Katie Walsh’s greatest bets for Cheltenham – together with horse ‘in a special league’
Former Irish Grand National winner Katie Walsh has given her ideas on every day on the Cheltenham Festival.
Walsh comes from horse racing royalty because the sister of the third most profitable National Hunt jockey in British and Irish historical past, Ruby Walsh. Her father, Ted Walsh, can be a former Cheltenham winner as a jockey, to not point out a profitable coach.
Ted has skilled two Festival winners, together with Any Second Now, who completed runner-up within the 2022 Grand National. But Kate has made her personal means within the sport and is a three-time Cheltenham Festival winner as a jockey, whereas additionally having received the Irish Grand National aboard Thunder And Roses in 2015.
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Now, in her capability as an envoy for Betway, she has given horse racing followers her prime suggestions for the week forward at Cheltenham. Starting with the Supreme on Tuesday, she mentioned: “Mystical Power is the one for me in the Supreme (13:30), now that Ballyburn is going to the Gallagher on Wednesday.
“It wasn’t the deepest race that Mystical Power received final time, however they’ll go gallop right here as they’ll all be mad excited, and that can swimsuit him. There’s extra to return and he’s enhancing which is why he’s troublesome to oppose.”
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Moving on to the Champion Hurdle, she added: “The Champion Hurdle (15:30) is for State Man to lose. It should be straightforward for Paul: buck out and go from the front as you’re on the best horse and you shouldn’t get caught.
“He’s not a chancy jumper in any respect, he’s simply not probably the most lightening fast, however that’s OK. He’s a stone higher than these horses and he ought to be successful this as he likes.”
Walsh is also predicting a tough day for the bookmakers on Wednesday. She continued: “This may very well be a extremely robust day for the bookmakers with a number of horses who ought to win as they like: Ballyburn within the Gallagher (13:30), Fact To File within the Brown Advisory (14:10) and El Fabiolo within the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase (15:30).
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“Ballyburn is simply the best novice we’ve seen this year. Fact To File is in a different league in that division and El Fabiolo is the best two-mile chaser whose jumping will get better the faster they go. They’ll be hoping that Edwardstone goes forward and makes it a real test.”
The massive race on the Thursday of the Festival if the Stayers’ Hurdle. There’s an enormous Irish contingent on the entrance of the market, and Walsh believes there’s two punters ought to hold a really shut eye on.
“Teahupoo was a tad unlucky in last year’s Stayers’ but has been campaigned differently this year,” Walsh started. “He’s had just the one run, beating Impaire Et Passe, and he’ll be primed to run the race of his life. Some of the old guard won’t be improving, this fella will be, and I’d love to be on his back.”
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As for the Gold Cup itself on the Friday, defending champion Galopin Des Champs is the overwhelming favorite to retain his crown. Walsh cannot see previous him.
“You just can’t look past Galopin Des Champs in the Gold Cup,” she gushed. “He’s looked as good as ever this year and, if he’s on song, he should be capping off another good week for Willie and Paul.
“Gentlemansgame may need an enormous run in him, however he lacks the expertise on the prime stage.”
