Cheltenham 2010: Short Price Favourites – Back Or Lay?
Posted by adminMar 12
The 2010 Cheltenham Festival has its usual share of short price favourites with five of the twenty-six races currently showing market leaders at under 2/1:
Dunguib 5/6 Supreme Novices Hurdle
Quevega 6/4 David Nicholson Mares Hurdle
Master Minded 10/11 Queen Mother
Big Bucks 8/13 Stayers Hurdle
Kauto Star 8/11 Gold Cup
How many of the above do you think will win and how many will you be backing or laying?
Which of the big five would you be most happy to take on?
Personally it would have to be Quevega. OK, she is the biggest price of the five but it could be argued that the she has pontentially the easiest task with a very weak looking set of mares to take on. However, the snippets of info coming from the Mullins yard have not been overly enthusiastic about her chances and he has been quoting as saying things like ‘hopefully she will warm up over the first two hurdles’ and that the injury she suffered after he visit to France was, at one time, considered career ending.
I couldn’t dream of taking 6/4 about a horse with this kind of background.
Let us know your Cheltenham betting banker and lay of the five short favourites.
4 comments
Comment by Neil S on March 15, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Don’t ever be scared of backing against odds on especially at cheltenham.
I remember the 1989 champion hurdle, the favorite odds on won it a year later, however it was Beech Road at 50/1 causing the upset that day.
I have to admit Kauto looks a good favorite for Gold Cup, but he did fall on his first visit to the festival when trying the Champion chase.
My view is even if the favorites win, and the will be a few shocks there, you’ve nothing to lose by going against a few.
Comment by admin on March 19, 2010 at 6:55 am
Two wins for the hot pots and two losses – so anyone backing or laying them all will be closely watching Kauto Star tomorrow.
I was very wrong about Quevega – perhaps the injury wasn’t as bad as they had thought?
Comment by Marc Owen Banks on November 11, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Hello chaps, when do we start discussing once again. 2011 is only just round the corner?
Comment by Marc Owen Banks on February 4, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Same question again guys?