Cheltenham Festival Form Guide

The 2009 Cheltenham Festival form for each race will be available on this site as the season gets underway we will be putting up the best performances that will impact on the Cheltenham Festival races. So whether your looking for an insight into the Cheltenham Gold Cup of the Supreme Novices Hurdle we will have all the key information on who to consider for your festival bets.

On a more general note, Horse Racing Form is simply the information and facts about what a horse has done on the racecourse the last few times it ran. You can find a summary of form in the national newspapers, the racing post, online at most of the Online Bookmakers, or if you are at the races you can buy a race card which contains basic form. Sometimes it also contains useful information such as which trainers or jockeys have a good record at that particular course.

Some factors worth taking into consideration when looking at form is whether the horse has won previously over a certain distance or going. Also you might want to look at the weight it's carrying compared to previous races or whether it is going up or dropping down significantly in class. Once you have reviewed a horses form you can then set about establishing the horses odds and this comes in the form of the Cheltenham Festival Betting.

Focusing on the horses

Studying the Cheltenham Form can assist in picking winners but it's not the only component and it's definitely worth actually having a look at the horses before the race, either in the pre-parade ring or the Parade Ring itself, to see how they're looking.

The sort of signs you should be seeking in a potential winner are:

• A good muscle tone, often referred to as 'condition'
• Match this with a shiny coat, bright eyes, forward-pointing ears and an alert manner and you're in with a good chance
• Pay attention to how the horse moves. A relaxed forward stride is ideal but watch out for unnecessary agitation - the horse could well be wasting energy
• Profuse sweating can be an indication of nerves, but don't cut this out altogether as for some horses this is normal
• Equally, don't be put off by blinkers or visors, which are worn to help channel the horse's concentration during the race

Cheltenham Form Tuesday March 10th - Day One

Cheltenham Form Wednesday March 11th - Day Two

Cheltenham Form Thursday March 12th - Day Three

Cheltenham Form Friday March 13th - Day Four