We provided the English Grand National winner with One For Arthur last weekend, and we turn our attention to the Irish renewal which takes centre stage on Easter Monday. The market is headed by the Gold Cup winning combination of Jessica Harrington and Robbie Power with the heavily backed Our…
Author: Paul Davidson
2017 Grand National Tips (UPDATE): 0.75pts each-way Vicente @20/1, 17:15 Aintree, Saturday
Following our ante-post tips on One For Arthur and Raz De Maree, we have one more selection to complete our Grand National 2017 portfolio. As the sun continues to beat down on Aintree, one horse who looks set to relish this weather and the going is the newly-acquired Trevor Hemmings…
2017 Grand National Ante-Post Tips: 0.75pts EW One For Arthur @14/1, 0.5pt EW Raz De Maree @33/1, 17:15 Saturday, Aintree
The race that captures a nation. The 2017 Grand National takes place on Saturday afternoon at Aintree, and we have two ante-post tips before the final declarations are released on Thursday and prior to any shortening in the odds as we approach post-time. The complexion of the race has changed in…
0.75pts each-way Donncha @9/1, 0.5pt each-way Top Notch Tonto @12/1, 15:35 Saturday, Doncaster
It’s April, the weather has turned, spring is upon us. That means the return of the flat turf-racing season, and we are delighted it’s back. Doncaster is host to one of the season opening cards, with the feature race, the Lincoln Handicap Mile. Yuften looks set to go off a…
1pt win Master Blueyes @7/1, 13:30 Cheltenham, Friday
Defi Du Seuil is the correct favourite for the Triumph Hurdle having won all of his five starts to date. Those successes have generally come against fairly shallow small-field opposition where he has had the race at his mercy. As a result, it’s difficult to know how he will respond when…
0.75pt each-way Sizing Codelco @14/1; 0.75pt each-way Village Vic @16/1, 16:10 Cheltenham, Thursday
A horrible race for novice chasers in recent years, and although Diamond King will come in for plenty of support given his yard’s form, his price is a rather uninspiring 5/1 in a hugely competitive handicap and, unless he figures in doubles/trebles, it could pay to look elsewhere. He had…
1pt win Divin Bere @13/2, 0.75pts each-way Dreamcatching @12/1, 16:50 Wednesday, Cheltenham
DIVIN BERE could be very well-handicapped on the basis of his neck-victory over the current Triump Hurdle favourite, Masterblueyes. It’s hard to ignore that form, which was his first for the Nicky Henderson yard. He was an experienced hurdler in France and is perhaps more battle-hardened than his UK excursions would…
1pt win Singlefarmpayment @15/2; 0.75pts each-way Ibis Du Rheu @12/1, 14:50 Cheltenham, Tuesday
Un Temps Pour Tout returns for a second crack at the Ultima Handicap Chase, the first handicap of the festival. He comes into this off the back of some very indifferent chase form this season, and, unless David Pipe can rekindle a somewhat unlikely revival, he looks quite vulnerable off…
1.5pts win Baie Des Iles @3/1, 15:30 Saturday, Fairyhouse
There is no good reason to stop BAIE DES ILES from following-up his impressive success in an Irish Grand National Trial at Punchestown three weeks ago. The handicapper gives him a 5lb rise for that, but with this being a conditions race, he picks up a handy 7lb for his…
1pt win Clyne @7/1, 0.75pts each-way Zubayr @12/1, 15:35 Newbury
Europe’s most valuable handicap hurdle looks typically competitive on Saturday. The younger generation have had the upper hand in recent years with five-year-olds winning six of the last ten. The novices head the market with last years Champion Bumper winner Ballyandy, a 9/2 outright favourite at the time of writing,…