The Novice Tipster

  1st L'homme Presse 4/1 - 75 2nd Gowel Road 11/1 - 45   3 drew on 40 - Henrys Friend, The Doyen Chief and King Turgeon. L'homme Presse just stood out here, however he is giving a minimum of 16lb to his nearest rival, and he is back from 300 days off the track. Thats a massive concern. Ground is perfect, and distance should suit, his stats at Cheltenham are 1, 1, 4, 1. The 4th was in the Gold Cup, so you can see why he is the one to beat.  Gowel Road has placed at Cheltenham 7 times and one of those was a win, in 12 attempts, he will enjoy the going, distance should be fine. However, he has only run over fences twice, and not at Cheltenham, im not sure why, they probably see him as a better hurdler, he is 4, 1. over fences. So possibly has the potential to go well. My Selection: L'homme Presse 4/1    

  Cheltenham (s)   12:05 Ratings : Lisbane Park Going : Sherminator/Our Boy Stan Speed :Lisbane Park  Selection :Lisbane Park 11/2   12:40 Ratings : Sixmilebridge Going : Sixmilebridge Speed :Califet En Vol  Selection :Sixmilebridge 15/8   1:15 Ratings : Kel Du Large Going : Brentford Hope Speed :Fortune De Mar  Selection :Fortune De Mar 7/2   1:50 Ratings : King Turgeon Going : L’homme Presse Speed :L'homme Presse Selection :L'homme Presse 4/1   2:25 Ratings : Seddon Going : Seddon Speed :Torn And Frayed  Selection :Seddon 14/1   3:00 Ratings : Latenightpass Going : Latenightpass Speed :Amirite  Selection :Latenightpass 13/2   3:35 Ratings : Long Draw Going : Titan Discovery Speed :Everyones Game  Selection :Long Draw 9/2

  Mine Today 3.00 Huntingdon Djelo 1/1   Close Qualifiers  1.15 Huntingdon Haas Boy 6/1     1.40 Cork Kargese 8/11  2.15 Cork  Kalypsochance 5/4       Test  3.22 Cork Midweek Voices  

  I have done 2 systems but i dont have time to write big detailed write ups so i will just give you the result of them   2:00 Kelso  De Legislator 10/3 - 55 2nd Cadell 8/1 - 45 3 horses on 30   3:00 Huntingdon  Djelo 4/5 - 85 Hitman 7/1 - 55      

  Mine Today  12.10 Sandown Sober Glory 4/6 1.50 Sandown  Lulamba 4/6  3.00 Sandown Jonbon 4/1   Close Qualifiers 1.04 Chepstow Queens Venture 9/2     1.10 Navan Kovanis 7/2 2.05 Aintree Treasure Planet 6/4   Test   6.30 Wolverhampton Tribal Wisdom 11/2 1.10 Navan Doctor Steinberg 3/1 12.03 Navan Lazare De Star 5/2 2.46 Chepstow Crystello 16/1    

  1st Gaboriot 11/2 - 55 2nd Mr Vango 4/1 - 40 3rd Monbeg Genius 12/1 - 35 3rd Roi Mage 28/1 - 35   As you can see, Gaboriot comes top by a little bit here. I have based this on soft ground because the rain is due and it's already g-s now. Gaboriot gets in at the bottom of the weights. He has been over this course 3 times now with a UR, 3, 2. That was the Foxhunters and the last 2 were the Grand Sefton, and that includes his last run. So he shows a liking for this course. All those were over 2m 5f though, i have been in this position before with a Colin Tizzard horse Ultragold, who won twice here over 2m 5f but they stepped him up to this race and he didn't stay, whereas this horse has been proven to stay further. So the fact he has won here over 2m 5f and is a winner over 4m, this 3m 2f should suit a lot better. Especially with the rain coming. His highest rating is 128 and runs off 124. He does have a bit to find with some of these, but this distance with such a low weight d...