Author: Joel Roberts

2m  Tattersalls Ireland Spring Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1)  (4yo) Triumph Hurdle favourite Aspire Tower sets a good standard and probably deserves to be odds-on considering his stand-out piece of form came at Leopardstown, but NEVER DO NOTHING was rated higher on the flat, beating him three times including when conceding 3lb at…

2m4f  (2m4f10y) Betway Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)  (Class 1) (5yo+) I’m backing ITCHY FEET to get the better of star mare Laurina, who has to put a disappointing effort last time out behind her. She apparently bled so perhaps can be excused that run, but it wasn’t the first time in her…

2m½f  (2m128y) Napoleons Casino & Restaurant Owlerton Sheffield Yorkshire Rose Mares’ Hurdle (Grade 2)  (Class 1) (4yo+) On ratings, the 130-rated TIMETOCHILL has a lot to do to win this Grade 2, but she beat Notre Paris well enough two starts ago, and that equally-rated foe looked well handicapped when crashing out at the…

3m1½f (3m1f56y) (New) Paddy Power Cotswold Chase (Grade 2) (Class 1) (5yo+) Colin Tizzard has all but confirmed his Grade 1-winning novice chaser SLATE HOUSE a runner in Saturday’s Cotswold Chase, and at 9/1 the betting market hasn’t reacted, which really surprises me. He was the stand-out entry in the race on Monday and I…

2m½f (2m87y) Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) SHISHKIN just bolted up over hurdles at Newbury. It may have been just a maiden but, having never been sent off odds-against since his purchase, he had clearly been a hype horse from the Henderson yard since blitzing a bumper at Kempton last…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…