It’s that time of year again when the Cheltenham Festival is fast approaching and we have given punters a helping hand by going Non-Runner No Bet on all the races at the big meeting in March.
Racing Post tipsters Robbie Wilders, Phill Anderson and Graeme Rodway have provided their latest horse racing betting tips for the Cheltenham Festival below.
Supreme Novices' Hurdle - Workahead @ 10/1
Coral Cup - Be Aware @ 12/1
Pertemps Final - Henri The Second @ 12/1
Supreme Novices' Hurdle - Workahead @ 10/1
The Supreme Novices' Hurdle market is headed by Salvator Mundi with daylight back to the rest and there may be value in supporting something at juicier odds.
Salvator Mundi was more workmanlike than expected when landing the Moscow Flyer last time, and the form of that leaves him with a bit to find with WORKAHEAD, who appears to have been underestimated.
Half the battle with finding an ante-post bet is confidently knowing a horse's intended target. The Supreme is Workahead's only entry at the Cheltenham Festival and Henry de Bromhead has laid down his intentions to keep his promising seven-year-old fresh by sending him straight there.
It is a fascinating move and one the same connections almost pulled off in the Brown Advisory last season with Monty's Star, who arrived following a similar break when serving it up to Fact To File.
The form of Workahead's maiden hurdle victory at Leopardstown over Christmas is excellent. Runner-up William Munny and fourth Redemption Day were among the best of their generation in bumpers last term, while third Spring De La Mare and fifth Jacob's Ladder have won maiden hurdles since.
He cooked those horses off from the front and should be well suited by the demands of the Supreme.
Coral Cup - Be Aware @ 12/1
Few can match Dan Skelton's success in handicap hurdles and BE AWARE gives the impression the second half of his season may have been geared around a tilt at the Coral Cup, a race the yard has captured with Langer Dan two seasons running.
Be Aware was a huge eyecatcher on his return behind Burdett Road in the Greatwood Hurdle and that horse is now rated 17lb higher after running a cracker in the Christmas Hurdle behind Constitution Hill.
Harry Cobden gave Burdett Road an excellent ride from the front there and Be Aware wasn't helped by being held up. The way Be Aware finished yet again reinforced the view that two and a half miles will be his ideal trip.
While failing to build on the Cheltenham run at Ascot next time, he didn't run badly in third over a trip that was too sharp once more, and the course experience he gained in the Greatwood will stand him in good stead for the Coral Cup. He remains a well-handicapped horse and has the capacity to improve further.
Pertemps Final - Henri The Second @ 12/1
One of Paul Nicholls' most impressive winners this season has surely been HENRI THE SECOND, who picked apart a Pertemps Final qualifier at Sandown in December.
His presence in the Final is assured and he remains at the right end of the handicap for last season's winning yard.
Henri The Second has had his issues in recent seasons, but was a promising novice hurdler earlier in his career, storming home to pick up a Grade 2 at Sandown in 2022.
The eight-year-old relished a first crack at three miles last time to record an 18-length victory over next-time-out winner Up For Parol. The third, Super Survivor, has landed his next two as well, and the form needs respecting.
Given his lightly raced profile, Henri The Second could still have a fair amount in hand off 8lb higher.
Albert Bartlett - Jig's Forge @ 66/1
Champion Hurdle - State Man @ 8/1
Gold Cup - Banbridge @ 8/1
Albert Bartlett - Jig's Forge @ 66/1
JIG'S FORGE didn't give his running when failing to settle in a Grade 2 at Doncaster in January but the reaction in the antepost markets looks a bit over the top and there are a few reasons to think he can outrun big odds if he does turn up in the Albert Bartlett.
This stout stayer won a three-mile point on testing ground prior to his £75,000 sale at Aintree last April and he got the better of a nice prospect that's now with Lucinda Russell in that point success.
He then went to Ffos Las to win his maiden hurdle in good style earlier this season and that's a track the trainer often uses for his better horses early in their careers, a good example being The Jukebox Man (a similar type last year who finished runner-up in the Albert Bartlett) who won his bumper and a novice hurdle at the Welsh track.
