Leopardstown hosts four Grade 1 races this Sunday, and there might be some value in OUR DUKE‘s 7/2 quote for the Flogas Novices’ Chase at 15:30. He’s only got Willie Mullins’s Bellshill ahead of him in the betting, and it’s hard to argue the market has them the right way around given…
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2pts win Altior @4/7, 15:00 Newbury, Saturday
Odds-on favourite for the Arkle at Cheltenham, ALTIOR runs over two miles today at Newbury in open company, facing Colin Tizzard’s exciting Fox Norton and the untapped potential of Gary Moore’s Traffic Fluide. Fox Norton is returning from injury and it seems unlikely he’ll be fully wound up, with an eye on…
1pt win Clan Des Obeaux @9/4, 14:25 Sandown, Saturday
It’s heavy going at Sandown today, where the Grade 1 Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase takes centre stage. Five go to post including Baron Alco, trained by Gary Moore, who has put up four impressive performances this season, winning two and only being denied by a multiple Grade 1-winning hurdler in…
Ante-post each-way 'Alan King has a good week' double: Sceau Royal and Uxizandre
It was and eventful and tragic day for National Hunt racing this Saturday as ex-Grand National hero collapsed and died after gloriously lowering the colours of the Gold Cup favourite Thistlecrack in the Cotswold Chase. By virtue of perfect victories in the World Hurdle and King George, as well as…
0.75pt each-way Kotkikova @14/1, 16:00 Cheltenham, Saturday
After winning seven on the bounce, even-money favourite Unowhatimeanharry dominates the market for this year’s Cleeve Hurdle and shouldn’t have many issues giving weight away to most of the field. Some will argue Nigel Twiston-Davies’s Ballyoptic might have won the Long Walk Hurdle when falling at the last, while the 4lb…
1pt win Defi Du Seuil @6/4, 12:00 Cheltenham, Saturday
Cheltenham’s fantastic Trials card contributes to what is one of the biggest Saturdays in National Hunt racing memory, with the rescheduled Clarence House Chase stretching the card to nine big races. The opener looks fascinating, as Barry Geraghty, retained rider for JP McManus, has opted against riding Grade 1 winner…
1pt win Kimberlite Candy @8/1, 15:25 Cheltenham, Saturday
The unexposed KIMBERLITE CANDY looks the bet at 8/1 in the 15:25 Grade 2 Hurdle on Cheltenham’s Saturday card. Purchased by J P McManus after an impressive victory under Richard Johnson at Ascot, he then breezed home when odds-on at Newcastle and arrives at Cheltenham with any amount of improvement possible and now…
1pt win Maximiser @16/1, 13:30 Haydock; 1pt win Mohaayed @8/1, 14:05 Haydock
Frozen ground has claimed Ascot’s big jumps meeting today, denying us a chance to see Ar Mad and Un De Sceaux lock horns and shed some light on their respective Cheltenham targets. Haydock, however, has the green light and a solid card featuring several graded races. In the 13:30 novices’ chase,…
Ar Mad ante-post bets for the Cheltenham Festival
It’s not uncommon for the Cheltenham Festival’s Ryanair Chase and Queen Mother Champion Chase to attract a similar book of entries – there’s a five-furlong difference in distance and trainers like to keep their options open. Gary Moore’s AR MAD is entered in both and can be backed at odds of 25/1 for either;…
0.5pt ante-post each-way Sceau Royal @33/1, Champion Hurdle
With nine weeks to go, it’s about time we got our hands dirty in the busy ante-post markets for the Cheltenham Festival. Every man and his dog seems to be playing the long-term game these days and, as such, value can be hard to come by with even the remotest…