The Vincent O’Brien County Hurdle looks an incredibly difficult race to unpick. It is set to be run at a devilish pace with the ground now strictly classified as ‘Good’ at Cheltenham. Great Field sits near the top of the market for this one, but surely has to be taken…
Author: Paul Davidson
1pt win Cup Final @10/1, 0.5pt EW Warriors Tale @25/1, 14:10 Cheltenham
The form of the Musselburgh Pertemps Qualifier looks strong with the first three of CUP FINAL, WARRIORS TALE, and Taglietelle back for more in the main event this afternoon. Nicky Henderson is in fantastic form and you can fully expect Cup Final to improve for his first run of the…
1pt win Upswing @9/1, 0.5pt EW Sambremont @16/1, 17:30 Cheltenham
Doctor Harper is 5/1 favourite for the Kim Muir, which seems an awfully short price for a handicap of this magnitude. His opening mark might be lenient, but the form of his only success over fences looks poor, dispatching of two horses rated 133 and 124 respectively. The form has…
1pt win Politologue @10/1, 1pt win Arbre De Vie @12/1, 0.5pt EW Baron Alco @20/1, 14:50 Cheltenham
The Coral Cup is a great betting opportunity on day two of The Festival, and although we were a tad unlucky to see two of our selections get taken out before the race had even developed in the Ultima Handicap Chase, we are eager to get stuck in to another…
1pt win Beg To Differ @12/1, 0.5pt EW Morning Assembly @14/1, 0.5pt EW Southfield Theatre @20/1, 14:50 Cheltenham
The market for each of the Grade 1’s on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival all look fairly familiar. Nobody is going to get rich by placing single bets on the Willie Mullins’ favourites, and I for one would rather get stuck in to the exciting big-field handicaps where there’s…
1pt win Art Mauresque @11/2, 1pt win Laser Hawk @10/1, 15:25 Newbury
Paul Nicholls has enjoyed much success in the Greatwood Gold Cup, with four victories in the previous six instalments. His yard also appears to be hitting form at the right time in the season, bouyed by the eye-catching performance of Zubayr last week in the Adonis Hurdle. As a novice ART…
1pt win De Kerry Man @6/1, 0.5pt EW West Wizard @12/1, 16:35 Kempton
Cernunnos went down by a nose at Doncaster last December, when he appeared to slightly idle with the race at his mercy. He probably improved on that effort as he discovered the winning thread in a fairly ordinary looking handicap at Leicester just over three weeks ago, but is landed…
1pt win Baie Des Iles @5/1, 15:25 Fairyhouse
Mala Beach rates a worthy favourite for the Bobbyjo Chase with his second place in the Thyestes at Gowran Park behind My Murphy. That gives him strong claims, if in the same mood and appears to be some of the best recent form on offer, with plenty of holes in…
1pt win Sternrubin @9/1, 0.5pt EW Agrapart @20/1, 0.5pt EW Matorico @33/1, 15:35 Newbury
Previous winners of Europe’s richest handicap hurdle race have included My Tent Or Yours, Zarkandar, and Get Me Out Of Here – two of which were owned by JP McManus. He enters no fewer than five runners including the 7/2 favourite, and Geraghty’s pick of the crop, Blazer. Mullin’s French…
0.5pt EW Warriors Tale @12/1, 16:30 Musselbrough
Cup Final returns from over 400 days off the track to tackle the longest trip of his career over 3m2f. He may very well be able to tackle an extra half a mile in comparison to his latest win for Nicky Henderson. That was his first victory in six starts…