Cheltenham Festival live: results, winners and updates

16:10 – Glenfarclas Chase (Cross Country Chase): Delta Work (Oli Bell & Ruby Walsh, 5/4), Galvin (Ed Chamberlin, 9/4)

Oliver Bell: “[On DeltaWork] Last year’s winner ran well in a handicap and lost a lot of weight.”

Ed Chamberlin: “[On Galvin] A class horse, can hit delta work!”

Walsh supports delta work also, but also tips Franco dePort any way.

Ruby Walsh: “[Keith Donoghue booked on Delta Work] If you think about it – it’s not such a big shock.

“The success he’s had tiger roll [previously] and I think delta work is the one, especially with the rain that has fallen. Last year that really strengthened him [Delta Work’s] Coincidence was really soft ground.

“He [Delta Work] won for the first time last year but he has to be a better horse and with those runs under his belt I think he will be hard to beat again.

“Franco dePort is at a big price and will continue at 8/1, he’s a single price anyway but delta work will win.”

15:30 – Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase: Edwardstone (Oli Bell, 3/2), Edwardstone (Ed Chamberlin, 3/2)

Oli Bell supports Edwardstoneand said that “last year’s Arkle winner was supposed to reverse the form with Editor Du Gite and I didn’t love it energuma last time.”

Ed Chamberlin: “[Edwardstone] is driven differently than Clarence House and looks rock solid.”

Walsh went too Edwardstone.

“It’s not for me to compete against a Willie Mullins horse, but I do it and I compete against it energuma and the more rain falls, the greater his chance [Edwardstone] has.

“Edwardstone looks like he’s capable of handling soft ground. Of the two since that time 12 months ago, Edwardstone seems to be the one who improved or maybe he just kept his form and energuma went back.”

2:50pm – Coral Cup Hurdle: Captain Conby (Ruby Walsh, round trip)

Walsh tipped captain Conby any way. “I thought I pulled one out of the fire going through these this morning and I was in Captain Conby as well as.

“I went through and Captain Conby in the last run behind SanSalvador. Icare Allen ran me in Newbury and too bad Scaramanga want fast ground. Tax For Max is hard to imagine.”

14:10 – Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (Broadway Novices’ Chase): The Real Whacker (Alex Hammond, 11/2)

heaven Alex Hammond supports The real wacker for the second race of the day.

Hammond: “[He] Won the dipper on New Year’s Day, depicting a wharf flying along. Also at the Gold Cup!”

For paddy power, Ruby Walsh is “with Gerry Colombe.

“The race is set up for him – The real wacker will go on like I said, that’s how it will go Galia Des Liteauxbut he is Gerry Colombe solid sweater.

“He looks like a horse screaming three miles and I think he’s the real favorite.”

With the favorites for each race almost complete, some will no doubt want the inside scoop when betting today.

Tipping is part of a horse racing day and can mean the difference between a good day and a great day.

Below is the first pick for today’s races as Ladies Day starts at 1.30pm.

13:30 – Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle (registered as The Baring Bingham): Hermes Allen (Oli Bell, 10/3), Impaire Et Passe (Ed Chamberlin, 13/8), Good Land (Alex Hammond, 6/1)

Oliver Bell: “[On Hermes Allen] I’m really impressed with the Challow and it takes a really good Irish horse to beat him.”

Ed Chamberlin: “[Impaire Et Passe] People say on the street that this horse is very good.”

Alexander Hammond: “[On Good Land] Won at a high level at the Dublin Racing Festival and has hardly made a mistake to date. There’s more to come.”

For PaddyPerformanceRuby Walsh is “with Impairment Et Passe – he was very good at the first hurdle at Naas before Christmas, he was good at the Moscow Flyer where he fell two miles behind.”

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