The thrills and spills of the Festival continue with the arrival of St Patrick’s Thursday as Cheltenham celebrates all things green and gold, and you can follow it all live with ESPN.
Teahupoo is the narrow favourite for the first of the day’s two feature races – The Stayers’ Hurdle — while Fact To File is odds on for the Ryanair Chase that follows.
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With crowds up and the Guinness prices down (coincidence?) this year’s Cheltenham Festival has delighted hundreds of thousands of punters.
Other than some forecast wet weather, Thursday should be no different as British- and Irish-trained horses continue to battle for supremacy at the Festival in what has been a narrow Prestbury Cup contest so far.
Thursday brings the delights of both the leading long-distance race on the National Hunt calendar, The Stayers’ Hurdle as well as the 2-mile 4½ -furlong Ryanair Chase for which Fact To File is the odds-on favourite.
Elsewhere on the card, races such as the Pertemps Final and the Paddy Power Plate offer huge fields and competitive betting markets.
After the winnings have been collected on Thursday, it’ll be time to look forward to the Festival’s highlight, Gold Cup Day as the racing world finds out who is the next winner of the world’s most prestigious steeplechase.
