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Will Dunguib Be Odds On? You Bet!

Racing Diary — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:41:12 +0000

Stan James have a market on what price Irish banker Dunguib will be returned in the Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and make odds on a shade of odds on at 10/11.

Dunguib The Business!

Head of PR Charlie McCann:”After Dunguib’s brilliant win at Leopardstown last time you couldn’t imagine that the pride of Ireland could possibly be anything other than long odds on for the Supreme Novices‘, but doubts are emerging about his relatively inexperienced pilot, his ability to jump at speed on the forecast good ground and the possibility that he might have to weave his way through a maximum field if he is dropped out. It is 7/1 that he is returned evens and 11/10 that he is returned odds against.”

What SP will Dunguib be returned?
Odds on 10/11
Evens 7/1
Odds against 11/10

Champion Hurdle 2010 ~ Outright Prices-Nr No Bet, (place terms: 1/4 the first 3)

3 Go Native
5 Solwhit
7 Punjabi
7 Binocular
7 Khyber Kim
7 Medermit
9 Zaynar
10 Celestial Halo
12 Starluck
50 Won In The Dark
80 Jumbo Rio
200 Raise Your Heart

Dunguib Winning Distance Special
2 Over 4 Lengths
11-4 Under 4 Lengths
12 Exactly 4 Lengths

Big 4 Special – Which Horse Will Start At Shortest Price? ~
4-6 Big Buck’s
3 Kauto Star
5 Master Minded
6 Dunguib

Big 4 Special – Which Horse Will Win By Furthest? ~
11-8 Kauto Star
9-4 Master Minded
7-2 Big Buck’s
5 Dunguib
14 No Winners

Big 4 Special – What Will Happen First? ~ Big 4 Special – What Will Happen First?

8-11 Dunguib Wins Supreme Novices
11-4 Master Minded Wins Queen Mother
6 Big Bucks Wins World Hurdle
14 No Winners
20 Kauto Star Wins Gold Cup

Big 4 Special – How Many Of Big 4 Will Win? ~ Big 4 Special – How Many Of Big 4 Will Win?

6-4 2 Winners
5-2 3 Winners
11-4 1 Winner
13-2 4 Winners
14 No Winners

Tuesday 1.30 Supreme Novice Hurdle Preview

Racing Diary — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:14:17 +0000

1:30 Cheltenham, The Supreme Novice’s Hurdle

The Irish have been backing super horse Dunguib here since he won the Champion bumper at the Cheltenham Festival last year. He didn’t just win last year he destroyed them and has remained unbeaten ever since. His last run at Leopardstown hardly troubled Dunguib but there have been questions asked about his jumping. Below is Dunguib’s last run;

Dunguib is clearly a high class horse and is certainly the Irish Banker of the meeting but at odds on he represents little in the way of value, now. Indeed if he gets beaten then many Irish punters will be in trouble. So can Dunguib be beaten?

Firstly let me take you back to 2008 when Binocular appeared here at a similar price to Dunguib, having been unbeaten for Nicky Henderson. It was Captain Cee Bee who beat him that day as he didn’t get up the Cheltenham hill. We know that Dunguib does get up the Cheltenham Hill. Watch again his Champion Bumper win last year, below;

So we need to look at the opposition. In my view there is only one horse to possibly trouble Dunguib at that is Get Me Out Of Here. Regular readers of Racing Diary will now that we absolutely love Get Me Out Of Here. We have had it right off with him on his last three runnings and last time got a handsome 10/1 as Get Me Out Of Here won at Newbury. At the prices Get Me Out Of Here is a very solid each-way bet and certainly I will be on here. We simply don’t know how good Get Me Out of Here is, similarly the same could be said of Dunguib who might, just might be the real deal!

Supreme Novices Hurdle Betting Advice;

Dunguib to Win
Get Me Out Of Here- Each Way.

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Dunguib wins Champion Bumper 2009

Dunguib Heads Supreme Novice Field

Racing Diary — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:33:14 +0000

Dunguib heads 34 horses left in at the confirmation stage for the Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham on Tuesday.

Dunguib wins Champion Bumper 2009

Last season’s Weatherbys Bumper winner, trained by Philip Fenton, is seen by many as a banker and is odds-on in the ante-post betting to get the Irish off to a flier in the opening race of the four-day feast. Fenton said:

“Dunguib is grand and all has gone very smoothly, no problems thankfully. He’ll possibly jump a few flights on Thursday morning, before he heads off. We’ve taken him out of the Champion Hurdle and he goes for the Supreme. I’ve been very happy with him since Leopardstown, he’s jumped several hurdles since and he’s jumped them well.”

