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As we get closer to the big day, I have two early selections I think will be good value come race time. First off, looking at the two at the head of the betting, Total Recall and Anibale Fly are no doubt two of the classier runners. Both ran well in the Gold Cup with […]
Grand National week is here with the big race on Saturday, but before we get there I have picked out some value selections for the first day. A little like Cheltenham, some horses will have multiple entries, so with bookies not yet going non-runner, no bet we take a chance on the selections actually running […]
Doncaster Flat racing officially returns this weekend with Lincoln day at Doncaster. As well as the main event we also have the Listed Cammidge Trophy, followed by the Spring Mile Handicap. The Lincoln is sandwiched between another Listed race in the Doncaster Mile and then the first two-year-old race of the season, the Brocklesbly. There […]
Day 3 First up on day 3 was the JLT Novices Chase over two miles three furlongs. The sun was out and the ground was officially soft. From the off, Bigmartre jumped out to the lead and took the field along a steady pace. Terrefort was always up with the early pace along with Finian’s […]
So the best week in National Hunt racing has been and gone. We have to wait another year until we see the sustained quality of racing we have just witnessed over four consecutive days. Race after race of pulsating equine brilliance, whether it be over hurdles, fences or the one flat race. Some of the […]
What a race we have in store on the fourth and final day of the 2018 Festival. Quite possibly one of the most open renewals in recent times. A case can be made for so many of the possible runners that whatever order they finish in you would do well to predict. Odds of 4/1 […]