Day: 14 March 2018

The Coral Cup is one of my favourite betting races of the year and our 20/1 antepost pick TOPOFTHEGAME has pleasingly lined up with close to his ideal soft ground conditions. He’s nearly halved in the price since being advised and, after a game handicap success at Sandown last month, he’s also…

The Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle tends to produce some massive priced winners with horses generally towards the bottom of the handicap coming out on top. The ideal profile tends to be of a lightly-raced, unexposed sort with a mark below 134. Nick Williams saddled last years’ winner in Flying Tiger,…

This looks a vintage renewal of the Champion Chase with the big showdown between ALTIOR and Douvan finally materialising – not to mention Altior and Min clashing for the first time since they finished 1-2 in an equally-vintage renewal of the Supreme Novices’ in 2016. Throw in reigning champ Special Tiara, Tingle…

Wednesday’s Cross Country Chase looks a proper race this year with the trend of increasingly classy horses and larger yards targeting it continuing. Last year’s winner Cause Of Causes, a three-time festival winner who went on to place second in the Grand National, is back to attempt a fourth consecutive…

A tricky looking RSA Chase this year, but there has to be a bet given I don’t fancy the favourite Presenting Percy one bit. He won at last year’s festival in the Pertemps final, a handicap, and has been in fine form recently despite some curious placing from his lesser…