{"id":2780,"date":"2014-03-07T08:13:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T08:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=2780"},"modified":"2014-03-07T08:13:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T08:13:46","slug":"cardiff-trainers-quietly-confident-of-cheltenham-festival-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/07\/cardiff-trainers-quietly-confident-of-cheltenham-festival-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff trainers quietly confident of Cheltenham Festival success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2788\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hidden-Identity-at-Bangor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2788\" alt=\"Hidden Identity will take on the mighty Quevega in the David Nicholson Mare's Hurdle\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hidden-Identity-at-Bangor-1024x819.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2788\" alt=\"Hidden Identity will take on the mighty Quevega in the David Nicholson Mare's Hurdle\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Hidden-Identity-at-Bangor-1024x819.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Hidden Identity will take on the mighty Quevega in the David Nicholson Mare&#8217;s Hurdle<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nEyes will be firmly fixed upon Cheltenham this week as the great and good of the horse racing world descend upon the premier jump festival of the calendar.<br \/>\nMore than 200,000 people will attend 27 races over the next four days, with the event reaching a crescendo as the famous Cheltenham Roar echoes round the course and the Gold Cup contenders gallop down the home straight on Friday.<br \/>\nThe Gold Cup is the festival\u2019s centrepiece and its original championship race, and bookmakers currently place last year\u2019s winner Bobs Worth as favourite to win the steeplechase.<br \/>\nJonathan Phillips, a trainer at Tim Vaughan Racing, Cowbridge, agrees with bookies and believes Bobs Worth will be too strong for the rest of the field, he said: \u201cBobs Worth is a class horse, no matter what the ground is like I think he will have enough to win.\u201d<br \/>\nHowever, Mr Phillips attentions next week will be turned elsewhere at the festival.<br \/>\nTim Vaughan Racing was officially launched on Gold Cup day in 2008. The yard boasts over five hundred winners to date, and Mr Phillips hopes they will add more at Cheltenham. He said: \u201cWe have a few runners next week, including Fallox Bridge, Ackertac and a lovely four year old called Le Fin Bois.\u201d<br \/>\nTim Vaughan Racing\u2019s highest profile runner is High Identity, ridden by Richard Johnson, who lines up in Tuesday\u2019s David Nicholson Mares\u2019 Hurdle but faces a stiff task against the brilliant Quevega who is bidding to win the race for a sixth successive season.<br \/>\nPhillips agrees with the bookies that High Identity\u2019s work will be cut out: \u201cIt\u2019s always going to be difficult against Quevega, but she has been running well and with Richard (Johnson) you\u2019ve always got a chance.\u201d<br \/>\nEvan Williams, who owns a yard in Llancarfan, believes Cheltenham is a much easier place to go having had a winner in the past.<br \/>\nMr Williams won with High Chimes in 2008 and is hoping one of his four runners next week can emulate this success: \u201cCheltenham can be a very daunting and demoralising place to go, especially for smaller yards.<br \/>\n\u201cThe media build up the festival a huge amount, and if you haven\u2019t had a winner before it can have a hoodoo effect.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen you get there you realise just how high the stakes are. It can be brutal and is a horrible place to come second, but it makes having a winner all the more satisfying.\u201d<br \/>\nCheltenham might be a daunting place for trainers, but Mr Phillips can\u2019t wait for it to start: \u201cCheltenham is the pinnacle of every season.<br \/>\n\u201cAll roads lead there, it\u2019s mecca.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Eyes will be firmly fixed upon Cheltenham this week as the great and good of the horse racing world descend upon the premier jump festival of the calendar. More than 200,000 people will attend 27 races over the next four days, with the event reaching a crescendo as the famous Cheltenham Roar echoes round the course and the Gold Cup contenders gallop down the home straight on Friday. 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