Cheltenham 2021 – Day One Diary

Day one of this year’s Cheltenham festival is over and here is an update on how I got on during the opening day.  

Just to recap that my strategy this year is the same as the last few years and is twofold:

1. Take advantage of all the bookies’ offers and bonuses this week.

There are some fantastic offers this week with extra places, money back and free bets being thrown around by the bookies like confetti. I am using Profit Maximiser to see each day’s offers and make sure I use them to extract the most profit possible.

2. Use some top tipsters.

I am using two of my favourite tipsters – Quentin Franks Racing and the Bet Alchemist – to find the best bets for Cheltenham. Both have excellent records at the festival so I am following their tips for the week.

By combining the above two together, this should give me a great chance of beating the bookies at Cheltenham.

So how did this strategy get on today? Let’s have a look below.

 

Day One Results

So here are the results from Tuesday at Cheltenham. My stakes were £20 per point.

It was actually a fairly quiet day on the official bets from Quentin and the Bet Alchemist, although I had a cracking day on my own (unofficial) bets so was mightily pleased with how things went.

It was quite limited in terms of free bets for me because the best offers didn’t tend to coincide with the races I was betting on. Plus it doesn’t feel like the offers are quite as good this year – nothing from Bet365 for example apart from their usual fare, which might be down to the lack of crowds but who knows.

Anyway, the highlight of the day in racing terms had to be the win of Rachael Blackmore aboard Honeysuckle in the Champion Hurdle, becoming the first female jockey to win the race. 

It was a good day for punters too, with three of the hot favourites winning. 

Here are my results from day one of the festival:

 

1.20 Supreme Novices Hurdle

Quentin Franks got the day off to a tremendous start, with his ante-post pick Appreciate It absolutely decimating the field at 11/4. An easier win at Cheltenham you will rarely see and punters were cheering as it got backed into a very short 8/11 by the off. There were no bets in this race from the Bet Alchemist.

Profit/Loss from Race: +£110

 

2.30 Ultima Handicap Chase

With no bets from either tipster in the 1.55, there was just one bet in this race and that was Pym from the Bet Alchemist which went down to defeat unfortunately, finishing 11th.

However, my unofficial bet on Vintage Clouds came in at a BSP of 50, so I was dancing around the living room at that one, the biggest-priced winner I’ve ever had at Cheltenham. Happy days. 

Profit/Loss from Race: -£20

 

3.05 Champion Hurdle

Just the one bet in this race and it was on Abacadabras from Quentin Franks, which unfortunately was a faller so a loss in this one. 

However, I landed a successfully treble with Honeysuckle coming on the back of earlier wins by Appreciate It and Shiskin, so again was very happy with the result.

Profit/Loss from Race: -£20

 

4.15 Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle

Just the one bet in this race and that came from the Bet Alchemist, who picked Riviere D’etel, which sadly finished just outside the places in seventh. The race was won by an 80/1 shot so well done if you managed to pick that one. 

Profit/Loss from Race: -£20

 

 

There were no further official bets on the day so that was it for the opening day at Cheltenham in terms of official bets – although I did have an interest in Galvin in the last which was tipped by Racing Intelligence and landed a nice touch at 4/1.

 

TOTAL PROFIT/LOSS FROM THE DAY ON OFFICIAL BETS: +£50

So a good first day overall and well done to Quentin on a good winner in the first. I was delighted with the day personally with the win of Vintage Clouds at 50/1 and landing a nice treble to cap it off. 

That sets up the week nicely and let’s hope for a few more winners tomorrow.

 

 

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