Leading online bookmaker BetVictor have shared their five worst results as it stands right now for the four biggest days in racing at the Cheltenham Festival in March. Sam Boswell from the firm shares his insight on which horses could prove the costliest to the bookmakers.
“As we creep towards the Cheltenham Festival, with a cold snap which has seen limited racing, it seems a good time to assess our ante post markets, easily the most significant loser in our book is Constitution Hill. We laid Nicky Henderson’s stable star at a price as big as 9/2 back in November. Now odds on at 4/6 having returned to his best at Kempton on Boxing Day. We’ll be hopeful that Brighterdaysahead at 4/1, who was so impressive over Christmas, also opts for the Champion Hurdle and can beat him come March.
It’s another Nicky Henderson horse that has us running for cover in the Arkle. We saw plenty of conflicting ideas about where Sir Gino would end up but those who backed him for the two-mile novice chase at as big as 8/1 are very much on the right side of a good ante post bet. He’s now 8/11 having blown away a disappointing Ballyburn at Kempton and in the process produced one of the most impressive chase debuts in recent times. It feels like his backers are likely to collect come the Tuesday of the festival.
It’s another familiar trainer whose horses are giving our traders sleepless nights, we are currently offering four places each-way on the Supreme, Turners and Albert Bartlett, and as a result we have seen plenty of each-way plays. One that heads that list is the Willie Mullins trained Kaid d’Authie. A faller on his debut for Mullins, he improved when going up in trip at Leopardstown over Christmas and impressed many. Now 8/1 from 33/1 it is anticipated he will potentially return to 2 miles to enhance his Supreme claims. Another Mullins horse that won at Leoparstown and that we are keen to keep onside moving forward is Kopek Des Bordes, who is 12/1 from 25/1 for the Turners. Whilst we didn’t see much of his win in the fog what the punters did manage to see caught the eye.
The final horse of a Mullins trio that could prove costly for us is Wily De Houlle in the Triumph market. This horse was the talk of the town long before his debut in December for the top trainer in Ireland, but he’s yet to live up to the hype and seems poised to be one that us bookmakers have ended up the right side of for once!
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