Despite the presence of the unbeaten Barters Hill at the top of the market, the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle looks wide open this year and there’s every chance it’ll go to an outsider. We’ve already advised WEST APPROACH at 100/1 in the hope he’ll continue improving and progress into a staying chaser close…
Day: 18 March 2016
1.5pt win Don Cossack @3/1, Cheltenham Gold Cup
The bookie bashing continued through Thursday’s Festival card with Vautour, Limini and Thistlecrack all obliging at short odds, costing them fortunes. As for my RSA Chase pick Black Hercules easily winning the JLT intead… let’s not go there. It’s Gold Cup day and we have a proper renewal to get stuck into,…
1pt win Zubayr @6/1, 0.5pt win Leoncavallo @25/1, 13:30 Cheltenham
The Triumph Hurdle is the championship event for juvenile hurdlers, open to four-year-olds and run over two miles on today’s quick ground. It often pays to follow the money horse, with the late Our Connor and Peace And Co obliged as short-priced favourites in recent years. The money has flown all season…
1pt win Blue Hell @11/1, 1pt win Starchitect @14/1, 1pt win Modus @16/1, 14:10 Cheltenham
The Vincent O’Brien County Hurdle looks an incredibly difficult race to unpick. It is set to be run at a devilish pace with the ground now strictly classified as ‘Good’ at Cheltenham. Great Field sits near the top of the market for this one, but surely has to be taken…