Stats for picking a winner at the Cheltenham Festival

Your betting guide to CHELTENHAM The 2012 Cheltenham Festival will be taking place from March 13 to 16 at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, 13 Gloucestershire. 235,000 race goers expected to attend 200,000 pints of Guiness consumed £600,000,000 staked during the festival Leading Jockeys Leading Trainers The top current jockeys and trainers at the Cheltenham Festival. Ruby Walsh Tony McCoy Barry Geraghty Richard Johnson Robert Thornton Paul Carberry Davy Russell Timmy Murphy Paddy Brennan Graham Lee Miss Nina Carberry Andrew Thornton Mr JT McNamara 32 25 20 17 16 11 Nicky Henderson Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins (IRE) Edward O'Grady (IRE) Jonjo O'Neill Philip Hobbs Nigel Twiston-Davies Alan King David Elsworth 39 30 21 18 18 15 13 12 6. 8. Ferdy Murphy Arthur Moore (IRE) David Pipe Howard Johnson 8. Jessica Harrington (IRE) Henrietta Knight Mouse Morris (IRE) Francois Doumen (FR) Oliver Sherwood Dessie Hughes (IRE) Venetia Williams Enda Bolger (IRE) Betfred The Gold Cup will run on the new Cheltenham race track, Cheltenham a left handed race course that is approximately 3 miles and 2.5 furlongs with 22 fences Gold Cup 5500,000 2012 The race prize money for the Cheltenham Gold Cup has steadily increased year by year. This year the prize money is 5500,000 half a million pounds 2011 5475,000 $475,000 $450,000 425,000 2006 5400,000 2005 350,000 2004 350,000 2010 Out of the last 14 Gold Cup 2009 12 winners of these 2008 horses have placed at the festival in previous runs 2007 Past 11 winners of the race have all previously won a Grade 1 race before winning the Gold Cup 11 out of the last 12 winners of the Gold Cup won a race during the current season 23 18 16 Since the start of the Gold Cup on average 7-9 year old horses fare better. Over the last 10 years 6 favourites have won the Gold Cup: 2011 Long run 2009 Kauto Star 2007 Kauto Star 2005 Kicking King 2004 Best Mate 2003 Best Mate Age 5 8 9 10 11 12 Last 10 winners of the Gold Cup and time it took to complete the race Best Mate 6m 50.10s Kauto Star 6m 44.95s Kicking King 6m 42.90s Best Mate 6m 39.00s War of Attrition 6m 31.70s 2011 2010 2009 2007 2005 2004 2003 2008 2006 Gold Cup World Hurdle QM Chase Champion Hurdle 2011 Long Run 7/2 2010 Big Buck's 10/11 Big Buck's 5/6 Big Buck's 6/1 Inglis Drever 11/8 Inglis Drever 5/1 My Way De Solzen 8/1 Sizing Europe 10/1. Big Zeb 10/1 Master Minded 4/11 Master Minded 3/1 Voy Por Ustedes 5/1 Newmill 16/1 Hurricane Fly 11/4 Binocular 9/1 Imperial Commander 7/1 2009 Kauto Star 7/4 2008 Denman 9/4 2007 Kauto Star 5/4 2006 War of Attrition 15/2 Punjabi 22/1 Katchit 10/1 Sublimity 16/1 Brave Inca 7/4 Brought to you by: BACK13 sportsbookguardian.com SP:2.6 SPORTSBOOK GamblingGuardian GUA RDIA N G5433 DO77 7766O555 Imperial Commander 6m 43.90s Denman 6m 47.84s Long Run 6m 29.60s Kauto Star 6m 40.46s Best Mate 6m 42.60s