Day: 17 March 2021

3m2½f  (3m2f70y) (New) WellChild Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race)  (Class 1) (5yo+) If I would have taken one winner for the whole week it would be A PLUS TARD in the Gold Cup. I was very sweet on him for the Ryanair last season but it rode like a two mile chase…

3m Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) (GBB Race) (Class 1) The ultra-competitive stayers handicap hurdler can go the way of IMPERIAL ALCAZAR. He ticks all of the boxes for this given he is lightly raced and with just the one handicap win his mark is still relatively modest…

3m (New) Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) (Class 1) Paisley Park looked back to somewhere near his best last time out in the Long Walk Hurdle. He remains the one to beat, but is certainly no sure thing at 2/1 having had his problems in this last season. His…

2m4½f (2m4f127y) (New) Ryanair Chase (Registered as The Festival Trophy) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) This looks wide open and last year’s winner Min is worth taking on after a very disappointing effort at the Dublin Racing Festival. The stand out price is two-time Festival winner SAMCRO at 12/1, who gets good his…

2m1f (2m179y) (New) Parnell Properties Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered as The Dawn Run) (Class 1) (4yo+) Heaven Help Us’s runaway win in the Coral Cup rubberstamped the form of TELMESOMETHINGGIRL for the in-form Henry de Bromhead and Rachael Blackmore. She has to be the bet in this race now as she placed third…