Day: 16 March 2021

2m5f  (Old) Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (GBB Race)  (Class 1) (4yo+) I’ve been backing MONTE CRISTO for this race for months. He was super impressive over Christmas round Kempton but was slapped with a 12lb rise to 145, which is hardly generous yet perfectly fair. We’d be banking on him improving again…

2m½f (2m87y) (Old) Weatherbys Champion Bumper (A Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4-6yo) We’ve little evidence to go by but THREE STRIPE LIFE looks a good bet in the bumper at 8/1. He impressed on the clock at Navan and it’s telling that Jamie Codd put him up…

2m Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (Class 1) It’s a race that throws up plenty of surprises with 16/1, 18/1 and 66/1 winners in the last few years. The top of the betting is dominated by the Irish yards with Embittered and Entoucas both appearing…