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Friday 17th March 14:30

The Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle is the race which precedes the Cheltenham Gold Cup on the final day at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. Below you'll find our free betting tips for the Albert Bartlett Novices' Chase from out expert horse racing analysts Will Smith & Steve Mullington.

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Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle
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Friday 17/03/202314:502m 7fHurdle

The Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle takes place on day 4 of the Cheltenham Festival and precedes the prestigious Gold Cup. It is a Grade 1 race that is open to novice hurdlers aged four years or older and is run over a distance of 3 miles.

Run on the New Course, the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle features 12 hurdles to be jumped and is one of the most prestigious long-distance hurdle races in the National Hunt calendar.

Past winners of the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle include the likes of At Fishers Cross, Unowhatimeanharry and Monkfish.

Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle Odds

Selection Odds
Three Card Brag 10/3
Corbetts Cross 9/2
Embassy Gardens 7/1
Hiddenvalley Lake 9/1
Monty's Star 11/1
Sandor Clegane 12/1
Favori De Champdou 12/1
Letsbeclearaboutit 14/1
Shanbally Kid 16/1
Cool Survivor 16/1
Rock My Way 16/1
Dawn Rising 20/1
Seabank Bistro 25/1
Weveallbeencaught 25/1
Stay Away Fay 25/1
Search For Glory 25/1
Thomas Mor 33/1
Chianti Classico 33/1
Firm Footings 40/1
Saint Palais 50/1
Collectors Item 50/1
Affordale Fury 50/1
Grove Road 50/1
Imagine 50/1
Idalko Bihoue 80/1
Phantom Getaway 80/1
Scarface 80/1
Thecompanysergeant 80/1
Storminhome 100/1
Well Dick 100/1
Inis Oirr 125/1

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2022 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Tips [expired]



Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Ante-Post Tips - 2022 Cheltenham Festival - Andrew Blair White

Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Ante-Post Tips – 2022 Cheltenham Festival – Andrew Blair White


At times, it is often discussed that the Cheltenham Festival dictates the Jump Season too much, and I would have to agree to an extent. There are some brilliant races that we will be tucking into throughout the year, starting off this weekend with great racing from both Cheltenham and Aintree. However, the Cheltenham Festival does bring a great dimension for Ante-Post betting, and for the first time this year on the WhichBookie site – I will be dipping my toes into the markets and trying to find a few horses that may well be overpriced in their respective races.

The Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle over 3 miles is often known as one of the trickiest races to decipher throughout the entire week. So, therefore, it almost had to be my first port of call for my first selection for the upcoming Festival. Due to the fact that he may well run around the course this weekend, Bardenstown Lad is the horse in question, who looks completely overpriced currently at 50/1 with both William Hill and Bet365.

The Albert Bartlett market is a hard one to figure out, as there are a lot of potential non-runners littering the top of the market and giving it an uneven shape as a result. Kilcruit and Sir Gerhard will certainly not end up here unless something goes wrong with either of them, while the likes of Jonbon and Dark Raven are also unlikely to feature. You have to start scrolling down the market before getting anywhere close to those that may actually be there come the end of the race.

Bardenstown Lad ticks a lot of those boxes as he is a proven stayer and represents the connections of Streets of Doyen, who finished third in this race last year having won the exact same contest in October. This horse strikes me as one with a little bit more class than that rival and he may well be ideally suited by the stiff 3m that Cheltenham possesses. One would think if he was to run quite well this weekend, that his odds for this race may contract to a certain degree, and therefore a stance should be taken to back this horse at 50s.

Having won his bumper over 2m3f, Bardenstown Lad is two from three over hurdles, with facile victories at Wexford and Cartmel. He won over 2m6f at Cartmel in a nothing contest, he went for the exact same trip at Navan last time out in a winners contest. He looked short of speed that day, and was beaten into third behind Tullybeg and Edinson Kent. That form looks robust at this stage, with Tullybeg franking for the form at Gowran Park last time around when beating Hewick.

I am taking a punt on this horse that this might be the plan and he may well be heading back in March if all was to go to plan smoothly this weekend. At a price of 50/1, one can take speculative chances on the form being decent and his ability to stay the trip all but assured. Whether he is up to the required class is another question, but he could well fit a lot of trends that are important for a race of this nature. I think he is overpriced and should be backed at 50/1 with William Hill, each way.

2021 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Tips [expired]

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Will Smith Betting Tips - CHELTENHAM 2021 - Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle

Will Smith Betting Tips – CHELTENHAM 2021 – Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle


The Dublin Racing Festival was sensational from start to finish, with Willie Mullins cleaning up in a fashion that we are accustomed to seeing. His main rival within the Irish training ranks, Gordon Elliott, had a quiet meeting – but usual patterns dictate where Elliott wants to peak his horses. The Cheltenham Festival is his Mount Everest, and will be so again.

