Author: Joel Roberts

1m2½f (1m2f70y) Boodles Raindance Dee Stakes (Listed Race) (Colts & Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) CAPULET is just the wrong price here at 4/1 in a five runner race. His juvenile form is comfortably the best on show here given he finished upsides Al Musmak in the Royal Lodge, and that ties in closely with…

1m4½f (1m4f63y) Boodles Chester Vase Stakes (Group 3) (Colts & Geldings) (Class 1) (3yo) Aiden O’Brien’s stable form is a little iffy at present and it’s worth taking on his shorties until his strike rate picks up to his usual standards. At the prices I can’t justify how Godolphin’s Hidden Law can be a…

1m Coolmore Stud Paddington Irish EBF Tetrarch Stakes (Listed) (3yo) 1/4 1-2 There’s a good shape to this market as I’m not sure the odds-on fav Samuel Colt deserves to be so short. He’s won a maiden and placed in a Group Three and has to prove he stays a…

1m  (Row) Qipco 1000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1) (Fillies) (British Champions Series)  (Class 1) (3yo) After Godolphin and William Buick landed the colts equivalent yesterday, DANCE SEQUENCE has contracted in price despite meeting defeat on her trial. For me, the fact that Buick has chosen her above an unbeaten filly in Cinderella’s Dream and…

1m  (Row) Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1) (No Geldings) (British Champions Series)  (Class 1) (3yo) Described as ‘our Frankel’ by Coolmore, City Of Troy is a worthy favourite and the race revolves around whether you think he can be beaten. I’m in no rush to take him on but I do think there…

2m (1m7f216y) bet365 Novices’ Championship Final Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 2) (4yo+) A highly competitive renewal. I can’t find any reason why FIERCELY PROUD won’t go extremely close given his trainer says he’s been trained for the race and he brings in solid Grade 2 form. Good ground will…

1m2f (1m1f209y) bet365 Classic Trial (Group 3) (Class 1) (3yo) Charlie Appleby saddles odds-on favourite Arabian Crown here and he has an obvious chance on 2yo form. He’s so short there are plenty of alternatives at big prices. I’d like to see the Beckett yard in better form so Macduff…

2m Coral Scottish Champion Hurdle (A Limited Handicap) (Grade 2) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) This race sets up perfectly for FAVOUR AND FORTUNE off 138 as he gets a nice racing weight thanks to Rubaud at the top giving away 10lb. Alan King’s classy hurdler was beaten 9l in…

6f (Row) Connaught Access Flooring Abernant Stakes (Group 3) (Class 1) This can once again go to GARRUS who won it last year and short headed in second the year before. Course form counts for so much at Newmarket and aged eight there’s no reason to think he can’t run…

3m1f (3m210y) (Mildmay) William Hill Bowl Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) This can go to the novice CORBETTS CROSS, who had an easy race at Cheltenham when strolling home in the National Hunt Chase. Aintree is a galloping track where slick jumping isn’t much of an advantage…