Paddy Power will donate £1000 to Spinal Research for every length Dunguib wins by, and Fenton added:

“If he wins half a length that will do for us, but hopefully he can do better than that for Spinal Research.”

Home contenders Get Me Out Of Here and Menorah are on target to clash with Dunguib next Tuesday. Main market rival to the Irish hotpot is totesport Trophy hero Get Me Out Of Here, owned by J P McManus and trained at Jackdaws Castle by Jonjo O’Neill.

“He came out of his last race well. His cut has healed up and he’s in good form,” said McManus’ racing manager Frank Berry of Tony McCoy’s mount. He got a bit of a gash at Newbury but he’s fine again now and Jonjo is very pleased with him. He goes there in good shape.”

Another leading fancy is Menorah, despite suffering a shock defeat at Ascot on his latest start.

“It wasn’t ideal and obviously we were thinking that he should go and win,” trainer Philip Hobbs told At The Races. But it was a little bit like when he was beaten at Doncaster in that it was a very muddling race. We were left in front and then got taken on so it was just a mess really. The horse is in good form so we’ll press on.”

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Martin Pipe Says Dunguib, Kauto Star and Master Minded are Festival Bankers

Racing Diary — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:06:59 +0000

Training legend Martin Pipe believes the Dunguib camp have done the right thing in sticking to the novice route at Cheltenham next week. Connections of last year’s brilliant Bumper winner have resisted calls to tackle the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle rather than the Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.

Kauto Star Gold Cup Favourite

The now-retired Pipe, twice a winner of the Champion, is in agreement with that line of thinking – and rates the seven-year-old Dunguib as the ‘banker’ of the showcase meeting. He told the Daily Mail:

“I would have done the same thing. The Irish think Dunguib is the banker and if I had to take five horses there he’d be my first choice. A fast-run race will be ideal for him.”

Pipe is also in the corner of Kauto Star landing a third totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup. He added:

“The ground looks to be favouring him more than Denman and he’s simply the best. Master Minded won well last time after the injury and should win another Champion Chase.”

Pipe also gave a good word to two contenders trained by his son, David. He said:

“Notus De La Tour is near top weight in the Fred Winter and he’s only had one run for the stable. But he’s a nice young horse who will want good ground. Ashkazar has been a little disappointing but the conditions (in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle) should suit him and I’m expecting him to go a lot better.”

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Martin Pipe in days gone by winning at Cheltenham;

Dunguib No Certainty Says Charlie Brooks

Racing Diary — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:19:10 +0000

In the Daily Telegraph Charlie Brooks says Dunguib is no certainly in the Supreme Novice Hurdle;

Dunguib wins Champion Bumper 2009

The most fascinating conundrum of this year’s Cheltenham Festival is going to be answered very quickly next week. After the first race we will know whether Dunguib has lifted Ireland’s spirits and can still lay claim to being the next Istabraq.

The passionate Irish punters will have smashed into any even money the English bookmakers will have offered on the Spinal Research Supreme Novices Hurdle favourite, so someone will be licking very deep wounds.

If the evidence of the formbook is anything to go by, you would say it is the bookmakers who will take the first kicking of the meeting. The bare facts suggest that Dunguib is a bigger certainty than Gordon Brown on a bender at Bank of England’s printing press. But the formbook is wrong, as far as the outcome of this race is concerned, and this is how you figure out why.

Get your partner to stand, sideways on, in a pair of Christian Louboutin high-heeled shoes. [Please note no bigoted politically incorrect reference to wife or girlfriend here.] Then note where the balls of their toes are in relation to their ankles. Directly above them, you will find. Just as Dunguib’s ankles are vertically above his hooves.

To discover why this physical conformation is not conducive to being a top hurdler [the angle between the two should be 45 degrees], I now want you to loose school your partner around your sitting room.

Appropriate home-made obstacles for this purpose can be made using your best champagne glasses. If you do not have sufficient numbers of them to avoid a run out, intersperse them with sherry glasses. For other hurdles you could use any Ming china that you can lay your hands on, or small children. The elongated scenes of Venice, which Canaletto painted, are also ideal.

Once your ‘hurdles’ are ready, line your partner up facing in the right direction, and give them a fairly forceful whack on the bottom.

What happens next will very accurately resemble, for those of you who kept your eyes open, Dunguib trying to jump eight flights of hurdles with 19 other horses getting in his way. The financial consequences, for both you and the Irish punters, will be dire.

