Cheltenham Festival

[brockguy]

What I learned from Chelenham 2009:

Kauto Star is a brilliant horse, the best around at the moment and certainly the best chaser I've seen in my lifetime.

Master Minded is a quality horse but he doesn't deserve to be rated higher than Kauto.

Denman could return as the monster he was last year!

Don't spend all your winnings on the RSA chase betting on the Coral Cup ( I think I backed 6 horses, and all I was doing at the end was trying to cheer Kawagino into 4th as I backed him at 25-1 to be placed!)

Worst champion hurdle winner in years (I backed punjabi to be placed, and did a punjabi/binocular/sublimity exacta box, so frustrating!)

Im never doing exactas ever again at Cheltenham

I latched onto the idea that you should back certain trainers at the festival- pity I thought henry daly and andrew turnell were trainers to follow this year!

Tony McCoys ride on Wichita lineman was one of the best rides ive ever seen. It was also one of the most heartbreaking losses at Cheltenham as maljimar was my biggest bet that day!!!

There were some incredibly well bred women in the members stand

Harry saved my week by giving me andytown-

some of my bets were just ridiculous- why oh why did I think fundamentalist had a shot at winning the William hill chase?

Cheltenham week is simply the best week of the year, so much craic, so much fun! Any racing fan has to witness it at least once in their lives!r