CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL 2026

Hollywood Racing in Partnership with Barnane Stud send out Roc Dino 🏇🏻 to race his first Cheltenham Festival race in the UK 🇬🇧. The 5-year-old Willie Mullin trained gelding comes off 2 second places 🥈 in Ireland 🇮🇪 and will be racing on Gold Cup Day, Friday 13th March 2026 at 19:20 SA time in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle a Class 2 race. Good luck! 🍀

Great final day's card to watch.
Horrible card with 5 races out of 7 having 20 or more runners to try and find winners.
Never the less I hope R 5 GAELIC WARRIOR lives up to his name.

Best of luck to all

PS Surprised there is Racing at Meydan.

From my notebook

The Jukebox Man

FAS was also surprised to see Meydan 👀 😳 

Plus check some of the runners

Amer Burn
Tailgunner Joe 
War Hawk
No Escape 
Desert Shadow 
Gun Carriage 

Scary 😨 

I decided to ignore personnel for today and focus on class and prize money. This is the race by race 'top rated' by me .....
Highland Crystal , Sinnattra, Dini Blue (best bet), Doctor Steinberg, Haute Couleirs, It's On the Line, Open Secret,

On another way of looking at things I asked Chatgtp to give me the best touted value bet per race ....

 If you wanted a “pro-style value Lucky 7” today:

Selma De Vary

Karbau

July Flower

Hipop De Loire

Envoi Allen

Panda Boy

Kel Histoire

Play well .... I spent about R75 playing around with these in place multiples and a 2% P/A

Kazansky has plenty of stamina and the extra 2 furlongs will help Gave the fav Dr Steinberg a test last time out 20/1 today 

Nurse Susan to win the lucky last of the meeting 

Dave Scott wrote:

FAS was also surprised to see Meydan 👀 😳 

Plus check some of the runners

Amer Burn
Tailgunner Joe 
War Hawk
No Escape 
Desert Shadow 
Gun Carriage 

Scary 😨 

Meydan practically empty ,reminded me of watching Happy Valley and Sha Tin during Covid!!
 

#6 Karl Des Tourelles

In the last race. 

Well done to Willie Mullins and Paul Townend 👏 

What a combination for Gaelic Warriors stunning  Cup win 🏆 👏