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3m (2m7f213y) (New) Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) I think this is a cracking renewal of the race. Clearly Dan Skelton has targeted Supremely West at this race for many months and he is feared having run third in a stayers hurdle behind…

3m (2m7f213y) (New) Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) Teahupoo and Bob Olinger come back to reclaim their crown, but I like the new kids on the block here. KABRAL DU MATHAN has looked a really class individual this season, he scooted away in a…

2m5f (Old) Turners Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The Baring Bingham Novices’ Hurdle) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) An incredibly open looking renewal of the race with No Drama This End representing the Nicholls connections as a short-priced favourite. He is definitely the right favourite but he’s clearly going…

3m1f (Old) Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (Grade 1) (Registered As The Broadway Novices’ Chase) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) I have Romeo Coolio about a 7/2 chance on my ratings so if you’re with him at the current prices then it’s quite fair. I don’t see why he won’t stay this trip well and…

2m5f (Old) BetMGM Cup Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) IBERICO LORD has always shaped like a winner of this race. I’m not at all put off by his 8lb rise as he had dropped 8lb following his blowout in the Champion Hurdle two years back. That race must have left…

2m (1m7f199y) (Old) Debenhams Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) JAZZY MATTY was a good winner of this race last year and he’s been trained for one race in mind ever since. He does carry 8lbs more but Cian Collins has…

2m½f (2m87y) (Old) Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) The solution to a fiendishly difficult puzzle is often the obvious, and looking for reasons to take on OLD PARK STAR is not easy. He jumps brilliantly, strides like a class horse and has looked a class apart in his…

3m1f (Old) Trustmarque Ultima Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) It’s interesting that Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero run both Jagwar and Iroko here. I can’t have Jagwar, whose jumping never seems to hold up although I respect the fact that he may have been crying out…

2m½f (2m87y) (Old) McCoy Contractors Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (Registered As The Fred Winter) (GBB) (Class 1) (4yo) This is always nails, and I make no excuses that sometimes you’d be better off throwing darts at a dartboard. But I’ve been looking to see where WINSTON JUNIOR would end…

3m6f (3m5f201y) (Old) National Hunt Challenge Cup Novices’ Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (Class 2) (5yo+ 0-145) It may not be the most original, but I am looking at the top of the market here. Rebecca Curtis claimed this with Haiti Couleurs last season and she is back again with another…