Owen Glendower favourite for the Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Novices’ Chase
Only five runners will line up for the Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Novices’ Chase at Huntingdon in England on Thursday, February 23, 2012. The winner of the class-3 event will earn a cash prize of £5,653.
Nicky Henderson’s trained gelding, Owen Glendower, is expected to dominate proceedings, as the bookmakers have given him the best odds for today. He has entered a couple of chase events until now, winning one of them.
The seven-year-old gelding has a very good chance of winning today and the punters will be looking forward to win some easy money, by investing on him.
Owen Glendower will be partnered by Barry Geraghty at Huntingdon. The seasoned jockey has got a pretty decent winning percentage in chase races and will be looking forward to bring up another victory today.
The second favourite to win at Huntingdon will be Philip Hobbs’ trained, Qaspal. Although he has not taken part in a single chase event until now, he has been awarded with a starting price of 6 to 4.
The reason for Qaspal’s decent starting price is his jockey, Richard Johnson, who has won 246 chase races. The veteran has partnered different horses at all sorts of tracks and has the experience to make a solid impression anywhere.
Megastar, trained by Gary Moore, will enter the race with a starting price of 4 to 1. He has never won a chase event in his career, but has recorded some decent performances, finishing third on a couple of occasions. The seven-year-old gelding will be partnered
by Jamie Moore for today’s race.
Tom Symonds will also be hoping that his gelding, Prince Buster, makes an impression in today’s chase. He has got a starting price of 10 to 1 and will be ridden by A. P. Cawley.
There are very little chances of Prince Buster causing an upset today, as he has not been able to make a significant impact in a couple of chase races he has raced in.
The least favourite to make an impression is, Rockandahardplace, as the nine-year-old gelding has been given a starting price of 100 to 1.
It appears that Henderson’s gelding, Owen Glendower, will easily win the race today. However, there might be a surprise from Qaspal, who is fully capable of winning races.
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