Author: Joel Roberts

3m2½f (3m2f70y) (New) Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) Gaelic Warrior just about deserves favouritism as he’s beaten top horses over a multitude of trips through his career. There are two versions of this horse, and his chance depends on which one turns up. The keen and aggressive version…

2m1f (2m179y) (New) William Hill County Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) Winning this requires a strong traveller and SIXANDAHALF has long been on my radar for this race. Her yard have had a disappointing season but 3lb claimer Conor Stone-Walsh and Gavin Cromwell combined for a winner in the Cross Country…

2m1f (2m179y) (New) Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Dawn Run mares’ Novices’ Hurdle) (GBB) (Class 1) (4yo+) The line of thought all season has been last year’s Champion Bumper, won by Bambino Fever, was hot form. Results this week have suggested otherwise with RPRs from beaten horses El Cairos (145), Sortudo…

3m1f (Old) Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase (Grade 1) (Registered As The Broadway Novices’ Chase) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) I have Romeo Coolio about a 7/2 chance on my ratings so if you’re with him at the current prices then it’s quite fair. I don’t see why he won’t stay this trip well and…

2m5f (Old) BetMGM Cup Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) IBERICO LORD has always shaped like a winner of this race. I’m not at all put off by his 8lb rise as he had dropped 8lb following his blowout in the Champion Hurdle two years back. That race must have left…

2m½f (2m87y) (Old) Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) The solution to a fiendishly difficult puzzle is often the obvious, and looking for reasons to take on OLD PARK STAR is not easy. He jumps brilliantly, strides like a class horse and has looked a class apart in his…

2m½f (2m69y) William Hill Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) WELLINGTON ARCH was supposed to be going chasing this season but has returned over hurdles, which may imply connections think he’s still got a big handicap in him. He won one of those at the Grand National meeting…

2m1f (2m172y) BetMGM Clarence House Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) The rapidly progressive THISTLE ASK is well worth a go here at 10/1. He’s won five in a row and his last two have been in destructive fashion. He goes hard from the front and jumps brilliantly, so it didn’t really…

2m5f (Winter) Coral Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 2) (4yo+) FRENCH SHIP has a big task off top weight, but the ground is nice and Callum Pritchard takes off 3lb which will help class come to the fore – of which he has plenty. He’s won very snugly the last twice at big…

2m Ladbrokes Desert Orchid Handicap Chase (Grade 2) (Limited Handicap Chase) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) THISTLE ASK looks the most natural Kempton type in this field as he will go from the front and make this a real test of jumping. He beat Saint Segal last time out – who has gone…