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3m  (2m7f213y) (New) Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race)  (Class 1) (4yo+) TEAHUPOO‘s defeat of Honeysuckle looks rock solid form and he’s getting his soft ground so there really aren’t many reasons to doubt him. I know he hasn’t truly proven he stays 3m in a championship race but nothing about the way…

I’ve been all over Impaire Et Passe for the Ballymore since he made his hurdles debut and have backed him accordingly, but the revised prices don’t have a lot of juice and I’d fall short of recommending him as a lump bet at 2/1 because he does face stiff opposition.…

2m (Old) Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) Look, I know he’s quite short, and I know I’ve tipped him twice before. But I just don’t see any reason not to be on FINAL ORDERS again. Yes, he continues to go…

2m5f  (Old) Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)  (Class 1) (4yo+) There’s a lot of crap in this race and it’s easy to rule out more than half the field. I have to back FIL DOR despite top weight for the simple reason he’s an in-form Graded horse in a handicap with…

3m1f (Old) Ultima Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) Although the Irish are likely to be dominant throughout the week, the Brits normally have the edge when it comes to the handicap chases. The Ultima is a race which normally sees returning horses perform admirably. Un Temps…

3m6f (Old) WellChild National Hunt Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys’ Novices’ Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) There isn’t that much to like about many of the runners entered in the National Hunt Chase this year. None more so than the fav, Gaillard Du Mesnil, who seems to snatch…

2m½f (Old) Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (Registered As The Fred Winter) (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo) A pretty mental race to try and find a winner in with SPs of 80/1, 33/1 and so on regularly popping up over the last few years. French imports have generally had…

2m4f (2m3f200y) (Old) Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle (Registered As The David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) Final decs are in and soft ground is all but guaranteed for day one of the Cheltenham Festival. In probably the deepest Mares’ Hurdle we’ve seen, I’m against older…

2m3½f  (2m3f58y) Ascot Racecourse Supports Schools Poetry Competition Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race)  (Class 2)(5yo+) SPRINGWELL BAY didn’t do much wrong in the Supreme Trial at Cheltenham last year but clearly needed to go up in trip. He was caught a bit flat footed on good ground and lost little in defeat, while he…

3m Betfair Multiples Offer Every Saturday Handicap Hurdle (Class 3) (4yo+ 0-140) It doesn’t scream quality, this Class 3 handicap hurdle. But it’s intriguing enough. Barbados Bucks is a weak looking 7/2 favourite having folded tamely in each of his last two starts off his current mark to finish 3rd.…