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2m1f (2m179y) (New) SSS Super Alloys Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 2) (4yo+) Chances can be made for most of these and there’s little to challenge the favourite’s chance after two wins at Cheltenham and the horse he beat last time bolting up on Boxing Day. He’s sure to run well but I’m not sure…

1m Zabeel Mile Presented By Emaar Beachfront (Group 2) (Turf) (3yo+) Real World is clear on ratings but there are reasons to take him on. He’s likely to need the run, carries a 4lb penalty and a mile on good ground might be on the sharp side given his form last year…

3m1f Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase (Grade A) (5yo+) This is one of the best renewals of the Thyestes for many a year with winners often going on to run Grand Nationals and even Gold Cups. Longhouse Poet has received a significant share of the ante-post betting and he currently occupies…

2m3½f  (2m3f58y) SBK Holloway’s Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)  (Class 2) (4yo+) Garry Clermont sets a fair standard and has run to his mark the last twice, but his level is there to be shot at and STELLAR MAGIC might be the answer after running so well on his reappearance at Haydock. He was on…

1m1f Al Rashidiya Presented By Riviera Beachfront By Azizi (Group 2) (Turf) (3yo+) I can’t resist the claims of the unexposed PARTENIT at 16/1 in this Group Two, mostly against older horses. The lightly raced four-year-old was an excellent second in Group Three company last season, soundly beating the French Guineas second…

3m5f Agetur UK Ltd Classic Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) Gericault Roque does look like a progressive looking novice chaser, but he hasn’t managed to get his head in front this season, yet has been raised 9lbs for those defeats. He remains with potential but looks…

2m5f Ballymore Leamington Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) Party Business was putting in a decent run in the Grade 1 Challow Novice hurdle last time out before coming down two hurdles from home. He may very well have been runner-up at Newbury, but he has to…

2m5f (Winter) Coral Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle (Listed Race) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (4yo+) The London area is in for a dry few days and it’s likely Kempton will be good to soft for its big Lanzarote Hurdle card, where the feature’s boosted prize money has been rewarded with a maximum field of 20. I…

There’s every reason to believe that PIED PIPER and not ante-post favourite Fil Dor, who races for the same connections, will end up Gordon Elliott’s number one Triumph Hurdle horse. He’s been entered along with his stablemate for the Grade 1 Spring Juvenile Hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival and…

It’s been moving day in the Ballymore market with impressive Tolworth winner Constitution Hill cut significantly as punters and the media, fuelled by recency bias and Nicky Henderson’s ramblings, ponder the sense in him taking on his stablemate Jonbon in the Supreme. More significantly perhaps, once ante-post favourite Journey With…