Betting Opens On Cheltenham Festival
South Africa’s leading bookmakers Hollywood have opened their ante-post market on next month’s showpiece Cheltenham Festival
11th February 2019
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South Africa’s leading bookmakers Hollywood have opened their ante-post market on next month’s showpiece Cheltenham Festival
The New Year’s Day race boasts a fabulous roll of honour with Unibet Champion Hurdle winner Rock On Ruby and Sun Racing Stayers’ Hurdle victor More Of That having prevailed in recent years
The jewel in the crown of the National Hunt racing calendar carries a stake of the equivalent of more than R9 million and is run over 5300m with an energy sapping total of 22 fences
Any Currency has been stripped of his win in the Glenfarclas Chase
“The crowd cheered me all the way to the start and all the way back in,” McCoy said, “but I feel quite guilty because Next Sensation [ridden by Tom Scudamore] won the race
“As it is, we’ve dodged the most expensive bullet we’ve ever faced and the god of bookmaking moves in mysterious ways. For it to happen like that … the heart won’t stand for much more.”
After an interesting day’s racing, the scores stand at Ireland 5-2 United Kingdom, with Irish trainer Willie Mullins having saddled a remarkable four winners in seven races.
AP McCoy insists that he only wants to be centre of attention at his 19th and final Cheltenham Festival if amongst the winners
Officials at the British Horseracing Authority have no hard and fast rules on the subject in place, and say the matter is “purely in the hands of the jockeys
The former director of Cheltenham Racecourse has been appointed OBE in the New Year’s Honours list
ROBYN LOUW: Cheltenham and the sensational Mark Boylan. His passion and enthusiasm are infectious and it’s incredible to see how much interest and media coverage this one boy PR wonder has generated for racing in general and Cheltenham.
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