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Dan Skelton Cheltenham Festival blog: Day Four preview

| 15.03.2024

After a fantastic week for the Ladbrokes ambassador, the Dan Skelton Cheltenham Festival blog returns for the final time in 2024, previewing his three runners for Gold Cup Day. Dan Skelton Cheltenham Festival blog: Day Four preview Faoivoir & L’Eau Du Sud – 2.10 Cheltenham We won the County Hurdle last year with Faivoir and he comes here again. He only ran on Saturday and was beaten by a nose ... more...

Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival blog: Day Four preview

| 14.03.2024

With the majority of the festival now in the books, Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival blog is back with the leading jockey sharing his thoughts on Gold Cup day to finish things off. Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival blog Storm Heart – 1.30 Cheltenham With Sir Gino coming out of this race, it has opened right up. Willie has a strong hand here and it was a huge headache for me. I have gone with Storm ... more...

Dan Skelton Cheltenham Festival blog: Day Three Preview

| 14.03.2024

The Dan Skelton Cheltenham Festival Blog sees the leading trainer previews his runners for day three of the festival today. Dan Skelton Cheltenham Festival blog Grey Dawning – 1.30 Cheltenham He went for this race instead of the Brown Advisory because we knew the ground would be pretty soft and I don’t have any fears about 2 ½ miles on  a staying track like this. His form has been very good this y... more...

Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival Blog: Day Three Preview

| 14.03.2024

After a rather successful two days this week, the Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival blog is back with the leading jockey sharing his thoughts on day three. Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival Blog Facile Vega – 1.30 Chelteham He’s been turned over on the last two occasions over two miles. His last run was better than that at Christmas in my opinion. I do feel the step up in trip could bring about a bi... more...

Cheltenham Festival Betting: Punters latch onto Built By Ballymore and Liberty Hunter

| 13.03.2024

Ladbrokes say BUILT BY BALLYMORE and LIBERTY HUNTER are attracting the strongest support on day two of the Cheltenham Festival. Martin Brassil’s Built By Ballymore has been cut to 3/1 from 7/1 for the Coral Cup, while Liberty Hunter is very strong at the head of the Grand Annual market, and is now 4/1 from 5/1. Others movers include Handstands in the first at 12/1 from 14/1, Ballyadam in the Coral... more...

Cheltenham Festival Offer: Bet £5 get £20 in free bets

| 13.03.2024

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Dan Skelton Cheltenham Festival Blog: Day Two preview

| 13.03.2024

The Dan Skelton Cheltenham Festival Blog sees the leading trainer previews his runners for day two of the festival today. Dan Skelton Festival Cheltenham Blog Langer Dan – 3.15 Cheltenham Langer Dan won this race last year but he has been in bad form all winter. We gastro-scoped him, he had ulcers and bled on one occasion so he has been bang out of form.  His work in the last three weeks has been ... more...

Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival Blog: Day Two Preview

| 13.03.2024

After a rather successful day yesterday, where he rode three of the seven winners, the Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival blog is back with the leading jockey sharing his thoughts on day two. Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival blog Ballyburn – 1.30 Cheltenham It’s a small field with just eight runners and Willie [Mullins] has five of them. Ballyburn was very good at the Dublin Racing Festival over two... more...

Cheltenham betting: Asian Master proving very popular in the Supreme

| 12.03.2024

Asian Master is proving the most popular pick in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, with Ladbrokes cutting it to 14/1 from 25/1 in the latest Cheltenham betting. At the head of the betting, Mystical Power is proving more popular than Tullyhill at 3/1. Gaelic Warrior and Il Etait Temps are both strong in the Arkle at 2/1 and 9/2 respectively. In the last race, Apple Away has been well supported into 11/2... more...

Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival Blog: Day One Preview

| 11.03.2024

Ladbrokes presents its first Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival Blog, with the leading jockey sharing his insight into the first day of action. Paul Townend Cheltenham Festival Blog Tullyhill – 1.30 Cheltenham Tullyhill is a high-class bumper horse. His jumping has improved a lot with every run and I think he is a very good horse. He was better the second time out at Naas and then better again at Pu... more...

Big mover on soft ground for Cheltenham Festival opener

| 08.03.2024

BIG MOVER ON SOFT GROUND FOR FESTIVAL OPENER – FACILE VEGA AND BALLYBURN GATHERING MOMENTUM Ladbrokes has reported a big move for the Cheltenham going following a run of support this morning. It is now 8/11 from 11/10 that the first race official going is SOFT, while Good to Soft is out to 11/8. Meanwhile, the firm have gone up with Top Jockey making Paul Townend 1/3, while Willie Mullins lo... more...

Cheltenham Festival: Bookies hoping for result in Supreme as Ballyburn opts for Day Two

| 08.03.2024

BALLYBURN is now the 8/13 clear favourite for the Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle, after Willie Mullins confirmed he would run there rather than the Supreme. As a result, MYSTICAL POWER is the new 3/1 favourite for the opening race of the festival, with Firefox and Tullyhill next best at 7/2 and 4/1 respectively. Nicola McGeady of Ladbrokes said: “The news has come as a surprise to many punters who were... more...

