Cheltenham Festival Day 2 Best Bets

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Here you will find our Cheltenham Festival Day 2 Best Bets. This includes both our NAP (best bet) & NB (Next Best) which we’ve combined to make a Daily Double.

There are 7 races at Cheltenham again on Wednesday and our best bets run in the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle and the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase.

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Cheltenham Festival Day 2 NAP – Best Bet

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Cheltenham 3.05 Chacun Pour Soi (10/11)

Top-class chaser who made it 3-3 this season jumping and galloping rivals into submission at Leopardstown last month; can’t fault his preparation this time around and compensation awaits.

Key Trends to note

– 12/20 winners were previous Festival winners
– 16/22 winners won last time out
– 14/16 winners ran 2 or 3 times in that season
– 6 year olds have only won 3 of the last 46 runnings
– Only 1 of the past 42 winners was older than 10

Altior was pulled out the race at the final declarations stage again which takes a bit of the class out of the race and makes CHACUN POUR SOI look even more solid with the 2-time Champion Chase winner out. Willie Mullins has had plenty of top class horses in the Rich Ricci colours and Chacun Pour Soi looks like he will cement his place right up there with the best. He is 6 from 7 for Willie Mullins and has already won 4 Grade 1’s with plenty more on the horizon starting here in what looks like an average Champion Chase. He is 5lb clear of the field and will hopefully make up for his last minute injury on the day of the race last year.

Any dangers?

Politogue will be trying to keep his crown but he won a sub-par Champion Chase last year and his now a 10 year old so it would take a career best to win this renewal. The main dangers to the selection are Put The Kettle on who won the Arkle last year but has been beaten by Chacun Pour Soi already this season and the other is First Flow who really impressed me beating Politologue last time with Waiting Patiently in third I think he may be overpriced in this and has place claims. Sceau Royal is a favourite of ours but he has ran plenty this season which isn’t good from a trends perspective and may not be at his best.

Anything worth a saver?

It’s a shame Altior has come out as the prices have contracted a bit but I do think it’s worth having a few quid on FIRST FLOW at 14/1 for Kim Bailey. He was making it 6 in a row when winning at Ascot last time and they don’t look to have got to the bottom of him yet so I think he’ll run better than his double-figure price suggests.

Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase

Cheltenham Wednesday 3.05 Chacun Pour Soi (best price 10/11) NAP

First Flow (best price 14/1) Each Way Saver

Cheltenham Festival Day 2 NEXT BEST – Second Best Bet

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Cheltenham 1.20 Bob Olinger (15/8)

Exciting horse who came on plenty from his close second to Ferny Hollow on hurdles debut to win effortlessly at Navan; followed up in good style at Naas with Blue Lord readily held in second; one to keep firmly on side.

Key trends to note

– 10/12 winners were top-or-second-top rated
– 9/12 winners had won a Graded novice hurdle
– 21/26 winners (including the past 11) had won at least one bumper
– 19/28 winners (including 9/10) were aged 6
– 5/7 winners were unbeaten over hurdles

I try not to let trends shape my opinion on a race but I certainly use them to help me make my final decision and they are quite decisive in this race. 9 of the last 10 winners of this race were aged 6 so straight away that suggests it’s going to be a tall order for Gaillard Du Mesnil to buck that trend. He has looked very talented and I think he is the main danger but I can see BOB OLINGER exploiting the chinks in his armour. The latter has impressed me so much in his last two starts. I’d go as far to say at the prices he is my strongest bet of the week. Obviously Chacun Pour So is the NAP today but Bob Olinger is nearly twice his price so in terms of value for money he is as good as it gets this week. He has looked very raw and has a lot of scope so I’m expecting him to improve again from that last run. If he does then this field will be playing catch-up.

Who’s the dangers?

As mentioned above I do expect Gaillard Du Mesnil to run well and it should be a good race but I just think however this pans out Bob Olinger will find more. Bravemansgame has looked impressive as has been compared to Denman in some respects by his trainer Paul Nicholls. For me he hasn’t achieved the same level of form as the selection and the second fav and while he should be thereabouts I think he’s opposable. I’m surprised he’s as short in the betting as he is. Again one of the trends being 21 of the last 26 had won at least one bumper and all of the last 11 winners goes massively against him. His form doesn’t look massively strong to me and I think he is vulnerable at the top level.

Is there an each way saver to be had?

With just the 7 runners it makes life a bit tougher as Gaillard Du Mesnil may well be the one to fill second spot but at the prices it might just be worth including BEAR GHYLLS who comes here unbeaten in 4 starts and while he has a fair bit to find he shouldn’t be underestimated. I know they’ve always thought a lot of him and it would be good to see a small yard competing with the big boys.

Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle

Cheltenham Wednesday 1.20 Bob Olinger (best price 15/8) NEXT BEST

Bear Ghylls (best price 16/1) Each Way Saver

Cheltenham Festival Day 2 Daily Double

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We’ve combined our two strongest bets on Day 2 of the Cheltenham Festival to make a Daily Double which is a great way of covering our two best bets of the day to maximise profit.

Cheltenham Festival Day 2 Daily Double

Cheltenham Wednesday 1.20 Bob Olinger NEXT BEST

Cheltenham Wednesday 3.05 Chacun Pour Soi NAP

Pays 9/2!

Cheltenham Festival Day 2 Each Way Saver Double

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As mentioned above we’ve backed two horses at big prices as they look value in the betting so here we’ve combined them to make an Each Way Saver Double. If both place we should make some good profit.

Cheltenham Festival Day 2 Each Way Saver Double

Cheltenham Wednesday 1.20 Bear Ghylls EACH WAY SAVER

Cheltenham Wednesday 3.05 First Flow EACH WAY SAVER

Pays 164/1!