Cheltenham Festival 2020 - Tipping Comp

It's that time of year again! The Cheltenham Festival, so might as well do a Tipping Comp for the day!

10 points for a Winner
5 points for a Second
2.5 points for a 3rd or 4th

Here's today's card: -

1.30 Ballymore Hurdle Placed efforts on Tuesday by Abacadabras and Darver Star served to advertise the form of Envoi Allen, who beat them in the Royal Bond in December. The Bumper winner on this day last year, he can complete a double that has not been achieved since Monsignor.

2.10 RSA Chase Champ’s jumping must be a concern after what he did here on New Year’s Day, while Allaho could do too much in front on this testing surface. Minella Indo has an obvious chance of scoring here for the second year in a row but the value could be Easy Game, who does seem in need of this step up to three miles. He stayed on well to beat Allaho at Christmas but is twice the price.


2.50 Coral Cup A race full of plots, as it should be. Dame De Compagnie, Franco De Port and Black Tears are all easy to like but Top Moon is one that could be overpriced, although the 33-1 was wiped off the boards during Tuesday afternoon. Joseph O’Brien’s charge had been strong at the finish in his races until last time, when racing prominently over two miles did not suit.

4.10 Cross-Country Chase If he runs to the same level as last year, Tiger Roll will win easily but he is 10 and might still need this run on his way to the National. Easysland is a formidable opponent whose best days may yet be to come and he appeals at 3-1 in a race that lacks depth.

4.50 Fred Winter Hurdle Few of these four-year-olds are going to thrive on this ground but Palladium should have no trouble on that score, having sluiced through Sandown’s mud twice already this year. The chestnut beat older rivals last time and still looks fairly weighted.

5.30 NH Bumper The way Appreciate It hacked up over what had seemed a strong field at Leopardstown last month was eye‑opening. He seems likely to give Willie Mullins a 10th victory in this race.

13:30 - Asterion Folonge
14:10 - Notebook
14:50 - Vinndication
15:30 - Cilaos Emery
16:10 - Benie Des Deux
16:30 - Trainwreck
17:10 - Newtide

1.30 Asterion Folonge
2.10 Notebook
2.50 Kildisart
3.30 Epatante
4.10 Benie Des Deux
4.50 Imperial Aura
5.30 Lord Du Mesnil

Thanks Beer

13:30 - Captain Guiness
14:10 - Rouge Vif
14:50 - Cepage
15:30 - Darver Star
16:10 - Benie Des Deux
16:30 - Imperial Aura
17:10 - Lord du Mesnil

14:50 - Mister Malarky
15:30 - Cilaos Emery
16:10 - Benie Des Dieux
16:50 - Whatmore
17:30 - Springfield Fox

Seeing as nobody won on the first two races its no biggie me missing them altogether

Feels like a favourites day today

1.30 Envoi Allen
2.10 Minella Indo
2.50 Alfa Mix
3.30 Chacun Pour Soi
4.10 Tiger Roll
4.50 Palladium
5.30 The Glancing Queen

1:30 The Big Getaway
2:10 Copperhead
2:50 Champagne Well
3:30 Dynamite Dollars
4:10 Tiger Roll
4:50 Langer Dan
5:30 Panic Attack

Morning...

Great day for Eyetoldyouso!

Eyetoldyouso - 37.5pts
Afro - 25pts
Beer - 12.5pts
Marky - 10pts

1.30 - Envoi Allen
2.10 - Champ
2.50 - Top Moon
3.30 - Chacun Pour Soi
4.10 - Easysland
4.50 - Blacko
5.30 - Appreciate It

As Chacun Pour Soi is now a non-runner at 3.30, can I change it to Defi du Seuil

1.30 Envoi Allen
2.10 Minella Indo
2.50 Dame De Compagnie
3.30 Defi De Seuil
4.10 Easysland
4.50 Thyme White
5.30 Queens Brook

Afro wrote:As Chacun Pour Soi is now a non-runner at 3.30, can I change it to Defi du Seuil

Yep. I'll do the same.

1:30 Itchy Feet
2:10 Relegate
2:50 A Plus Tard
3:30 Paisley Park
4:10 Simply The Betts
4:50 Concertista
5:30 Fitzhenry

1.30 Itchy Feet
2.10 Welsh Saint
2.50 Frodon
3.30 Paisley Park
4.10 Blazer
4.50 Concertista
5.30 Militarian

1.30 Faugheen
2.10 The Storyteller
2.50 A Plus Tard
3.30 Paisley Park
4.10 Deyrann de Carjac
4.50 Minella Melody
5.30 Le Breuil

Eyetoldyouso - 77.5pts
Afro - 52.5pts
Beer - 45pts
Marky - 22.5pts

I might be last technically, but it's also 22.5 points more than I thought I'd get

1.30 - Itchy Feet
2.10 - Welsh Saint
2.40 - Frodon
3.30 - Paisley Park
4.10 - Simply the Betts
4.50 - Minella Melody
5.30 - Bob Mahler

Itchy Feet is a pr*ck.

I think I haven't even got a place so far today!!!

1.30 Solo
2.10 You raised me up
2.50 Thyme Hill
3.30 Al Boum Photo
4.10 Staker Wallace
4.50 Lisp
5.30 Flash the Steel

1.30 Goshen
2.10 Ciel De Niege
2.50 Thyme Hill
3.30 Kemboy
4.10 Billaway
4.50 Greeneteen
5.30 Front View

Thanks Beer for running this.

1:30 Goshen
2:10 Saint Roi
2:50 Thyme Hill
3:30 Delta Work
4:10 Billaway
4:50 Lisp
5:30 Ilikedwayurthinkin

1.30 - Solo
2.10 - You Raised Me Up
2.50 - Thyme Hill
3.30 - Kemboy
4.10 - Shantou Flyer
4.50 - Lisp
5.30 - Front View

Eyetoldyouso - 87.5
Afro - 65
Beer - 60
Marky - 50

You Raised Me Up is a non-runner.

I'll take Aramon.

I'll have Saint Roi....

Seeing as I placed, I will give everyone 5 points.

Everyone who had it, rather.

Beer wrote:Everyone who had it, rather.

Which is me.

Don't worry about adding the 5 points for me, that wouldn't be fair.