2m Tattersalls Ireland Spring Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) (4yo) Triumph Hurdle favourite Aspire Tower sets a good standard and probably deserves to be odds-on considering his stand-out piece of form came at Leopardstown, but NEVER DO NOTHING was rated higher on the flat, beating him three times including when conceding 3lb at…
1pt each-way My Sister Sarah @20/1, 12:55 Leopardstown, Sunday
2m2f Irish Stallion Farms EBF Paddy Mullins Mares Handicap Hurdle (Grade B) (4yo+) A very hot looking renewal of this Mares Handicap hurdle. Jeremys Flame brings Grade 1 Novice form into this with a Tolworth second behind leading Supreme Novice contender, Fiddlerontheroof. Jeremys Flame is a general 5/1 and looks…
1pt win Itchy Feet @13/2, 14:25 Sandown, Saturday
2m4f (2m4f10y) Betway Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase (Grade 1) (Class 1) (5yo+) I’m backing ITCHY FEET to get the better of star mare Laurina, who has to put a disappointing effort last time out behind her. She apparently bled so perhaps can be excused that run, but it wasn’t the first time in her…
1pt win Cash Back @13/2, 14:00 Leopardstown, Saturday
The betting for the Irish Arkle (and indeed the Cheltenham equivalent) is currently dominated by two horses, and one piece of form that separated Notebook from the re-opposing Fakir D’Oudairies in a two mile chase at Leopardstown over the Christmas period. Notebook created a bit of a shock that day…
1pt each-way Count Meribel @8/1, 13:50 Cheltenham, Saturday
2m4½f (New) Paddy Power 45 Sleeps To Cheltenham Trophy Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (Class 1) (5yo+) The 45 Sleeps To Cheltenham Trophy Handicap is a big one to win. And the market is currently wide-open with a three-way tie for favouritism with it being hard to rule out many with…
1pt win Timetochill @14/1, 14:40 Doncaster, Saturday
2m½f (2m128y) Napoleons Casino & Restaurant Owlerton Sheffield Yorkshire Rose Mares’ Hurdle (Grade 2) (Class 1) (4yo+) On ratings, the 130-rated TIMETOCHILL has a lot to do to win this Grade 2, but she beat Notre Paris well enough two starts ago, and that equally-rated foe looked well handicapped when crashing out at the…
1pt ante-post win Slate House @9/1, 14:25 Cheltenham, Saturday
3m1½f (3m1f56y) (New) Paddy Power Cotswold Chase (Grade 2) (Class 1) (5yo+) Colin Tizzard has all but confirmed his Grade 1-winning novice chaser SLATE HOUSE a runner in Saturday’s Cotswold Chase, and at 9/1 the betting market hasn’t reacted, which really surprises me. He was the stand-out entry in the race on Monday and I…
1pt each-way Bennys King @12/1, 15:00 Ascot, Saturday
2m5f bet365 Handicap Chase (Class 2) (5yo+) Venetia Williams has been in ruthless form over the winter and she has another promising sort in the shape of Espoir De Guye. He was put up a stone for his success here last month in a handicap chase and looks smart. But…
Cheltenham Festival 2020 ante-post bets: Shishkin (16/1), Chantry House (14/1)
2m½f (2m87y) Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) SHISHKIN just bolted up over hurdles at Newbury. It may have been just a maiden but, having never been sent off odds-against since his purchase, he had clearly been a hype horse from the Henderson yard since blitzing a bumper at Kempton last…
1pt win Eldorado Allen @6/1, 15:35 Sandown, Saturday
2m (1m7f216y) Read Nico De Boinville’s Unibet Blog Handicap Hurdle (Class 2) (4yo+ 0-145) This doesn’t look the deepest race as there are a fair few older, exposed handicappers and only two six-year-olds. The one I want to be in is the top-weight ELDORADO ALLEN for Colin Tizzard. He looks the yard’s first string…