There is a decent looking Grade 3 Novice Chase on Sunday’s card at Punchestown with the heavily fancied A Plus Tard currently trading at odds of 6/5. The Cheveley Park purchase won with a stylish performance in a Beginners Chase at Naas last month, beating off Duc Des Genievres by…
Lanzarote Hurdle selections: Lord Napier 6/1, Big Time Dancer 22/1
We’ve had no rain this winter and good ground prevails with Kempton officially ‘good’ on Lanzarote Hurdle day. Flat Kempton on such going demands a bit of speed, which is why ex-flat horses often show their best form in those conditions, and that’s what I’m looking for. The favourite Kloud…
1pt win Speed Company @3/1, 15:45 Kempton, Saturday
The Lanzarote Hurdle takes centre stage at Kempton this weekend, but I like the look of one a little later on the card in the shape of the recent Ian Williams recruit SPEED COMPANY. A convert from flat racing, Speed Company has been steadily improving in each of his three attempts…
1pt win Southfield Stone @15/2, 14:25 Sandown, Saturday
With only six runners and the yard in top form, SOUTHFIELD STONE looks a very puntable price at 15/2 for the Grade 1 Tolworth Novices’ Hurdle at Sandown. He’s not come off the bridle in three starts this term and could be anything at this stage, so he’s worth chancing given the…
1pt each-way Rathlin Rose @9/1, 15:00 Sandown, Saturday
These Veterans’ chases have become extremely popular since they were first installed a couple of years ago, and none look more competitive than this Saturday’s affair with 17 runners set to line up. There are plenty in here that you can make a case for with former winners, Pete The…
1pt win Defi Du Seuil @3/1, 13.25 Cheltenham, Tuesday
Happy New Year from 2pts win, and make your first bet of the year DEFI DU SEUIL at 3/1 in the 13.25 at Cheltenham. A 3lb penalty for beating the Grade 1-placed Topofthegame, as well as today’s foe Black Op, might not be able to stop him as that’s very solid form…
1pt ante-post win Clan Des Obeaux to win the Gold Cup at 10/1
Kempton’s The King George VI Chase and Leopardstown’s Savills Chase have shaken up the Cheltenham Gold Cup market with the spoils going to two of the new kids on the block, while some old favourites bounced back to form. Britain dominated last year’s Gold Cup as Native River got his…
1pt win Shattered Love @6/1, 15:00 Leopardstown, Friday
We’ve enjoyed a profitable Christmas of punting so far after La Bague Au Roi (8/1) and Elegant Escape (11/2) returned winners – and while the British action takes a break before Saturday, Leopardstown’s Christmas Festival rolls on to Friday’s card where the Savills Chase, formerly the Lexus, is the feature.…
1pt each-way Elegant Escape @11/2, 1pt each-way Folsom Blue @8/1, 14:50 Thursday, Chepstow, Welsh Grand National
The racing comes thick and fast over the holiday season, and the Welsh Grand National returns to it’s usual slot of the 27th December, having been rescheduled twice in the last three years. A typically gruelling renewal in what is always a bit of a bog down at Chepstow and…
King George selections: Might Bite (9/2) and Politologue (6/1)
This year’s King George looks well up to scratch, yet it’s my head that’s received most of the scratching because you could make a case for most of the field. The first observation to make is defending champion and Gold Cup-second Might Bite’s drifting price – he’s out to 4/1…