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…
Author: Joel Roberts
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…
0.75pt each-way Old Guard @14/1, 15:10 Cheltenham, New Year's Day
Nine go in the feature race of Cheltenham’s New Year’s Day card, the Relkeel Hurdle, and there’s rain forecast to potentially change the unseasonably good ground at the track. That could potentially upset the betting market where Lil Rockerfeller shades favouritism from 2015 World Hurdle winner Cole Harden. The latter…
1pt win Beltor @8/1, 14:55 Kempton, Tuesday
The dual-code BELTOR looks a good bet in the 14:55 handicap hurdle at Kempton on Tuesday – a track he seems to love. An impressive winner of the prestigious Adonis Hurdle at Kempton as a four-year-old, he was a well-backed and impressive winner on the all-weather recently when giving weight and…
1pt win Josses Hill @14/1, 15:15 Kempton, Boxing Day
That last season’s Kauto Star Novices’ Chase victor Tea For Two is priced 22/1 for another Grade 1 victory on Kempton’s famous Boxing Day card speaks volumes for the betting public’s opinion that this year’s King George VI Chase is a match between the two Colin Tizzard-trained beasts at the…