British Champion Jockey-elect Richard Johnson flies over for the ride on Kerry Lee’s Top Gamble, the 5/4 favourite for this Fairyhouse Grade 2 chase. That’s a tip in itself, but the market’s seen it coming and he’s very short. Top Gamble brushed aside 2015 Champion Chaser Dodging Bullets when last seen…
Author: Joel Roberts
Fairyhouse Monday each-way doubles: Sutton Place and Value At Risk/Gwencily Berbas
The 16:20 at Fairyhouse looks wide open, with the favourite Dedigout 10 years old and there to be shot at after an underwhelming seasonal reappearance. Second favourite Taglietelli ran very well at Cheltenham in the Pertemps Final, shouldering top-weight, and has a highly-consistent profile. However, this might come too soon…
1pt win Fire In Soul @9/1, 15:40 Fairyhouse, Sunday
Fairyhouse hosts the Irish Grand National on Monday, but there’s plenty of top-class racing throughout Sunday’s card too. In the 15:40, a Grade 2 novices’ hurdle, Bryan Cooper opts for Nambour over Fire In Soul and Crest, the three runners for Gigginstown. Nambour looks well held by Acapella Bourgeois after…
9/4 Tryster to win the Dubai Turf; 4/1 Highland Reel to take the Sheema Classic, Meydan, Saturday
Godolphin’s TRYSTER has been given the perfect draw in stall two for his tilt at the Group One Dubai Turf at Meydan. His outstanding turn of foot has seen him rack up a hat-trick of wins – the last two coming at Meydan in fine style (watch them below). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gD6tRtD4QU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gD6tRtD4QU…
1pt win Sole Power @13/2, 1pt win Lady Shipman @16/1, 14:10 Meydan, Saturday
It’s World Cup night in Dubai and Sole Power is back to defend his title in the Al Quoz Sprint, over his favourite trip of five furlongs (watch last year’s renewal above). He’s been there and done it before, and is the first name on the shortlist after being so…
2pts win Townshend @5/2, 15:15 Kempton
Willie Mullins’s horses were in fine form at the Cheltenham Festival, as he and Ruby Walsh racked up seven wins. One horse we’d been keeping close track of after his stable tour and a promising stable début behind Squouateur at Fairyhouse is TOWNSHEND, who was expected to run in yesterday’s County…
0.5pt win Bachasson @40/1, 0.5pt win West Approach @100/1, 14:50 Cheltenham
Despite the presence of the unbeaten Barters Hill at the top of the market, the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle looks wide open this year and there’s every chance it’ll go to an outsider. We’ve already advised WEST APPROACH at 100/1 in the hope he’ll continue improving and progress into a staying chaser close…
1.5pt win Don Cossack @3/1, Cheltenham Gold Cup
The bookie bashing continued through Thursday’s Festival card with Vautour, Limini and Thistlecrack all obliging at short odds, costing them fortunes. As for my RSA Chase pick Black Hercules easily winning the JLT intead… let’s not go there. It’s Gold Cup day and we have a proper renewal to get stuck into,…
1pt win Zubayr @6/1, 0.5pt win Leoncavallo @25/1, 13:30 Cheltenham
The Triumph Hurdle is the championship event for juvenile hurdlers, open to four-year-olds and run over two miles on today’s quick ground. It often pays to follow the money horse, with the late Our Connor and Peace And Co obliged as short-priced favourites in recent years. The money has flown all season…
1pt win Bristol De Mai @5/1, 13:30 Cheltenham, Thursday
The New One may have flopped again but I doubt his trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies envisaged his Festival week going this well by the half-way point. The second half of the week could get off to a flyer if his BRISTOL DE MAI can justify ante-post favouritism in the opening JLT Novices’ Chase and notch…