Cheltenham Festival - Day 3

The third day of the Festival was again frustrating, as I missed another good lay bet by failing to see a low-enough price materialize, and none of my five Cheltenham value bets provided any return. I can at least be thankful that Bollin Ruth won at Hexham to reduce my loss to a single point.

My lay bet saw me wanting to oppose King Revo in the Jewson Novices Handicap Chase. He had yet to race at anywhere near this level over the larger obstacles, and although he is rated higher over hurdles and only one horse would carry less weight than him today, I felt this would be a baptism of fire. I was looking for 4/1 and to lay him for 5 points, but his price never sank below 9/2 and he went down as a 'no bet'. He was pulled up 3 out.