{"id":5983,"date":"2015-03-13T13:10:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T13:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=5983"},"modified":"2015-03-13T13:10:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T13:10:42","slug":"5983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/13\/5983\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cardiffian&#039;s top tips for today&#039;s Cheltenham Races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1.30 JCB Triumph Hurdle<br \/>\nThree horses stand out for us in this race, Hargam, Kalkir and Baraka De Thaix. The latter seems the most interesting and at 33\/1 has been backed for a substantial sum by its owner. Backing it each-way seems to be a gamble worth taking but a slightly safer bet would be Hargam to win outright at 15\/2.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5613\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Winners_enclosure.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5613\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Winners_enclosure-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Winners enclosure at Cheltenham racecourse (Source: Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5613\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Winners_enclosure-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Winners enclosure at Cheltenham racecourse (Source: Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Winners enclosure at Cheltenham racecourse (Source: Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n2.05 Vincent O&#8217;Brien County Handicap Hurdle<br \/>\nQuick Jack and The Game Changer will be the two front-runners in this race and at 7\/1 and 10\/1 respectively they are both long enough odds to reward a nice payday. However Rich Coast at 22\/1 represents good value E\/W and might be worth a dabble.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n2.40 Albert Bartlett<br \/>\nThe favourite Black Hercules will be there at the end but we fancy either Martelo Tower or No More Heroes to edge him out. Both represent good each-way value at 11\/2 and 10\/1 respectively.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n3.20 Betfred Gold Cup<br \/>\nSilvio Conti will be hoping its third time lucky as he tries to win the Gold Cup. He is a fantastic horse and probably warrants his favourite tag. But his course record is a big concern and we advise you to steer clear. Ruby Walsh has been picking his horses fantastically all festival and Djakadam at 15\/2 will be a big player. Don\u2019t rule out Lord Windermere or Boston Bob as each way possibilities.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5615\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RubyWalsh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5615\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RubyWalsh-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"Jockey Ruby Walsh (Source: Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5615\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/RubyWalsh-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"Jockey Ruby Walsh (Source: Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Jockey Ruby Walsh (Source: Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n4.40 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys\u2019 Handicap<br \/>\nNoble Endeavour at 16\/1 represents fantastic value. Although we are not particularly keen on calling this race, the Irish horse might be too good a price to not take a chance with.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n5.15 Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase<br \/>\nIt seems foolish to predict anyone but AP McCoy\u2019s horse Ned Buntline in the final race of Cheltenham. It is AP\u2019s last ever race at Cheltenham and he\u2019s picked the best horse in the field. It seems to be written in the stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.30 JCB Triumph Hurdle Three horses stand out for us in this race, Hargam, Kalkir and Baraka De Thaix. The latter seems the most interesting and at 33\/1 has been backed for a substantial sum by its owner. Backing it each-way seems to be a gamble worth taking but a slightly safer bet would be Hargam to win outright at 15\/2. &nbsp; 2.05 Vincent O&#8217;Brien County Handicap Hurdle Quick Jack and The Game Changer will be the two front-runners in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":5613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2827,2963,2043,2964,2832,74],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-cheltenham","tag-gold-cup","tag-horse-racing","tag-jockey","tag-ruby-walsh","tag-sport-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Cardiffian&#039;s top tips for today&#039;s Cheltenham Races - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/13\/5983\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Cardiffian&#039;s top tips for today&#039;s Cheltenham Races - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1.30 JCB Triumph Hurdle Three horses stand out for us in this race, Hargam, Kalkir and Baraka De Thaix. 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