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when do the weights come out for the cheltenham handicap race's???
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Lots of the weights are out today.
WEIGHTS UNVEILED FOR HANDICAPS
Betting interest in the Cheltenham Festival's ultra-competitive handicaps looks set to step up a gear following the publication of the weights for the 10 contests at a special event at Cheltenham Racecourse.
The David Pipe-trained An Accordion, ante-post favourite for the William Hill Trophy Handicap Chase, has been allotted 10-8 while the 2007 winner Joes Edge has 10-2, 4lb less than he carried to victory last year.
The Enda Bolger-trained Heads Onthe Ground has been given 11-12 in the BGC Handicap Chase over Cheltenham's cross-country course, having carried just 10-2 to victory last year.
There are 56 in the handicap for what promises to be a hotly-contested renewal of the Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle.
Psycho, prominent in the ante-post markets for the Coral Cup, currently sits 5lb out of the weights in the two-mile-five-furlong handicap.
Tony Martin's charge caught the eye when falling at the last with a race at his mercy earlier in the month and has been allotted 9-9.
The high-class Lough Derg from the Pipe yard has 11-12 in the event, 9lb clear of the field while his stablemate Comply Or Die will carry a bumper 12-8 if he lines up in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Handicap Chase.
The Paul Nicholls-trained Ornais has 11-10 in the Jewson Novices' Handicap Chase, 9lb more than any of his rivals while his stablemate Sporazene and the 2007 Jewson Novices' Handicap Chase winner L'Antartique share top billing in the Racing Post Plate on 11-12.
That is the same weight French raider Millenium Royal would shoulder if lining up in the Pertemps Final.
Ante-post favourite Kranji has 10-6 in the Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase while the final race of the 2008 Festival, the Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle, could see Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle possible Catch Me carry a top-weight of 11-12.
WEIGHTS UNVEILED FOR HANDICAPS
Betting interest in the Cheltenham Festival's ultra-competitive handicaps looks set to step up a gear following the publication of the weights for the 10 contests at a special event at Cheltenham Racecourse.
The David Pipe-trained An Accordion, ante-post favourite for the William Hill Trophy Handicap Chase, has been allotted 10-8 while the 2007 winner Joes Edge has 10-2, 4lb less than he carried to victory last year.
The Enda Bolger-trained Heads Onthe Ground has been given 11-12 in the BGC Handicap Chase over Cheltenham's cross-country course, having carried just 10-2 to victory last year.
There are 56 in the handicap for what promises to be a hotly-contested renewal of the Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle.
Psycho, prominent in the ante-post markets for the Coral Cup, currently sits 5lb out of the weights in the two-mile-five-furlong handicap.
Tony Martin's charge caught the eye when falling at the last with a race at his mercy earlier in the month and has been allotted 9-9.
The high-class Lough Derg from the Pipe yard has 11-12 in the event, 9lb clear of the field while his stablemate Comply Or Die will carry a bumper 12-8 if he lines up in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Handicap Chase.
The Paul Nicholls-trained Ornais has 11-10 in the Jewson Novices' Handicap Chase, 9lb more than any of his rivals while his stablemate Sporazene and the 2007 Jewson Novices' Handicap Chase winner L'Antartique share top billing in the Racing Post Plate on 11-12.
That is the same weight French raider Millenium Royal would shoulder if lining up in the Pertemps Final.
Ante-post favourite Kranji has 10-6 in the Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase while the final race of the 2008 Festival, the Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle, could see Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle possible Catch Me carry a top-weight of 11-12.