Given how keen Jig's Forge has been in both rules starts so far, there's a big chance that he's been inconvenienced by making his own running and in a big field Albert Bartlett, we might see him in a much better light.
Champion Hurdle - State Man @ 8/1
STATE MAN had been a model of consistency prior to this season and it's only his run at Leopardstown over Christmas that has allowed him to go out to such a big price.
Connections seemed adamant after that race that he did not give his true running and he was uncharacteristically keen early, also pointing to something niggling him.
While plans for Brighterdaysahead and Lossiemouth are up in the air, and still some doubts about how much of Constitution Hill's old ability still remain, State Man looks like a solid each-way proposition.
Gold Cup - Banbridge @ 8/1
They don't come much more ground dependent than this year's King George winner, BANBRIDGE, and that's why he makes more appeal as a non-runner no bet selection here.
If the ground comes up on the quick side on the Friday, connections must be thinking he'll have a big each-way chance in the Gold Cup after taking the scalp of a back to form Il Est Francais at Kempton over Christmas.
While Galopin Des Champs deserves to be a short-priced favourite, Banbridge is a match for the rest of them on good ground and if he doesn't get his conditions, he's going to be an unlikely runner.
Jack Richards Novices' Handicap Chase - Jagwar @ 5/1
Ultima Handicap Chase - Masaccio @ 14/1
Champion Hurdle - Lossiemouth @ 3/1
Jack Richards Novices' Handicap Chase - Jagwar @ 5/1
What better place to unearth Cheltenham Festival winners than Trials day itself and the best guide to what might happen in March in recent years has been the Timeform Novices' Handicap Chase, which opened the card on Saturday and was won easily by JAGWAR.
The last six winners of that race went on to record finishing positions reading 141212 at the festival and Jagwar simply must be backed to improve those figures.
His likely target is the Jack Richards Novices' Handicap Chase, which has replaced the old Turners on Thursday.
Jagwar did remarkably well to win at Cheltenham when considering that hot favourite and stablemate Billytherealbigred had a relatively unchallenged time of things up front. However, even with the run of the race he had no answer to Jagwar's power-packed late finishing kick.
Jagwar's previous form has worked out well, too, and he has gone up 7lb for his Cheltenham victory. That is manageable and he will be hard to beat over the same course and distance.
Ultima Handicap Chase - Masaccio @ 14/1
Sticking with the form of the Timeform Novices' Handicap Chase from Cheltenham on Saturday and MASACCIO is also worth backing for his festival target, the Ultima Handicap Chase. His trainer Alan King has won this race with a novice before, so it's a tested method.
The eight-year-old was in fifth gear from the top of the hill at Cheltenham on trials day but stayed on strongly to finish on the tail of runner-up Billytherealbigred.
Masaccio pulled 11 lengths clear of fourth-placed Resplendent Grey and did all of his best work near the line.
That had also been the case when he finished second to The Jukebox Man in a 2m4f Grade 2 novice chase at Newbury in November and Masaccio is totally unexposed at three miles.
The issue is that many argued that he didn't stay the 3m when he was beaten a long way by The Jukebox Man in the Kauto Star at Kempton over Christmas. However, maybe it wasn't a lack of stamina that led to Masaccio's defeat there and it's possible he just wasn't at his best.
He is well worth another chance to prove he gets this far and he might even improve for going 3m1f.
Champion Hurdle - Lossiemouth @ 3/1
Constitution Hill will be difficult to beat if he turns up on his best form in the Champion Hurdle, but there are still enough doubts over him to make him opposable at short odds.
It wouldn't have been easy for him to look good against modest rivals in the International Hurdle at Cheltenham on trials day, but he recorded nothing more than an average time following a mistake at the last and beat the 146-rated Brentford Hope by only three lengths.
I'm not convinced that he is the Constitution Hill of old and LOSSIEMOUTH definitely wasn't at her best when she finished behind him in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton. She was under pressure early and made mistakes, but was still able to finish two and a half lengths behind.
We will probably see a different Lossiemouth at Cheltenham, where she has shown all of her best form and is unbeaten in three starts.
The stiffer test of stamina will definitely suit her and there is every chance that she can turn the tables on Constitution Hill at that course.
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