Cheltenham Festival Trendwatch – the Tuesday undercard

Away from the championship races there are a whole host of other contests with winners to be had. Here we take a look at some key trends that should help you narrow down the search:

2:40 – JLT Speciality Handicap Chase

With seven of the last 10 winners carrying between 10st5lbs and 10st13lbs it pays to concentrate on the bottom half of the handicap.

Lightly-raced types tend to do well too, with nine of the last 10 victors having had seven chase runs or less in GB or Ireland.

Six of the last 10 to score in this contest were doing so off the back of a win in their final pre Festival race.

Jonjo O’Neill has trained the winner in two of the last four runnings.

The Trendy Types – Nuts and Bolts, Monkerty Tunkerty

NB – Jonjo O’Neill’s Merry King (second last time out)

4:00 – Glenfarclas Handicap Chase (A Cross Country Chase)

Irish-trained horses have dominated this race in its eight runnings to date winning no fewer than seven of them.

Six of the eight past renewals have been won by runners carrying 10st8lbs or more.

Five of the eight winners had previously won or placed over course and distance.

Five of the previous eight winners had the benefit of a hurdles run that season

The Trendy Types – Bostons Angel, Sizing Australia

4:40 – David Nicholson Mares Hurdle

Quevega, winner of 10 of her 14 hurdles races to date, is unbeaten in four races in mares-only company – the last four runnings of this contest.