2016 Arkle Challenge Trophy Betting Tips PT 1

The Arkle is one of the big races on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival and it’s usually a race that attracts one major stand-out contender and a large selection of cross-entered contenders who may or may not dip out at the last minute and opt for an easier time of things amongst much more even types of competition. 

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It’s always important to take a look at the other entries for the major rivals here in order to get your ante post wagers down in the right way. This is a tricky time of year for many ante post punters since the prices aren’t a huge amount shorter than what they will be once the festival actually kicks off and there is still plenty of things that could happen to a lot of the key contenders to make things pear-shaped late on. 

Douvan is obviously the big story coming into the race and this Irish contender is trading as low as a 2/5 margin with most major bookmakers.

He is undefeated save a loss in his first race over hurdles back in mid-2014. The winner of last year’s Supreme Novices Hurdle, he has been out three times this season and has absolutely thrashed the competition at short odds winning by a combined total of over 40 lengths across the three years. 

He is expected to deploy his typical frontrunning style under Ruby Walsh and you can bank on him being a key selection amongst a lot of the opening day accumulator tickets for the festival.

The first two races - in particular the Supreme Novices Hurdle are continually overbet so you can bank on our ability to kick on and potentially do something a bit different here.