Cheltenham

Festival

2009

****

The Cheltenham Festival is over for yet another year. Four days of fabulous racing watched by around 230,000 spectators. You have to go to Cheltenham to understand the depth of the atmosphere that surrounds this wonderful festival of racing, the Olympic Games of the racing world. The final day saw Kauto Star prove himself to be a true champion of champions, winning his third Gold Cup to add to his three King George wins, a feat never before achieved by any other racehorse. Yesterday he was supreme and our 'best bet' selection Denman, a stable companion of Kauto Star, could only chase him up the Cheltenham hill in second place. It was a great run by Denman, who was coming back in his first race since being treated for a heart disorder. We have to deduct another point off the profit/loss account, but at least we were beaten by a great champion. As for our 'other bets' selections, we had a winner Zaynar (Won 11/2), whilst Pride Of Dulcote (2nd 3/1) was beaten just 1/2 length at the end of the 3m. Novice Hurdle. Hopefully, with the ground now drying out, we should be able to find some nice winners during the coming weeks and get ourselves out of the red and into the black.

Profit/Loss -4.75