Willie Mullins has the evens favourite with Gerri Colombe 13/2 and Fastorslow 15/2 the three market leaders but you can’t rule out the others.
It will be testing ground and interesting to see the pace and how racing tactics by trainers and jockeys will impact the race. Come around 4.00 pm we will know the result.
Enjoy the racing it doesn’t get much better as a sporting festival and today is the finale of 2024 at Cheltenham.
Betfair ambassador Rachael Blackmore has has a successful Cheltenham and brings her Festival to a close with three rides on Gold Cup day
Blackmore rides Jungle Boogie in the big race of the week – the Cheltenham Gold Cup – on Friday
Rachael Blackmore Serial Winners Fund hit the £205,000 mark with Captain Guinness landing the Champion Chase on Wednesday.
Rachael Blackmore previews her day four rides at the Cheltenham Festival with three more chances across the card on the card.
From a racing perspective the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup is the blue riband event on the final day of the festival.
The going will be soft and the the testing 3 mile and two furlong will put the test to the best steeplechasers around with six crossing the Irish sea
to take on the five Uk based connections.
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1.30 – Highwind
I’m delighted to have picked up the ride on Highwind for Willie Mullins in the Triumph Hurdle.
I rode him in the Spring Juvenile Hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival, and he has plenty of ground to make up on some of his rivals here from that, but he travelled well until the run to the second last flight, where he made a mistake.
A winner on the flat in France, he won well at Punchestown on his first run in Ireland, he did well to keep on again after he made a mistake at the final flight, and I hope that he can go well here.
2.50 – Chigorin
I’m looking forward to riding Chigorin too in the Albert Bartlett Hurdle.
He shaped well on his first run for Henry in a maiden hurdle at Naas behind Mahon’s Way, and he improved on that last time when he stepped up to two miles and seven furlongs and won his maiden at Fairyhouse.
He’s in great order at home, he is progressive and he stays well, so the slight step up again in trip should suit him well.
3.30 – Jungle Boogie
It looks like a really good Gold Cup, but Jungle Boogie deserves to take his chance in it.
He ran well for a long way in the Hilly Way Chase at Cork in December on his first run for Henry. That two-mile trip was shorter than ideal for him, but he stuck to his task well to finish fourth behind El Fabiolo.
He showed a great attitude last time at Tramore on New Year’s Day in the Savills Chase over two miles and seven furlongs, he rallied well after he was headed by Classic Getaway to get back up and win by a length.
He is 10-years-old now, but he is very lightly raced, he has raced just five times under all codes. He has been in good form at home, the soft ground will suit him and I hope that he can run a big race.
Above pic; Will Gordon Elliott’s Gerri Colombe find the improvement needed today in the Gold Cup later today
