The big one at Aintree is off at 17:15 on Saturday but there’s plenty of good racing on the undercard. I’m backing THE BIG BITE for his first attempt at 2m4f, as I suspect 16/1 is a generous price. He jumped poorly two starts ago at Kempton and notably improved…
Author: Joel Roberts
Day one Aintree tips: La Bague Au Roi (2/1), Song For Someone (20/1) and Verdana Blue (14/1)
Aintree’s Grand National meeting begins on Thursday with four consecutive Grade Ones, which sentimentally feature several 2pts win favourites from past and present. The first and most obvious value bet of the day is LA BAGUE AU ROI at 2/1 in the 2m4f novices’ chase that opens the card. We…
Dubai World Cup Night selections: Stormy Liberal (10/1), Belvoir Bay (40/1) and Magic Wand (6/1)
With Cheltenham still fresh in the memory and the Grand National meeting less than a week away, we’ll take our eyes off the jumps momentarily for our annual dip into the desert flat racing oasis of Meydan, Dubai, which hosts its classy World Cup card and features three turf Group…
Gold Cup day tips: Clan Des Obeaux (10/1) and Rhinestone (14/1)
We’ve had four good winners this week with Frodon’s dramatic Ryanair win the undoubted highlight, and it’ll be a profitable Cheltenham regardless of what happens on Friday. However, with 25% of the Festival left to go there’s still time to make a good Cheltenham into a great one. Gold Cup…
1pt each-way Supasundae @9/1, 15:30 Cheltenham, Thursday
Paisley Park has been all the rage for the Stayers’ Hurdle since his demolition job in the Cleeve Hurdle, but I can’t take that form too seriously given West Approach – who is barely a 150 rated horse – has chased him home the last twice. I think he’s there…
1pt win Defi Du Seuil @3/1, 13:30 Cheltenham, Thursday
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1pt win Frodon @15/2, 14:50 Cheltenham, Thursday
Thursday’s Ryanair Chase looks brilliant, with so many holding live chances. The first and easiest to rule out on price grounds would be last year’s Arkle winner Footpad, who has been poor this season and has no right to be favourite for this race. His stablemate Un De Sceaux is…
1pt win Topofthegame @7/2, 14:10 Cheltenham, Wednesday
Wednesday’s RSA Chase is one of the races of the week with the big Irish hope Delta Work heading the market from Santini, Topofthegame and On The Blind Side. I like last year’s Pertemps Final winner Delta Work a lot as he’s progressed into a Grade 1 horse in subsequent…
1pt each-way Dancing On My Own @14/1, 1pt each-way Cracking Smart @12/1, 14:50 Cheltenham, Wednesday
Day two; the Coral Cup; 26 runners; two bets. DANCING ON MY OWN is the first name on the list, stepping up in trip and representing the same form-line that provided Tuesday’s runaway Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner Klassical Dream. Collateral form with that horse, which surely ran to a mark bordering…
1pt win Mulcahys Hill @33/1, 17:30 Cheltenham, Saturday
Tuesday’s closing race, the four-mile National Hunt Chase, can go to lively 33/1 outsider MULCAHYS HILL for Warren Greatrex. Last seen over two-and-a-half miles in Grade 1 company at Sandown, which was his first run back after a wind op that ‘transformed him at home’, we shouldn’t take that form literally as…