Cheltenham Festival 2021 - Day 2


Feeling a bit wounded after day one, but there’s a long way to go and the focus here is always long term profit. Wednesday doesn’t look like a big betting day for me personally so I’ve made the write ups brief, some stronger fancies go later in the week.


13:20 - Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle 2m5f

It’s a bit boring for me to kick off the day with some fence sitting but I won’t be having a bet on this race. I saw Betfair are offering three places each-way despite there being only 7 runners but when going through the race I found the top three in the betting very difficult to look past. Bob Olinger has been the one to shorten in recent days but the speed figures I have make both Gaillard Du Mesnil and Bravemansgame strong opposition and I can’t split the three. Would probably back the latter each-way with the three places if I was pushed, but no one is pushing so I’ll sit this one out.


13:55 - Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase 3m

Another race which does’t need a lengthy write-up as MONKFISH looks a future Gold Cup horse and although he’s probably too short to bet he looks impossible to oppose. He’ll be the banker in many punters multiples and I have a couple of ante-post slips on him, so I won’t be going in again but hopefully he puts on a show.

MONKFISH 8/15


14:30 - Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle 2m5f

Despite being one of the trickiest puzzles to solve throughout the whole festival this is one of my favourite races in the calendar. It’s a race where you can definitely have a couple running for you with all the extra place concessions on offer, this year a number of firms are offering SEVEN places which means it’s worth having a punt on those at bigger odds too. DANS LE VENT is 66/1 at the time of writing and he has been running on well when poorly positioned the last couple of times, that patient running style will be ideal for the Coral Cup and I think he can pick his way through the field late on and grab some place money.

The Betfair form wasn’t given the franking it could’ve been by Soaring Glory in the Supreme on Tuesday but it did generate a decent speed figure and the way GUARD YOUR DREAMS finished off his race suggests this step up in trip may well suit. He wasn’t given the best of rides in the circumstances at Newbury and will be my second dart at this wide open handicap.

DANS LE VENT 66/1

GUARD YOUR DREAMS 12/1



15:05 - Champion Chase 2m

This is a race I’m going to sit back and enjoy, it doesn’t appeal from an each-way perspective and the favourite Chacun Pour Soi looks too short for me lacking course form, but is obviously the most likely winner. Rouge Vif may be one at a bigger price who could improve for the better ground, while Nube Negra won in impressive fashion last time but that form may lack substance.


15:40 Cross Country Chase 3m6f

Easysland well be turn out to be a class apart from these and I wouldn’t put anyone off backing him. I’ve been thinking LE BREUIL is up to winning a plodding race like this for a while and with extra places available I’ll be having a very small each-way play on him here. He stayed on eye-catchingly at Warwick two starts back and has form on decent ground too. I’ll be backing him with four places each-way for a bit of interest in the race but it’s not a particularly strong opinion.

LE BREUIL 16/1


16:15 Grand Annual Handicap Chase 2m

ZANZA looked to be in with a great chance of winning of this mark here at Cheltenham back in December before falling and, while it would’ve been nice to get a run in to get his confidence back, that has protected this mark of 145 which looks very workable. He bolted up on a sound surface at Newbury on his penultimate start so he will appreciate the return to good ground. ENTOUCAS is another from near the front of the market who looks to have a decent chance, he has posted some pretty decent speed figures and still looks open to improvement. He raced closer to the pace than ideal last time out when fourth in a race which has worked out well since

ZANZA 15/2

ENTOUCAS 15/2


16:50 Champion Bumper 2m

Another no bet race for me.



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