Ben Linfoot is behind before Cheltenham action begins

It’s here! And I’m losing already.

Ben Linfoot is behind before Cheltenham action begins
Tue, 10 Mar, 2015 - 00:00
Ben Linfoot

Doesn’t run, wrong race, died. Doesn’t run, wrong race, survived. The fate of my ante-post bets for this year’s Cheltenham Festival have fared only marginally better than Henry VIII’s wives, meaning the quest-for-riches barometer is in the red before the tapes are up for the Supreme.

The good news is we have 27 races to put that right; every horse is off for its life and the bookies are falling over themselves with fancy offers in a bid to lure us in.

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