After the postponement of this race ten days ago, we remain firmly on our two previous selections. Unfortunately, their prices have since contracted having come in for support. The Coral Welsh Grand National was privileged to have one of the top staying chasers of last season in the field with…
1pt win Landofhopeandglory @4/1, 14:55 Leopardstown, Tuesday
The feature race on the card sees Footpad take on the unbeaten Death Duty in the Racing Post Novice Chase at Leopardstown on Boxing Day. Two novices that I am personally looking forward to seeing go head-to-head. There is another novice chaser in the shape of LANDOFHOPEANDGLORY running in his…
7/1 Fox Norton to land the King George - and the Gold Cup!
Eight are declared for the 2017 renewal of Boxing Day’s King George Chase at Kempton, one of the deepest and most competitive in recent memory. A Grade 1 chase over three miles, it’s one of the top races in the jumps calendar and has been won by so many of…
1pt win L'Ami Serge @11/2, 14:25 Ascot, Saturday
Recent evidence suggests Unowhatimeanharry, rising ten years of age, is a declining force in the staying hurdlers division rather than the relentless improver of recent seasons. He won this Grade 1 JLT Long Walk Hurdle last year as well as the stayers hurdle at Punchestown in the spring, but was…
0.75pts each-way Air Horse One @12/1, 0.75pts each-way Veinard @14/1, 15:35 Ascot, Saturday
An extremely classy renewal of the Racing Welfare Handicap Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday afternoon. The betting is led by progressive four-year-old Silver Streak, who couldn’t have looked any more impressive on his return in a handicap event in October. Evan Williams will expect further progressive now, but the softer…
1pt win Amour De Nuit @9/2, 13:40 Doncaster, Saturday
Flying Tiger drops in to more comfortable handicap territory having finished 4.5l behind Champion Hurdle winner Buveur D’air in the Grade 1 Fighting Fifth. That form read literally means he should be favourite for this. But it wasn’t the most truly run race up at Newcastle, and I don’t think…
1pt win Momella @11/2, 15:40 Cheltenham, Saturday
I’m following Dan Skelton’s mare MOMELLA as she’s pitched into handicap company in the closing race of Cheltenham Saturday card. Put up on her previous start in graded company, also at Cheltenham, she ran a blinder to finish second to On The Blind Side, a nine-length winner next time out. Back against…
1pt win Clan Des Obeaux @4/1, 13:55 Cheltenham, Saturday
CLAN DES OBEAUX is a deserved favourite for Saturday’s Caspian Caviar Gold Cup over two-and-a-half miles around Cheltenham. His novice chasing form is working out really well with Whisper, who has beaten him less than a length on two occasions in the past year, going so close in the Ladbrokes…
1.5pts win Finian's Oscar @9/4, 13:45 Sandown, Saturday
If the Tingle Creek this year doesn’t look the deepest of renewals, the Grade 1 Henry VIII Novices’ Chase earlier on the card looks vintage with four of the top ten in Cheltenham Festival’s Arkle market going to post. I was a little surprised to see Nicky Henderson’s Brain Power…
0.75pts each-way Westerner Point @12/1, 13:30 Aintree, Saturday
The Becher Chase has a familiar looking feel to it with last year’s winner Vieux Lion Rouge re-opposing Highland Lodge (second), The Last Samuri (third) and Portrait King (sixth) all in attendance. David Pipe’s charge is 10lbs higher, and it was a bit of a lacklustre comeback run behind the…