With that in mind, there was one horse of his that very much struck an impression with the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle in mind. Fakiera fits the generally accepted profile for this race, being an experienced battle-hardened campaigner, having already had seven hurdle starts. So, while that aspect is by no means a hindrance, it is more his recent starts that have suggested that he is an ideal type for the 3m Grade 1 novice hurdle on the Friday of the Cheltenham Festival.

Gordon Elliott has never won this event as a trainer, despite having two seconds and two thirds in the last few years, and his willingness to always rise to a challenge will see him desperately want to right that wrong.

Fakiera could be the one that ticks this Grade 1 off his list, and at 10/1 with Sky Bet, he rates a very nice each-way bet for the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle. Sky Bet are the latest firm to offer the ‘non-runner, no bet’ concession on all 28 Cheltenham Festival races. So, while they may not be top price on Fakiera, an honour that goes to Bet365 with 11/1, for the sake of one point less, it is advisable to take the safety net of NRNB.

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Fakiera does have a Ballymore entry, and given his hurdle mark of 141 in Ireland, he could squeeze in at the top of the weights for the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle should the UK handicapper re-assess him just shy of the ceiling rating of 145 for that race. That said, the Albert Bartlett over 3m on the stamina-sapping New Course that is used for the Friday of the meeting, will very much suit this strong stayer.

Before Saturday, Fakiera had yet to race beyond 2m4f, despite notching up a Grade 3 success and finishing runner-up in a Grade 2, both at Navan – an undulating course with a notably stiff finish. Also, he had yet to have a reasonable pace to aim at, as a feature of his runs to date have been a stop start tempo on very soft ground – factors that just wouldn’t suit him.

So, in taking in the 2m6f Grade 1 on the Saturday of the Dublin Racing Festival, the hope would have been that connections could finally judge their horse in a better race with a strong gallop to aim at. Not so… the race won by Gaillard Du Mesnil was the slowest of all the Grade 1 races at the weekend, in terms of tempo.

Yet, Fakiera, still had it within him to keep tabs on quicker horses as they accelerated, and then ran on past toiling rivals up the stiff finish of the Leopardstown home straight, to finish an ever closing fourth. Fakiera and the winner Gaillaird Du Mesnil were the only horses in the race that hit the line with any running left.

Quite simply, as long as the Albert Bartlett is run at anything equal to or above a reasonable tempo, and with the prospect of better ground perhaps even helping Fakiera travel through the race, and we are sure to see a season- (and career-) defining performance from him.

At 10/1 ‘non-runner, no bet’ each-way, Fakiera is a strong fancy with Sky Bet to provide Elliott with his first ever winner of the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle.

2020 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle Tips [expired]

Ante-post markets, by the very definition of them, can be huge victims of recency bias. This year’s Albert Bartlett market has the look of one that has been caught up in the merits of the recent trials for the race.

The likes of Latest Exhibition, Monkfish, Harry Senior and Ramses De Teillee have all been cut on account of their recent impressive winning performances. I get that, and fully agree that they are all worthy contenders. But I just have the feeling that the best horse in the race has been slightly forgotten about, as we haven’t seen Thyme Hill since winning the Challow Hurdle at Christmas time.

Yes, he is market leader (joint in places), but I have a strong feeling that he should be clear favourite and a touch shorter in the betting. So, I suggest getting stuck in at 5/1, or 9/2 with the NRNB concession. There is a chance he could re-route to the Ballymore if the ground was heavy and/or Envoi Allen and stablemate Sporting John were to themselves re-route to the Supreme. So, it could make sense to take the NRNB price.

Granted a clear passage and ground that isn’t bottomless, there isn’t a horse in the field that has the class, stamina and battling qualities that Thyme Hill possesses. A running-on third in last season’s Champion Bumper, when mixed in with a course win over hurdles and a ready Grade 1 win in the Challow, and you have a heady combination.

Having pinned my colours to the Challow Hurdle form-line, then I can’t believe that the horse that gave Thyme Hill a real race, The Cashel Man, can be backed at 50/1 with Bet365 NRNB for the same race.

A very high-quality staying horse on the flat, who handled undulating tracks like Goodwood, Lingfield and Newmarket on the level, he was also only beaten just under five lengths in a Cesarewitch. He made Thyme Hill work very hard on that occasion, and is completely unexposed over a proper staying test over hurdles.

The Cashel Man has only one entry at the Cheltenham Festival, is trained by a man tinged with genius when it comes to getting horses to peak for the meeting, and on the evidence of his handicap hurdle romp at Newbury at the start of the season, goes extremely well fresh. That we haven’t seen him since he chased home Thyme Hill is certainly no negative.

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