2m (1m7f216y) Unibet Casino Deposit £10 Get £40 Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 2) (4yo+ 0-145) Eight run and I don’t like the top three in the betting. The favourite Hermes Boy might not run if the going gets too heavy and that would leave just seven runners, making each-way betting unattractive. Volkovka is…
1pt win Millers Bank @11/2, 13:25 Cheltenham, Saturday
2m4½f (2m4f127y) (New) Paddy Power Novices’ Chase (Registered As The Dipper Novices’ Chase) (Grade 2) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) The Glancing Queen carries a penalty for beating moderate mares on her two chase efforts, and I suspect she’ll be outclassed if any of these prove themselves 150s horses. Race favourite L’Homme Presse will be…
1pt win Eclair Surf @10/1, 12:50 Cheltenham, Saturday
3m2½f (New) New Four Eighty Restaurant At Cheltenham Festival Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (Class 2) (5yo+ 0-145) A pretty good staying chase here with a number dropping out of novice company for their first start in an open handicap. The market support for Undersupervision looks understandable, but he is yet…
1pt each-way Botox Has @7/1, 14:35 Cheltenham, Saturday
3m (2m7f213y) (New) Paddy Power Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 2) (4yo+) Super competitive with 14 runners. I fancy BOTOX HAS to run another huge race after being narrowly denied on his first go at three miles in handicap company, also on the New course at Cheltenham where he has never finished worse than second.…
1pt win Alnadam @11/2, 14:00 Cheltenham, Saturday
2m4½f (New) Paddy Power New Year’s Day Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) He might currently be favourtie, but I think ALNADAM is a cracking bet for the big handicap on New Year’s Day at Cheltenham. Plenty of runners are coming into this having contested two similar…
1pt win Guard Your Dreams @7/1, 15:10 Cheltenham, Saturday
2m4½f (2m4f56y) (New) Dornan Engineering Relkeel Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) (Class 1) (5yo+) GUARD YOUR DREAMS looks overpriced for Relkeel success after winning the International Hurdle in impressive fashion. Course form is assured and we know he stays the extra distance having beaten three subsequent winners over 2m4f on the old course earlier this…
1pt win Flash Collonges @4/1, 15:35 Newbury, Wednesday
2m6½f MansionBet Proud To Support British Racing Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) (Class 3) (5yo+) FLASH COLLONGES was by far the highest-rated hurdler out of this crop of novices, but was always fancied to be a better chaser than hurdler. He was set a very tough assignment being put…
1pt each-way Kamaxos @18/1, 14:00 Newbury, Wednesday
2m4½f (2m4f118y) Bank A Winner With MansionBet Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 2) (4yo+) A wide open handicap but I’m taking a swing at KAMAXOS hitting the frame – as he has done when chasing home two well handicapped horses on his previous two starts. He races 6lb out of the handicap, which would…
1pt each-way A Great View @12/1, 1pt each-way Authorized Art @16/1, 13:10 Leopardstown, Tuesday
3m Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (Qualifier) (4yo+) The top two in the market look well overbet now with the tips from pricewise yesterday evening. But I’m going to side with a proven performer in this company with A GREAT VIEW. He put in an eyecatching performance in a similar test…
1pt win Defi Bleu @16/1, 14:40 Limerick, Tuesday
2m3½f Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase (Grade B) (5yo+ 0-150) There are several second-season chasers that make appeal in this Grade B handicap at Limerick, but none more than DEFI BLEU who comes into this off a very workable mark of 135. Defi Bleu finished third in the Martin Pipe…