Dunguib is such a short price for this race because he would win it without breaking into a sweat if it was a Flat race. And although he has won the hurdle races which he has contested in Ireland this season, they have been a different proposition to the one he now faces.

At Leopardstown, last time out, he was able to scramble over the hurdles in his shambolic way, and then have time to regain his composure because it was a small field and they went a sensible pace. He will get no such breathing space at Prestbury Park. The pace of the race will be fast and furious.

Another issue for Dunguib is that he’s ridden from the back of the field. Which does not present too many problems when there are only 10 other runners in the race, but can turn into a nightmare at the back of a big field. Especially if you are not jumping fluently.

This is mission impossible for Dunguib. If you don’t believe me, ask 19 neighbours to come around after closing time, dust your partner down and set the hurdles up again.

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Cheltenham Preview Night Fun….

Racing Diary — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:51:41 +0000

Cheltenham Preview; John Francome and Ted Walsh have a disagreement over Dunguib

This is the run of Dunguib they are discussing;

Hi previous run to that;

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Get On 6/1 Cheltenham Festival Banker Bet

Racing Diary — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:44:10 +0000

Over four days, four horses, one every day will be the banker for many people at the 2010 Cheltenham Festival. But if you have them in a four timer, you could walk away with a 6/1 return, assuming they all win of course.

Kauto Star Gold Cup Favourite

So what are the four Cheltenham Festival bankers?

Tuesday- Supreme Novice Hurdle- DUNGUIB

Unbeaten to date, last year’s Champion Bumper winner has looked superb over hurdles. He has been backed in to 4/6 and is the Irish banker of the meeting, in the first race. he should win if everything we have seen and heard is to be believed.

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Wednesday, Champion Chase- MASTER MINDED

Its over to Paul Nicholls for the next three days. Master Minded is going for a historic third successive Champion Chase. he had a cracked rib but came right back to form last time out and if on form should win again with Ruby Walsh aboard.

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Thursday, World Hurdle- BIG BUCKS’

Big Bucks’ is many peoples idea of the best bet of the week. He has look unbeatable and should win this cosily if all goes to plan. This is the one to be most confident about.

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Friday, Gold Cup- KAUTO STAR

Kauto Star is looking for a third Gold Cup. Last time out in the King George he put up a performance, the likes of which I have never seen. On the forecast ground he is a good thing, providing Denman doesnot spoil the party. He will need to run better than last time out at Newbury.

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Dunguib Confirmed As Supreme Novice Hurdle Contender, Not Champion Hurdle

Racing Diary — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:22:31 +0000

Philip Fenton has again confirmed that the Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle is Dunguib’s target at Cheltenham. His unbeaten star also holds an engagement in the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle but the trainer insists he will not be tempted to take on the established stars.

Dunguib The Business!

“If he jumped a little bit slicker at Leopardstown we might have considered the Champion Hurdle after that but on his performance that day, and his jumping part of it, we decided to stick to the novice route,” he told At The Races. I wouldn’t by any means call it an ordinary Champion Hurdle, there are lots of good horses there, and that’s why we’re sticking to the original plan. The Supreme Novices’ Hurdle is where we’re going and we have tunnel vision about it now. That’s his race.”

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Money Back If Dunguib Wins

Racing Diary — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:13:49 +0000

Money Back on all losers if Dunguib wins

PADDY POWER, Ireland’s biggest and most generous bookie, is world-renowned for his money back specials. But this time Paddy is going where no layer has gone before by giving punters their money back on all losing bets* in the Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle if odds-on favourite Dunguib wins the opening race at next month’s Cheltenham Festival.

Dunguib The Business!

Paddy Power was recently described as a member of the ‘famous five’ bookmakers in Ireland and the UK, but there is absolutely no fiction about this amazing offer, which does exactly what it says on the tin. If a punter has a bet on any other horse in the Supreme and that animal is beaten, but the race is won by Dunguib, the backer will receive their hard-earned back from the cheeky bookie.

Dunguib, who is proven up the demanding Cheltenham hill having landed last season’s Weatherbys Champion Bumper for trainer Philip Fenton by 10 lengths, is currently a 4-6 favourite for the Supreme with Paddy. He is unbeaten over hurdles, including two top-class events at Fairyhouse and Leopardstown, and is many peoples’ idea of a banker at this year’s Festival.

The superiority of Dunguib on all known form is so great that Paddy has even created a special Cheltenham Hot Pots winning distance market which allows punters to bet on how much Dunguib will win by. The Presenting gelding is 9-4 with the bookie to win by up to and including five lengths, while it is only 2-1 that he wins by six lengths or more.

