Cheltenham Festival Tips Did Well

And although my Cheltenham Festival tips did well, I did suffer a little, from some vicious virus that has had me laid out for the past two and a bit days, hence my lack of activity :(

Anyway, given that my daily updates were scuppered by this illness, I'll give you a rundown of how the Cheltenham Festival went and how our tips did overall, as we had a decent week it has to be said.

So here goes:

Monday, day one of the Festival:

Tips given: 4
Winners: 2 - Forpadydeplasterer and Quevega

Summary: We advised that you take the price on both horses in the morning, as I had a feeling that their prices would shorten, which they did.

We advised Forpadydeplasterer at 10/1 (SP was 8/1) and Quevega at 5/2 (SP 2/1), and so at the end of day one of the Festival, we were 11 points to the good.

Tuesday, day two of the Festival:

Tips given: 3
Winners: 1 - Ninetieth Minute

Summary: Another decent day as Ninetieth Minute came home for us in impressive style. Once again we advised him early, and at 18/1 he always looked good value. The SP was 14s which is still good value, but I hope you got the 18s that we advised.

So another profitable day, as we accumulate 8.80 points in profit, and so we are 19.80 up for the Festival so far :)

Wednesday, day three of the Festival:

No Bets today.

This was a disappointment, but a fact of racing. There were impressive horses on show today, but we just could not decide and there was no clear cut value horse that we fancied, so there was no bet. The headline horse was Voy Por Ustedes whom most people thought would romp the Ryan Air chase, but with no value this was not worth pursuing... and we were right as he came second!

The other race we were looking at was The World Hurdle, but again we could see no value horse that we felt happy with and of course Kasbah Bliss the 10/11 favourite finished a disappointing 4th.

Sometimes you have to know when to keep your money in your pocket, and we did today to good effect.

Thursday, day four of the Festival:

Tips given: 1
Winners: 0

Summary: Another day where we were cautious because there was not much value worth pursuing in our opinion.

The one we tipped was Starluck in the JCB Triumph Hurdle, but although Timmy Murphy ran a pretty good race on him he didn't quite have the stamina coming up the hill and finished 4th. We only had the one point on him and this was the only bet fro us for the day.

We felt that Kauto Star would take all the beating in the big one, the Gold Cup, but yet again with no value in him this was not a worthwhile bet. As expected, he beat stablemate Denman to gain revenge for last year's result, and in doing so become the only hose to ever retain the Gold Cup.

And so all in all, it was a very profitable Festival for us and our members. 18.80 points at an event that can often be tricky, so we were very pleased with our efforts. Once again, the focus of our racing tips was value and this is why we made the profit that we did.

And so its all over. It came and went so quickly and so its back to the 'standard' meetings for a couple of weeks until Aintree is upon us. Enjoy your weekend and I'll be back soon.