Sandown brings the jumps season to a close on Saturday, and while there’s not so much at stake in the trainers’ championship like last season, Nicky Henderson is out in force to get himself over the line. Title rival Paul Nicholls is also pulling no punches with plenty of runners,…
Day: 29 April 2017
1pt win Death Duty @4/1, 18:05 Punchestown, Friday
Such is the esteem Gordon Elliott holds DEATH DUTY I’m tempted to give him another chance now back down in trip from three miles. He was touted as the best hurdler he has trained and his best chance of a winner at Cheltenham, however he flopped badly and you’d suspect…
1pt win Vroum Vroum Mag @7/2, 17:30 Punchestown, Friday
Punchestown’s Champion Hurdle is uncharacteristically wide-open this year as it’s 7/2 the field from the favourite Vroum Vroum Mag, who has lost some of her invincibility after a few defeats to Apple’s Jade this season. There are few taking aim here with hard luck stories from March, including Tombstone, who…