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Paddy Power himself said: “I didn’t sleep a wink last night, I still can’t quite believe that we are doing this money back special. Anyone having a bet in the Supreme Novice Hurdle with any other bookmaker should consult their psychiatrist immediately!

“If, or when, Dunguib wins, it’s hard to say just how much the result will cost us by both paying out on him and returning losing stakes, but it’ll be at least a million quid and possibly even double that – punters will rightly go wild for this special.”

Last year Paddy offered a similar money back special on Cousin Vinny in the same race. He managed to get away with it on that occasion and breathed a huge sigh of relief when ‘Vinny’ could only muster a fifth.

But as generous as that offer was, there were some crucial differences with this season’s initiative, which takes Paddy’s money back special to a different level. Vinny was sent off a 9-4 shot, while this year Dunguib is odds-on and also Vinny had serious questions to answer having unseated his rider in the Deloitte on his previous start, while Dunguib goes into the Supreme unbeaten over timber and chasing a five-timer in this sphere.

Let the fun begin!

Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
Paddy Power bets: 4-6 Dunguib, 10 Get Me Out Of Here, Rite Of Passage, 12 Menorah, Oscar Whiskey, 14 Blackstairmountain, 20 Bellvano, Peddlers Cross, 25 Loosen My Load, Morning Supreme, 33 Dan Breen, Flat Out, General Miller, Ghizao, Pepe Simo, Salden Licht, 40 bar
Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle
Paddy Power bets: 3 Dunguib (with a run), 4 Solwhit, Go Native, 8 Punjabi, Zaynar, 9 Medermit, 10 Khyber Kim, 16 Celestial Halo, Starluck, 20 Sublimity, 33 bar
Dunguib’s Winning Distance
Paddy Power bets: 9-4 up to and including five lengths

2 six lengths or more

*this extraordinary offer applies only to win singles & the win part of each way singles placed on or after Monday, March 1, and Dunguib must run in the Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.

Dunguib Will Run In Supreme

Racing Diary — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:40:13 +0000

The latest acceptors for the Grade 1 novice events and the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival have been unveiled. The tapes go up with the Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and a total of 66 horses remain engaged in the £100,000 contest, headed by Dunguib.

Very Impressive Dunguib

Last year’s Weatherbys Champion Bumper hero has been perfect over hurdles so far in his career and looks sure to start one of the hottest favourites at the Festival. Rite Of Passage, trained by Dermot Weld and third to Dunguib at the Cheltenham Festival last year, has the £100,000 Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle over two miles and five furlongs as his principal target.

The six-year-old is one of 69 acceptors for that event with Get Me Out Of Here another leading player, following his convincing defeat of seasoned handicappers in the totesport Trophy at Newbury. The championship contest for four-year-old hurdlers is the £100,000 JCB Triumph Hurdle on Friday March 19 for which 51 contenders go forward.

Among the market leaders are Edward O’Grady’s recent impressive Grade Two scorer Alaivan and Carlito Brigante, trained by Gordon Elliott.Also taking place on Friday, March 19 is the three-mile £100,000 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle. Among the 61 acceptors for this event are Najaf and Tell Massini, a winner twice at Cheltenham already this season.

In the chase division, there are 36 entries remaining in the £150,000 Irish Independent Arkle Trophy over two miles on Tuesday, March 16. They include Feltham Novices’ Chase victor Long Run and leading Irish duo Captain Cee Bee, who won the 2008 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and Sizing Europe. Long Run’s trainer, Nicky Henderson, has made no secret that the five-year-old’s much more likely target is the £150,000 RSA Chase on Wednesday March 17.

A total of 34 horses remain engaged in this event with Henderson also responsible for Burton Port and Punchestowns. Also taking place on Wednesday, March 17 is the £75,000 National Hunt Chase, for which there are 52 horses going forward.

Supreme Prices: 4-6 Dunguib, 8 Get Me Out Of Here, 10 Rite Of Passage, 12 Menorah, Oscar Whiskey, 14 Blackstairmountain, 20 Bellvano, Peddlers Cross, 25 General Miller, Loosen My Load, 33 Dan Breen, Flat Out, Ghizao, Morning Supreme, Pepe Simo, Salden Licht, 40 bar

Triumph Hurdle: 5 Alaivan, Mille Chief, 7 Carlito Brigante, 8 Secant Star, 14 Pittoni, 16 Advisor, Notus De La Tour, Super Kenny, Westlin Winds, 20 Me Voici, 25 Olofi, Orzare, Pistolet Noir, 33 Barizan, Cross Appeal, Gilded Age, According, Bothy, 40 bar