Three Cheltenham Festival Ante-Post Outsiders To Consider
With the National Hunt season now in full-swing, we have identified a trio of Cheltenham bets that could be worth a nibble in the ante-post markets. The 2017 Cheltenham Festival runs from Tuesday 14th until Friday 17th March. It is the highlight of the jumps racing calendar, featuring the sport’s best horses and jockeys.
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Champion Hurdle Ante-Post Tip
As is so often the case at the festival, this market is heavily influenced by horse from the Willie Mullins stable. Annie Power is best odds 5/2 at the time of writing but could swerve the big race in favour of the Ryanair Hurdle, so it’s hard to be confident there. Stablemate Faugheen won the race in 2015 and would take all the beating if running to scratch but the horse has not been seen since winning the Irish equivalent almost a year ago.
Nichols Canyon has good form at Prestbury Park while Yanworth, Yorkhill, Vroum Vroum Mag and the New One are all notable entrants too. However, it’s Apples Jade that makes the each-way appeal at this stage, available at odds of 25/1 with Betway.
Gordon Elliott’s filly chased Ivanovich Gorbatov up the hill in the latest running of the Triumph Hurdle but turned the tables on that runner at Aintree the following month. She’s since won at Punchestown and ran Irving close in the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle, before landing a Fairyhouse Grade 1 at the expense of Vroum Vroum Mag last time out.