Cheltenham Festival tips to beat the bookies: Finding value in the handicaps

Denise Foster will saddle her first runner in a Festival handicap in the Ultima tomorrow. Picture: Healy Racing

It’s time for thoughts to turn to the handicaps. It’s a mindboggling task even to decide which of the haystacks to tackle — much less find the pins.

Due to prevailing circumstances the entry list is down about 20% in total (Irish entries down a third). If home-schooling is burning all your time, then here’s a shortcut. An EW Yankee recommendation on four handicaps.