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Lycetts Welcome you to our CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL PREVIEW EVENING Wednesday 10th March 7.30pm
Our Panel Hayley Moore – Host Hayley juggles her broadcasting career for Sky Sports Racing with riding out daily for father Gary. Charlie Deutsch – Jockey Charlie has ridden a number of winners around Cheltenham including aboard Aso and Diesel D’Allier and in 2019 was the leading jockey at the November meeting. Riding for Venetia Williams’ yard he has some exciting rides for this years festival. Sam Hoskins – Racing Manager Sam runs the day-to-day operations of Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds. He is a member of the ROA Board and the BHA National Hunt Pattern committee. He is also the co-founder of Hot To Trot Racing. Luke Harvey – Ex-Jockey and ITV Presenter After 16 years in the saddle including wins at Cheltenham and Aintree, Luke now is a regular presenter for ITV Racing. Ben Pauling – Trainer Multiple Grade 1 winning trainer Ben trains a stone's throw away from Cheltenham where he has saddled a number of winners at previous Festivals.
Tuesday 16th March
Day One
START TIMES RACE DISTANCE TYPE
13:20 The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Race 2m ½f Hurdle
The Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy Steeple
13:55 2m Chase
Chase
14:30 The Ultima Handicap Steeple Chase 3m abt 1f Chase
The Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy
15:05 2m abt ½f Hurdle
15:40 The Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle Race 2m abt 4f Hurdle
16:15 The Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Race 2m abt 4½f Chase
16:50 The National Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup 3m abt 6f Chase
13.20 - The Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Race
2020 Result
st
1 Shishkin
nd
2 Abacadabras
rd
3 Chantry House
The Supreme Novice’s Hurdle is the opening race on day one of the festival. A springboard for many great horses such as dual
Champion Hurdle winner Bula, Arkle and Champion chase winner Flyngbolt, Gold Cup and Grand National winner L’Escargot
and dual Champion Chase hero Altior. Willie Mullins has won the Hurdle six times and looks in a fantastic position to make that
th
seven on 16 March with not only 5/2 market leader Appreciate It, but also a couple of fantastic back up candidates including
Blue Lord and Bob Olinger.
2021 Runners and Odds13.55 - The Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy
Steeple Chase
2020 Result
st
1 Put The Kettle On
nd
2 Fakir D’oudairies
rd
3 Rouge Vif
The Arkle Challenge is the premier race during the jumps season for the speedier novice chasers as it is run over the
minimum trip of 2m. It has been won by some of the greatest horses including Moscow Flyer, Sprinter Sacre and Altior who
all went on to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase the following season. Nicky Henderson's 2020 Supreme winner
Shiskin looks very much the one to beat, with his proven Cheltenham experience and really impressing in two facile victories
at Kempton. His most serious challenger is likely to come from Captain Guinness, who got his career back on track with a
smooth front running win over fences at Punchestown in December.
2021 Runners and Odds15.05 - The Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy
2020 Result
st
1 Epatante
nd
2 Sharjah
rd
3 Darver Star
The Grade one Unibet Champion Hurdle is the highlight of the opening day, and the two mile showpiece boasts a roll of honour
which includes the likes of three time winners Hatton’s Grace, Sir Ken, Persian War, See You Then and Istabraq. This year’s
renewal could see a former champion Buveur D’Air in action, alongside the reigning heroine Epatante.
2021 Runners and OddsWednesday 17th March
Day Two
START TIMES RACE DISTANCE TYPE
13:20 The Ballymore Novices' Hurdle Race 2m abt 5f Hurdle
The Brown Advisory Novices’ Steeple
13:55 3m abt ½ f Chase
Chase
The Coral Cup Hurdle (A Handicap Hurdle
14:30 2m abt 5f Hurdle
Race)
The Betway Queen Mother Champion
15:05 Steeple Chase Abt 2m Chase
(feature race)
The Glenfarclas Cross Country Steeple
15:40 3m 6f Chase
Chase
The Johnny Henderson Grand Annual
16:15 2m abt ½f Chase
Handicap Steeple Chase Challenge Cup
The Weatherbys Champion Bumper (A
16.50 2m abt ½f Bumper
Standard Open NH Flat Race)13.20 - The Ballymore Novices' Hurdle Race
2020 Result
st
1 Envoi Allen
nd
2 Easywork
rd
3 The Big Getaway
The Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle is the premier race during the jumps season for novice hurdlers over the trip of
2m5f. It is a Launchpad for top-class hurdlers and has been won by the likes of Istabraq, Hardy Eustace and
Faugheen, all of whom went on to win the Champion Hurdle the following season. Paul Nicholls has enjoyed a
fantastic winter, his Bravemansgame has thrived on racing as his jumping has sharpened.
2021 Runners and Odds13.55 - The Brown Advisory Novices’ Steeple Chase
2020 Result
st
1 Champ
nd
2 Minella Indo
rd
3 Allaho
Over a distance of 3 miles with nineteen fences to be jumped, it is the novices’ equivalent of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and
several winners have gone on to triumph in the Gold Cup itself years later, including Denman, Bobs Worth and Lord
Windermere. The standout contender is Monkfish, who jumped superbly at Fairyhouse and Leopardstown since going over
fences this winter.
