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After proving to be an unhappy hunting ground for our experts at the Festival five weeks ago, Cheltenham threw up just a trio of winners across seven races in yesterday’s Tipster Challenge.
In the penultimate week of the 2016/17 challenge, sponsored by Betting Gods, Ball Street Partnerships Director Ged Colleypriest failed to find a winner, while bettingexpert’s Stephen Harris returned an untimely low score of 1.63 points to harm his chances of finishing in the top five.
Timeform did at least record a pair of victories, including a 3/1 win for Doing Fine, for a week-high total of 3.53 points. They will be looking to overtake the likes of Betfred and Pinnacle in next week’s finale.
Race Winners at Cheltenham:
- William Henry – 8/15
- Henryville – 7/1
- Political Quiz – 9/1
- Doing Fine – 3/1
- Iora Glas – 8/1
- Mick Thonic – 13/8
- Silverhow – 7/2
Tipster Challenge 2016/17 Leaderboard
| Rank | Tipster | Race Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Shannon - AppBet | 3 | 13.69 |
| 2 | Alan Alger - Betway | 3 | 11.41 |
| 3 | Jacob Johns - Easyodds | 3 | 7.72 |
| 4 | Phillip Anderson - Before The Off | 3 | 6.17 |
| 5 | Ciaran O'Brien - William Hill | 3 | 5.29 |
| 6 | bettingexpert | 1.62 | 4.53 |
| 7 | Ben Cleminson - Square in the Air | 1 | 4.50 |
| 8 | John Hill - Coral | 2 | 4.25 |
| 9 | Alex Donohue - Ladbrokes | 2 | 4.11 |
| 10 | Michael Shinners - Sky Bet | 2 | 4.00 |
| 11 | Stuart Tilly - Argyll Entertainment | 1 | 4.00 |
| 12 | Darren Moore - Betting Gods | 2 | 3.66 |
| 13 | Conor White - BetBright | 3 | 3.62 |
| 14 | Trevor Keane - Sportego | 2 | 3.50 |
| 15 | Harry Lang - Pinnacle | 1 | 3.50 |
| 16 | Matthew Hulmes - Betfred | 2 | 3.25 |
| 17 | Timeform | 1.85 | 3.20 |
| 18 | Paddy Power | 1 | 3.00 |
| 19 | Russell Yershon | 1 | 1.88 |
| 20 | Edward Rycroft - LeoVegas | 2 | 1.82 |
| 21 | Charlie McCann - BetVictor | 1 | 1.75 |
| 22 | Stephen Power - @racingblogger | 2 | 1.69 |
| 23 | John Cruces - Dafabet | 1 | 1.25 |
| 24 | Michael Whittle - Team FA | 1 | 0.91 |
| 25 | Ed Nicholson - Unibet | 1 | 0.73 |
| 26 | Gerry Murray - 32Red | 1 | 0.44 |
| 27 | Bradley Gibbs - Bookmaker Ratings | 1 | 0.20 |
| 28 | Ged Colleypriest - Ball Street | 0 | 0.00 |
- bettingexpert, Timeform and a rotation of guests will be providing expert tips for a specific Wednesday race meet.
- We will keep record of points won each week and the number of race wins for each.
- The guests will compete individually, with their points going up against the average totals for bettingexpert and Timeform.
- The new tips will be published on Wednesday ahead of the race meet, and the results will be available on Thursday.
- For the competition, we will assume that all selections are backed with 1 point.
- Lost tips will count as 0 and won bets will be added to the leaderboard at SP value.
- For example, if bettingexpert backs a winning horse at 8/1, they will get 8 points.
