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Cheltenham Festival 2011
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Cheltenham Gold Cup, one of the few major races to elude the hugely popular Seven Barrows handler.
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Long Run’s stunning success last month in the rescheduled RSA Chase), he had noticed that the Robert Waley-Cohen-owned six-year-old had looked dull in his coat a week prior to the race, a tell-tale sign that he was past his peak for the season. So far this term there have been no such indications, and his trained is convinced that if he arrives at Cheltenham in tip-top shape Long Run will give a very good of himself and has already attracted plenty of in the Cheltenham 2011 betting predictions.
Defending champion Imperial Commander remains the ante-post 7/2 favourite to retain his title, with Long Run second best at odds of between 5/1 and 13/2. The 2008 winner Denman can still be backed at 7/1, whilst Kauto Star is on offer at 8/1.
