Emotions ran high when star chaser Sprinter Sacre emphatically returned to form in the Shloer Chase at Cheltenham’s Open meeting. Emotion might be the primary reason he’s a 4/6 favourite for Kempton’s Desert Orchid Chase on Sunday – the same race he was dramatically pulled up in two years ago. Sire…
Day: 26 December 2015
2pts win Ar Mad @3/1, Kempton 13:05
Whilst the return to form of established favourites Sprinter Sacre and Sire De Grugy along with the promise of Willie Mullins’s Un De Sceaux has created plenty of hullabaloo around the two-mile chasing division, besides Douvan – an impressive winner yesterday at Leopardstown – there’s one rising star in the novices’ division that’s flown slightly…
1pt win Open Eagle @7/2, Kempton 12:50
Altior, the favourite for the 12:50 Novices’ Hurdle at Kempton, is crying out to be taken on as the form of his recent Cheltenham win over the since-retired Maputo looks a shade lucky. He did have Paul Nicholls’s Simon Squirrel well held on the day and there’s little reason to…
1.5pt win double Coney Island, Douvan @ 3.7/1, Leopardstown
The opening day of the Leopardstown Christmas festival is generally overshadowed by the events at Kempton Park, and is a warm-up for races such as the Lexus Chase to follow. To be brutally honest, the bookies aren’t giving much away with several short-priced favourites dominating the betting in a number…