TOMORROW will provide some of the final clues for the 2014 Cheltenham Festival – weather permitting of course. There is a stellar cast at Ascot where the Grade One Betfair Ascot Chase takes centre stage. Riverside Theatre won this race in 2012 when he got the better of MEDERMIT in a titanic duel. Saturday’s race …[Read More]
20
Jan 2014
Cheltenham Festival betting: latest movers and shakers
SIRE De Grugy finally looked like a Cheltenham Festival winner in waiting at Ascot on Saturday. His leap at the third last was memorable and the way he scythed through the heavy ground to ease clear of Hidden Cyclone was one of the most impressive sights of this Jumps season so far. If the BetVictor …[Read More]
17
Jan 2014
Melodic to call tune in Champion Hurdle Trial
THE Champion Hurdle Trial at Haydock is not always the most informative when it comes to the Cheltenham Festival. Rooster Booster was the last Champion Hurdler to win it and that was in 2004, a year after he slalomed up the hill to victory in the big one. But I’ve not totally given up on …[Read More]
08
Nov 2013
Saturday selections: D-day for Grandouet
GRANDOUET’S chasing debut is an obvious highlight at Sandown on Saturday but the card at Wincanton oozes quality from the first race through to the concluding bumper. If he stands up then Grandouet should win blindfolded, although nobody is going to get rich by backing him. Hinterland and Turn Over Sivola are no mugs and …[Read More]
10
Feb 2013
The return of big Ben
WHEN I saw Bensalem ease to victory in a Sandown bumper in November 2008, I reckoned that Alan King had got himself a potential Cheltenham Gold Cup horse. A promising novice hurdle career followed during which he ran Diamond Harry close at Cheltenham. This big brute of a horse has been unlucky. A serious illness …[Read More]
