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2m3½f  (2m3f58y) Thames Materials Novices’ Hurdle  (Class 2) (5yo+) Only the four runners but this is a very good little race. Master Debonair sets a high standard with his course form also coming on bad ground – it may literally be unraceable tomorrow with awful conditions forecast – but his price is prohibitive and…

2m½f Betfair Hurdle (Handicap) (Grade 3) (Class 1) (4yo+) Another excellent looking renewal of the Betfair Hurdle which is set to be run on unusually quick conditions for this time of year. Not So Sleepy looked very impressive on his second start over hurdles when making all at Ascot on…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…