Bookies reveal betting on UK vs Ireland ahead of Cheltenham Festival

| 07.03.2024

Ladbrokes has opened betting on the number of Irish and UK trained winners ahead of the Cheltenham Festival, with the odds suggesting there won’t be much of a battle. The bookies favour the Irish raiders to have 19 or 20 winners at Prestbury Park, while it is 5/1 that they mirror last year’s result with 18 winners. It is 14/1 that they equal their record of 23 wins from 2021, while its 25/1 that t... more...

Cheltenham Festival odds: Day 4 Gold Cup Day Thursday betting tips

| 07.03.2024

Ladbrokes presents its Cheltenham Festival odds and betting tips for Day 4 (Gold Cup Day). The Festival takes place between Tuesday 12 – Friday 15 March 2024, with several races on each day, and we run through the odds and favourites for each of them. Champion Day, Style Wednesday and St Patrick’s Thursday are now in the books, so we’ve got Gold Cup Day on March 15 to finish the festival off... more...

Cheltenham Festival odds: Day 3 St Patrick’s Thursday betting tips

| 06.03.2024

Ladbrokes presents its Cheltenham Festival odds and betting tips for Day 3 (St Patrick’s Thursday). The Festival takes place between Tuesday 12 – Friday 15 March 2024, with several races on each day, and we run through the odds and favourites for each of them. Now onto Day 3 of the festival, St Patrick’s Thursday follows Style Wednesday and Champion Day, taking place on March 14. The c... more...

Cheltenham Festival odds: Day 2 Style Wednesday betting tips

| 05.03.2024

Ladbrokes presents its Cheltenham Festival odds and betting tips for Day 2 (Style Wednesday). The Festival takes place between Tuesday 12 – Friday 15 March 2024, with several races on each day, and we run through the odds and favourites for each of them. Now onto Day 2 of the festival, Style Wednesday continues the fun on March 13. The featured race is, of course, the Betway Queen Mother Champion ... more...

Cheltenham Festival odds: Day 1 Champion Day betting tips

| 04.03.2024

Ladbrokes presents its Cheltenham Festival odds and betting tips for Day 1 (Champion Day). The Festival takes place between Tuesday 12 – Friday 15 March 2024, with several races on each day, and we run through the odds and favourites for each of them. The festival commences with Champion Day on March 12, with seven races on offer, including the coveted Champion Hurdle, which takes place at 3:30pm.... more...

Bookies reveal top five most popular Cheltenham Festival picks

| 29.02.2024

Ladbrokes can reveal the TOP FIVE best backed horses as the Cheltenham Festival countdown continues ahead of next week’s races. FACT TO FILE tops the list, having been cut to 5/6 from 5/4 for the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase. Britain’s leading Gold Cup hopeful SHISHKIN is the second most popular pick right now at 6/1 from 8/1. SAINT ROI has been capturing the public’s imagination at 5/1 fro... more...

Dan Skelton previews his squad for Cheltenham Festival in latest blog

| 09.02.2024

In his latest blog with Ladbrokes, leading trainer Dan Skelton runs down his squad for Cheltenham Festival in March 2024. Dan Skelton runs down his Cheltenham squad Grey Dawning is in good form at home and I didn’t want to go to Sandown as I would have wanted it very, very soft. Obviously he will go to the festival pretty fresh. He had a good bit of racing in the first half of the season so he has... more...

Dan Skelton blog: Trainer previews runners at Cheltenham, Doncaster & Uttoxeter

| 26.01.2024

The Dan Skelton blog is back where the leading trainer and Ladbrokes ambassador previews his runners for Cheltenham, Doncaster and Uttoxeter this weekend. Le Fauve – 12.05 Cheltenham Le Fauve runs in a valuable juvenile hurdle that contains some tasty rivals but we are happy with our horse. We aren’t going into the race thinking we should be a shorter price as it’s a hot race and this is a horse t... more...

Mullins Stars Attracting Cheltenham Festival Support

| 03.01.2024

Grangeclare West is among the latest Cheltenham hopefuls to come for money today, according to Ladbrokes. The Willie Mullins raider has attracted a run of bets in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase and is now 7/2 from 4/1 at the head of the market. Allaho has continued to catch punters’ attention in the Ryanair Chase since Stage Star failed to fire at the weekend and as into 9/4 from 5/2. In the sa... more...

MARINE NATIONALE NOW ODDS-ON FOR ARKLE – LATEST CHELTENHAM MOVERS

| 02.01.2024

MARINE NATIONALE is now odds-on for the Arkle, according to Ladbrokes. Following a show of support today, the Arkle favourite is now 4/5 from even money. EL FABIOLO has also shortened up following on from the latest entries and is into 8/11 from 4/5. In the Cheltenham Gold Cup, FASTORSLOW has been trimmed to 4/1 from 5/1. In the Ryanair betting, Allaho remains the one to beat at 5/2, ahead of Stag... more...