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Gold Cup Betting

 Every sport enthusiast should be glued to their television at 15:20 for what has all the makings of one of the greatest races of all time. Kauto Star and Denman meet in the Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup and with the standings currently at one apiece this deciding contest is going to be a joy to watch.

Kauto Star (4/5 Sporting Bet) emphatically trounced a decent field in the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day by a distance and put in arguably his best performance on a race track. The 2007 and 2009 winner will be looking to make it a hat-trick for jockey Ruby Walsh and cement his place as one of the greatest chasers of all time.

It will not be a cakewalk for the reigning champion who has his stablemate Denman (7/2 various firms) to beat who defeated him in 2008. However, the preparation has been far from impressive for the other Paul Nicholls runner who came unstuck in the Aon Chase at Newbury.

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Under new pilot AP McCoy, Denman went off a very short favourite but four fences from home made an uncharacteristic mistake and then three out sent McCoy out the side door when struggling behind Niche Market.

This surely has to put doubters in the mind for punters who want to back ‘The Tank’ and it could be one to avoid. Others who could make the minor honours are Cooldine (14/1 Totesport), Hennessy runner-up What A Friend (33/1 Bet365) and Denman’s conqueror Tricky Trickster (40/1 William Hill).

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The meeting starts off with a wide open JCB Triumph Hurdle with the youngsters looking to stamp their mark on the national hunt game. Mille Chief (6/1 Sporting Bet) heads the field for Alan King and the four-year-old has improved race by race after being brought down on his very first run. His short-priced success at Huntingdon in January was a stroll and there is surely more to come from this gelding.

Carlito Brigante (7/1 various firms) has contracted in price dramatically following a 20/1 success on Boxing Day at Leopardstown and following a comfortable win in the Scottish Triumph Hurdle must surely be thereabouts on the day. Advisor (16/1 William Hill) hasn't put a foot wrong this season for Paul Nicholls and could mark a bit of each way value in what is a very hot race.

The Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle at 14:20 is an intriguing race which sees up-and-coming hurdlers go to post.  Tell Massini (11/2 Totesport) has excelled at Cheltenham this year with two wins out of two and is currently unbeaten over timber and could quite possibly make it a hat-trick of successes at Prestbury Park.

His main contenders are Restless Harry (7/1 Boylseports) who won easily at Cheltenham in January and will definitely come on for the run and Quel Esprit (7/1 William Hill) who has been plying his trade in Ireland.  Willie Mullins' charge had a shock defeat at short odds last time out at Leopardstown, so he will want to make amends for that loss.

Other races on the day include the County Hurdle which will see a huge field go to post and the Foxhunters Steeple Chase which is the equivalent of the Gold Cup for the amateur riders.

The curtain is then drawn on proceedings with the Conditional Jockeys Hurdle and the Grand Annual Chase but all eyes will surely be on the Paul Nicholls' pair of Kauto Star and Denman when they meet for the third time in the Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

 

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