Cheltenham November Meeting Horses To Follow: Four With Live Chances

The Cheltenham November Meeting is always eagerly anticipated, with three glorious days of racing taking place at Prestbury Park. It’s always an informative fixture with a view to the spring, so there will undoubtedly be plenty of Cheltenham Festival clues.

Here, I focus on several horses to follow across all three days. Some runners will be with a view to this weekend while others will be very much on the radar for the spring. With that in mind, let’s get stuck into the opening day and a couple of runners to get started. For the day-by-day selections across all three days, head to our Cheltenham tips for the November Meeting.

Friday, 1.10pm – HIGH FIBRE 

Reportedly the aim for this horse since he finished fourth in the Cesarewitch Handicap at Newmarket, High Fibre can go close as he returns over hurdles. Up 8lbs for his most recent hurdles success at Market Rasen in July, the step up in trip should suit and I’d be hopeful of a big run in Friday’s opening race.

Currently priced at 9/2, I’m expecting a big run and James Owen is in fine form – with the yard operating at a 29% strike rate across the board. Furthermore, conditional jockey Toby McCain-Mitchell has won on two of his last four rides and he’s already notched five successes this jumps season.

Friday, 3.30pm – DIVINE DIVA

I was a little surprised to see Harry Skelton choose Divine Diva over Hitintheheadlines but reports from Alcester have been glowing about the mare. She was arguably value for more than the winning margin over Princess Day at Chepstow in October and the form looks solid enough, with the third running well at Newbury earlier this month.

Ferocimo, the Nigel & Willy-Twiston Davies trained favourite, has a decent reputation but this is a big step up from a Fontwell maiden hurdle. With the Skelton yard looking ominously strong in the novice department, I’m happy to take the jolly on and the 3/1 looks like a fair price to my eye.

Saturday, 1.45pm – FOLIE GOLITH

I’m really excited to see how Folie Golith fares on Saturday, especially if both Kabral Du Mathan and Old Park Star stand their ground. She brings a wealth of experience to the race and the form of her Uttoxeter success was boosted by the Dan Skelton-trained Getawhisky in a Listed mares race at Bangor-on-Dee on Tuesday.

She gets 15lbs from her rivals and that could make a big difference, but I’m not actually too interested in betting her on Saturday. Instead, I’m very much looking at her for a big handicap in the spring – she has the rating to get into a Festival race and I’d be inclined to believe they may be giving her a run to see if she handles Cheltenham.

Saturday, 3.30pm – MONEYGARROW

Short enough in the betting here, I’ve been looking forward to seeing Moneygarrow for some time now and he could have a big race in him this year. With an official BHA mark of 133, he could easily be a 140+ horse and I’m expecting a positive run and hopefully he can blow the cobwebs away. I’m happy to let him go and win at 2/1.

This Shantou gelding would interest me massively for the Martin Pipe at Cheltenham in March if he ends up going down that route. He was travelling as well as any of his rivals approaching the final hurdle in the 2026 Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle but didn’t get home and 2m4f would be more like his optimum trip at this stage.