2021 Runners and Odds15.05 - The Betway Queen Mother Champion Steeple
Chase
2020 Result
1st Politologue
nd
2 Dynamite Dollars
rd
3 Bun Doran
The Queen Mother Champion Chase is one of four championship races held at the Cheltenham Festival. A thrilling spectacle
over two miles, racing for a prize with a long history and one that has produced some memorable finishes up the hill over the
years. The 2020 winner Politologue won a race that fell apart last season and will be vulnerable to a much younger rival this
year. The hopes of Ireland rest on the shoulders of the very progressive Chacun Pour Soi.
2021 Runners and OddsThursday 18th March
Day Three
START TIMES RACE DISTANCE TYPE
13:20 The Marsh Novices’ Chase 2m abt 4f Chase
The Pertemps Network Final (A
13:55 Abt 3m Hurdle
Handicap Hurdle Race) (Listed)
14:30 The Ryanair Steeple Chase 2m abt 5f Chase
The Paddy Power Stayers’
15:05 abt 3m Hurdle
Hurdle
The Paddy Power Plate (A
15:40 2m abt 5f Chase
Handicap Steeple Chase)
The Parnell Properties Mares
16:15 2m 1f Hurdle
Novices’ Hurdle
Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir
16:50 Challenge Cup (sponsored by 3m abt 2f Chase
the JRL Group)13.20 - The Marsh Novices’ Chase
2020 Result
st
1 Samcro
nd
2 Melon
rd
3 Faugheen
Run in recent years as the JLT Chase, it is one of three Grade 1 novice chases at the meeting and attracts
runners who are best over the intermediary distance of 2m4f. First run in 2011, it has unearthed some of the best
chasers of recent years including Sir Des Champs, Yorkhill, Vautour and Defi De Seuil.
2021 Runners and Odds14.30 - The Ryanair Steeple Chase
2020 Result
st
1 Min
nd
2 Saint Calvados
rd
3 A Plus Tard
The Ryanair Chase is the feature race on Day three of the festival. It is a Grade 1 contest over 2m5f and is the
championship contest for chasers whose optimum trip falls between that of the Champion Chase and Gold Cup.
It has been won by stars such as Un De Sceaux, Vautour, Cue Card and Min in recent seasons. The 2021
renewal has a wide open look to it again, with 2020 winner Min currently 6/1 in the ante-post lists.
2021 Runners and Odds15.05 - The Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle
2020 Result
st
1 Lisnagar Oscar
nd
2 Ronald Pump
rd
3 Bacardys
The Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle is a Grade 1 hurdle over three miles. It is the championship contest for long-distance
hurdlers and has been won by some of the best hurdlers in the history of jump racing, including Thistlecrack, Big Buck’s,
Inglis Drever and Baracouda. The race will see one of the most eagerly awaited clashes of the week, as old rivals Paisley
Park and Thyme Hill are set to do battle over the stamina sapping 3m trip. The 2019 winner Paisley Park was a major
disappointment at 4/6f in 2020, but there were valid excuses and he has returned as good as ever in two runs so far this
winter.
2021 Runners and OddsFriday 19th March
Day Four
START TIMES RACE DISTANCE TYPE
13:20 The JCB Triumph Hurdle 2m abt 1f Hurdle
The McCoy Contractors County Handicap Hurdle
13:55 2m abt 1f Hurdle
Race
14:30 The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Race abt 3m Hurdle
The WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple
15:05 3m abt 2½ f Chase
Chase
The St. James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup
15:40 3m abt 2½ f Chase
Open Hunters' Steeple Chase
16:15 The Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Steeple Chase 2m abt ½f Chase
16:50 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle 2m abt 4½ f Hurdle13.20 - The JCB Triumph Hurdle
2020 Result
st
1 Burning Victory
nd
2 Aspire Tower
rd
3 Allmankind
The JCB Triumph Hurdle is the opening race on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival. It is a 2m1f Grade 1 contest
restricted to the four year old juvenile hurdlers. It has produced four subsequent Champion Hurdle winners in Clair Soleil,
Persian War, Kribensis and Katchit while 2018 and 2019 Grand National winner Tiger Roll triumphed in 2014. The Irish
juvenile form looks far stronger than their English counterparts in the 2020-2021 season so far, and there is certain to be
plenty of confidence behind the hugely regarded Zanahiyr.
2021 Runners and Odds14.30 - The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Race
2020 Result
st
1 Monkfish
nd
2 Latest Exhibition
rd
3 Fury Road
This race is the ultimate test for the very best long distance novice hurdlers, being run over 3m and with 12 hurdles to
jump. Since it was first run in 2005, its most successful winner has been Bobs Worth, who went onto win the RSA Chase at
The Cheltenham Festival the following year, and the Gold Cup two years later. A fascinating clash of some very promising
novices from both Britain and Ireland, and the market currently wide open at this stage (with running plans up in the air and
the highly touted Dusart now set to miss the festival after suffering a training set back at home).
2021 Runners and Odds15.05 - The WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup Steeple
Chase
2020 Result
st
1 Al Boum Photo
nd
2 Santini
rd
3 Lostintranslation
The crown jewel of the Cheltenham Festival. The best chasers will tackle 22 fences over 3m 2f on the New Course at
Prestbury Park for a shot at joining a host of legendary horses such as Kauto Star, Denman, L’Escargot and Arkle in the Gold
Cup roll of honour. The countdown continues with Al Boum Photo seeking to become the first horse since Best Mate in 2004
to win the race three years in a row. There is another previous winner among the potential runners in the form of Native River,
who prepared for the big race in fine style by beating Santini and Bristol De Mai in the Cotswold Chase at Sandown.
2021 Runners and OddsQuestions
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