There’s no star name in competiton for the Scottish Grand National, with The New One not making the trip. Easy Aintree winner Ivan Grozny makes a quick reappearance in a bid to seal Willie Mullins his first British Trainers’ Championship, but even with his jockey’s 3lb claim he’s no value…
Category: Winners
2016 Grand National Tips (Update): 1pt EW Gallant Oscar @18/1, 0.75pts EW Morning Assembly @25/1, 0.5pt EW Ucello Conti @33/1
Following our tips on Silviniaco Conti (12/1) and O’Faolains Boy (40/1 – now a non-runner) earlier in the week, we have three more selections for the 2016 Crabbie’s Grand National. The best part of a decade has passed since an Irish-trained horse won the Grand National. That was 2007 winner…
Aintree Acca: L'Ami Serge, Cue Card and Annie Power
Thursday’s excellent Aintree card hosts four Grade 1s, with short-priced favourites a theme of the day. Some deserve their skinny odds so it looks like a good day for an accumulator, with the opening two-mile novices’ chase 3/1-the-field and looking as good a race as any to kick one off. Nicky Henderson’s L’AMI…
1pt forecast: 1st Top Gamble, 2nd Sizing Granite, 15:55 Fairyhouse, Tuesday
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…
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 Bonny Kate @8/1, 0.75pts EW Another Hero @12/1, 0.5pt EW Bless The Wings @18/1, 17:00 Fairyhouse
In recent years, the Irish Grand National winner has tended to come from horses with the profile of an improving novice chaser. This was the case with Thunder And Roses last year, and Shutthefrontdoor the year before. There are plenty in this race that could be a similar type of…
1pt ew Cogry @8/1, 16:10 Uttoxeter
COGRY shaped with promise over an inadequate trip at Warwick last time out, when he finished behind the talented Taquin De Seuil, and Niceonefrankie. His performance in the Welsh Grand National the time before should be scratched, where like so many others, he never handled the conditions. He remains quite fresh this…
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,…
0.5pt each-way Kings Palace @12/1, 0.5pt each-way Ballynagour @25/1, 16:10 Cheltenham
Course and good ground form has been absolutely crucial this week at the Festival, with conditions faster than anything found in the form book this season. Almost everything fancied that’s shown its best on softer ground has been left trailing, with the likes of Yanworth, No More Heroes and Un…
1pt each-way treble Yanworth, More Of That, Un De Sceaux @13/1
It was business as usual for Grade 1 king Willie Mullins on the first day of Cheltenham Festival, with Douvan, Vroum Vroum Mag and, most impressively, Annie Power all bolting up – the latter in a course record time. Minella Rocco was another favourite to win in what must have…