BetVictor now sponsor the feature race of Cheltenham’s Open meeting, the Gold Cup Handicap Chase over two-and-a-half miles. As ever, it looks an extremely-competitive renewal with 3lb separating the seven at the top of the weights, which includes year’s winner Annacotty for Alan King. He won the race off a mark…
1pt win Will O'the West @9/1, 1pt win Allysson Monterg @10/1, 15:00 Cheltenham, Saturday
An incredibly open listed handicap hurdle with six co-favourites all priced at around 8/1. Fingal Bay (2/2 over timber at Cheltenham) and Irish Saint drop in class, switching from fences for their opening run of the season. They occupy the top two spots in the handicap for the Hobbs and…
0.5pt each-way East Indies @14/1, 12:40 Cheltenham, Saturday
The jumps season moves up another gear this weekend with Cheltenham’s Open meeting, arguably the biggest race day this side of Christmas. These pages won Saturday’s opening juvenile hurdle last year with an ex-flat horse and 12/1-shot in Wolf Of Windlesham, ridden by Joshua Moore – and at a big price and with…
1pt win Lady Eli @3/1, 0.5pt each-way Catch A Glimpse @20/1, 19:43 Santa Anita, Saturday
At 3/1 I fancy LADY ELI to land the Breeders’ Cup Filly And Mare Turf after proving her effectiveness at the Santa Anita track when winning the Juvenile Fillies’ Turf two seasons ago. Injury interrupted her three-year-old career but she got back to winning ways last time out at Belmont Park, beating…
Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint and Turf Mile selections, Santa Anita, Saturday
Day two of the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita, Los Angeles, and Aidan O’Brien has sent his Washington DC on a raid to collect the spoils in the Turf Sprint. A rare winner, Washington DC has run with huge credit in sprints from five to six furlongs this season and…
1pt win La Coronel @9/1, 1pt win Victory To Victory @14/1, 22:50 Santa Anita, Friday
Britain’s flat season has come to a close but, over in Los Angeles, Santa Anita is hosting the Breeders’ Cup, America’s biggest race meet. The weekend hosts a whopping 13 Grade 1 races and often attracts some Europe’s finest equine talent – particularly those horses who love summer ground. Santa…
1pt win Almandin @10/1, Melbourne Cup, 4:00AM Flemington, Tuesday
The Melbourne Cup has become one of the highlights of the international flat racing calendar, with many trainers and owners sending their best flat-staying talent. Willie Mullins, Aidan O’Brien, and Saeed Bin Suroor are all represented with the European challenge looking strong. Godolphin are mob-handed with five entrants in the mix,…
1pt win Ballybolley @4/1, 13:55 Ascot, Saturday
Ascot’s flat season has come to a close but the jumps are back and Saturday’s card at the track if full of old favourites. I like the chances of BALLYBOLLEY in the opening handicap chase as Nigel Twiston-Davies’s gelding gets his preferred good ground and arrives in decent form after two runs…
0.75pt each-way Diego Du Charmil @7/1, 15:00 Ascot, Saturday
Paul Nicholls’s DIEGO DU CHARMIL looks a solid bet at 7/1 in the William Hill Handicap Hurdle after an impressive winning reappearance at Chepstow. He won the Fred Winter at the Cheltenham Festival off a mark of 133 on his British début, and aged four is still very much on the…
1pt win Vibrato Valtat @6/1, 15:50 Aintree, Sunday
A really competitive renewal of the Old Roan Chase at Aintree, a Grade 2 handicap featuring several Grade 1 winners from recent seasons. It’s racing’s equivalent of silly season right now with match fitness anyone’s guess and horses starting their long path towards the spring festivals. Many will be using…