2m (1m7f216y) Read Nico De Boinville’s Unibet Blog Handicap Hurdle (Class 2) (4yo+ 0-145) This doesn’t look the deepest race as there are a fair few older, exposed handicappers and only two six-year-olds. The one I want to be in is the top-weight ELDORADO ALLEN for Colin Tizzard. He looks the yard’s first string…
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1pt win Coeur Sublime @7/2, 14:30 Leopardstown, Sunday
2m Matheson Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo+) This race looks ripe for a bet as the theme of the week at Leopardstown has been Willie Mullins-trained favourites getting turned over. Maybe there’s nothing in that, but it certainly looks like the yard aren’t firing on all cylinders and, coupled with an underwhelming return…
1pt win Sevarano @5/1, 13:50 Newbury, Saturday
2m4½f (2m4f118y) Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap Hurdle (Class 2) (4yo+) SEVARANO looks the bet at 5/1 in this competitive handicap hurdle. He’s won his last two starts, one of which over this course and distance, and tries handicap company for the first time off a mark of 134. On the face of his…
1pt each-way A Plus Tard @9/1, 13:10 Leopardstown, Friday
2m1f Paddy’s Rewards Club “Loyalty’s Dead, Live For Rewards” Chase (Grade 1) (5yo+) Chacun Pour Soi is a very short price on his seasonal reappearance and now, if ever, is a good time to take him on. His one big career performance came on decent spring ground at the arse end of…
1pt win Elusive Belle @7/2, 15:35 Kempton, Friday
2m (Winter) Ladbrokes Football “Acca-Boosty” Handicap Hurdle (Class 3) (3yo+ 0-140) After Epatante bolted up in yesterday’s Christmas Hurdle, the form of French Crusader and ELUSIVE BELLE has received a major boost. Both contest this handicap hurdle, and whilst French Crusader has gone up 4lb and encounters far softer going – which she apparently…
Kempton Boxing Day selections: South Seas (12/1), Getaway Trump (9/1), Oscarsman (16/1 ew)
2m (Winter) Get Your £1 Ladbrokes Free Bet Today Novices’ Hurdle (Class 2) (4yo+) SOUTH SEAS is well worth siding with at a big price in the opener. He was rated as high as 110 on the flat, placing at Group One level, and jumped really well on his hurdling debut despite finding one…
1pt win Not So Sleepy @10/1, 15:35 Ascot, Saturday
1m7½f (1m7f152y) Betfair Exchange Trophy (A Handicap Hurdle) (Grade 3) (Class 1) (4yo+) At the time of writing, Ascot have downgraded the going for Saturday’s card to soft, heavy in places, and I strongly suspect there will be significantly fewer than the 18 currently declared for the Betfair Exchange Trophy turning up. Ante-post favourite…
Saturday Cheltenham selections: Elysian Flame (11/1)
2m1f (2m179y) (New) JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle (Novices’ Championship Hurdle Series Qualifier) (Class 2)(3yo) If he can jump, ELYSIAN FLAME could well be a class above this field based on his flat rating, where he would have a huge amount in hand versus the other flat converts in the race. The bar is…
1pt win Lucky Lilac @10/1, 05:40 Sha Tin, Sunday
1m4f Longines Hong Kong Vase (Group 1) (3yo+) (Course A) (Turf) (3yo+) I’m backing LUCKY LILAC in the early hours of Sunday morning over in Hong Kong. Trained in Japan and sired by 2012 and 2013 Arc-second Orfevre, she looked a chip off the old block when landing a Group One in…
Saturday Sandown selections: Crossgalesfamegame (9/2), Ashutor (7/1), Song For Someone (10/1), Sceau Royal (15/2)
2m4f (2m3f173y) Elmbridge Mares’ Handicap Hurdle (Challenger Mares’ Hurdle Series Qualifier) (Class 3) (3yo+ 0-130) I’m backing CROSSGALESFAMEGAME on his handicap debut. There’s plenty of exposed opponents in opposition and his initial mark of 125 is a bit of a guess from the handicapper. Interestingly, he won well last time out on heavy ground…