2013 Cheltenham Festival Each-Way Betting Tips and Selections Part 2
- By A.J. Ryder on March 6, 2013 19:01 GMT
Both of those contenders are entered in the JCB Triumph Hurdle and it appears as though that Leopardstown contest could emerge as a key race at Cheltenham this year. Our Conor is a slim 4/1 to take the Triumph Hurdle while Diakali is priced at 16/1 and looks likely to drop, having already conquered a tough Grade 3 race.
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Ruacana has shown the ability to stay on under pressure and should boast enough pace leftover from his flat career to make a real impression on the run-in when it all counts. Ruacana is a sharp 14/1 selection.
In the Albert Bartlett’s, we’ve got our eye on lightly-raced six-year-old Road To Riches who comes out of Noel Meade’s yard. With only a single blemish in his five race career - a falling effort in his debut point-to-point at Tattersall’s Farm - he has strung together a solid series of efforts culminating in a Grade 3 victory at Cork back in December. He delivered at a slim 2/5 price against a field of seven which shows you just how much talent he really has and how much room there is to move forward.
One of the best things about that last effort was that he blundered badly towards the finish but recovered to win by nearly three lengths. He has all kinds of talent and should be able to flash it against a group with no genuine standouts in it. He has been steadily dropping from 25/1 and now looks solid at 14/1.
The three top selections in the Albert Bartlett’s this year are all hovering around 5/1 and look distinctly beatable.
Two Rockers is our last stand-out each-way selection and he’s set to run in the Neptune Novices Hurdle. Lightly-raced with only four efforts under his belt (all winning ones) the six-year-old Alan King charge could be just the ticket in one of the trickiest races to handicap during the entire festival. He recently captured a Grade 2 contest at Haydock and he stands strong at a 20/1 price tag for this race - the only Cheltenham entry that he boasts. He looks to be hitting form at just the right time and he delivered in a race that wasn’t exactly a walk-over for him as he only emerged a tepid 15/8 favourite against a field of five.
He is able to run well with minimal spacing between races, having conquered a pair of novice hurdles at Towcester back in December with just 19 days spacing between them. There is a slim chance he could get ignored on the day, but many of the leading fancies for this race are actually pointed towards other better contests. He could wind up seeing a number of favourable withdrawals and actually coming out at 8/1 once the race actually goes off.
William Hill offers a four-fold on these selections at 53,549/1