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Cheltenham Gold Cup 2011 Tips Make Imperial Commander A Good Bet To Retain His Crown
Wednesday 16 March 2011 at 10:10
 The Cheltenham Gold Cup will take centre stage at the Cheltenham Festival 2011 on Friday and the best of the Cheltenham Gold Cup 2011 Tips should be last year's winner Imperial Commander.
Imperial Commander Looks The Most Solid Contender
Imperial Commander won the Cheltenham Gold Cup last year in impressive fashion from Denman, who has won the race before and also finished twice so it was certainly solid form. That was Imperial Commander's fifth win at Cheltenham from six attempts over fences and the only potential negative on the horse who is around 10/3 in the Cheltenham Gold Cup Odds is his age. Ten year olds often find it difficult to win the Gold Cup but a ten year old finished second last year and Imperial Commander is much more lightly raced than most ten year olds who compete in the race so that stat could be slightly deceiving.
Long Run May Struggle At Cheltenham Once Again
Even older than Imperial Commander are Denman and Kauto Star. Both are 11 now and between them they have won three Gold Cups, with no 11 year old winner since the sixties they might struggle to get their heads in front but both could easily still run into the places. The young pretender is Long Run and he is well fancied, out of the rest of the field he looks the only horse with the ability to win a Gold Cup but there are question marks over his ability to run well at the track. He has failed to win in two attempts at Cheltenham and that doesn't read well for his chances here, making Imperial Commander the best of the Cheltenham Gold Cup Tips. To place your Gold Cup Bets click on the odds below.
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