pointers can and should be taken by Paddy Power Gold Cup horse racing betting 2009 fans with one eye on Cheltenham Gold Cup betting 2010.

Listed as a Grade 3 National Hunt chase, the Paddy Power welcomes horses aged four years and above and is played out over Cheltenham's Old Course, covering a total distance of some two miles and four and a half furlongs. The long-standing handicap race insists that participants negotiate fifteen fences on their travels, as has been the case since it was first contested back in 1960.

Martin Pipe Trained Most Paddy Power Gold Cup Winners As Horse Racing Betting Fans Know

Somewhat nostalgically, what's now known as the Paddy Power Gold Cup is often talked about as the Mackeson's, thanks to its long-established sponsorship connections with the stout maker who were the race's initial commercial partner right up until the end of the relationship in 1995. since that point, the Gold Cup has benefited from marketing tie-ins with a number of other commercial investors who've consequently added their names to the race in the meantime. From 1996 Murphy's (brewers of Irish stout) lent their name to the Gold Cup, whilst in 2000 Thomas Pink's name preceded the Gold Cup signature, enduring a three year public relation's tenure. Yet since 2003, Paddy Power has been the majority sponsor of the Gold Cup and remains so to date.

The Paddy Power (for simplicity's sake) Gold Cup has seen a number of both famous horses, jockeys and trainers enter and emerge victorious down the years, whilst many past winners have gone on to achieve even more accumulated successes in the field of National Hunt racing. In terms of trainers, Martin Pipe is recognized as the man who's been responsible for producing the most winners, having trained eight Paddy Power Gold Cup winners before he stepped down from training in 2006. Beau Ranger, Challenger du Luc, Lady Cricket, Shooting Star, Cyfor Malta, Celestial Gold and Our Vic perhaps being some of the best known of his charges.

Horses recording the most Paddy Power Gold Cup wins (totalling two) include Fortria (1960, 1962), Gay Trip (1969, 1971), Half Free (1984, 1985), Bradbury Star (1993, 1994) and Cyfor Malta (1998, 2002), while Tony McCoy is hailed as the leading jockey in the competition having being in the winning saddle on no fewer than four occasions (1998, 2000, 2001 and 2006).