It is the week of the Cheltenham Festival, and let’s hope
the cold blast of air that greeted me when I stepped outside this morning is
blowing through the bookies satchels later this week.
I spent a large
part of Sunday looking through the runners for the opening day of the Festival but
with 57 still entered in the 3m1f Ultima Handicap Chase on Tuesday working out
which will be lining-up at the start is a tricky enough job, let alone finding
the winner.
I will have to wait until the overnight declarations are
released later today and spend the afternoon looking through the form.
Before that, Saturday’s selection DAWSON CITY ran a
belter, and I thought he may be about to win as they ran towards the final
fence, but then he was impeded by the loose horse and was virtually brought to
a halt. The eventual winner Mosspark was
2nd in the same race last year and he ran on strong so it’s unlikely
that Dawson City would have caught and passed him; but we can out fairly
unscathed.
For those on the email list, I will be sending out a
draft of the final blog for tomorrow later on this evening, so keep the phone
close to learn of the email landing.
We have some great racing ahead and it is unlikely that
we will have Mullins winning so many on the opening day as he did last
year. I will be opposing MIN in the
opening “Supreme” novices hurdle, as I feel he may not have the experience in
what looks a good year for novice hurdlers. I’ve spotted one that is long-odds
that looks worthy of a small wager.
I am looking forward to seeing DOUVAN, and he looks the
likely winner of the Arkle but his odds are silly – far too short at 2/5. There must be value in the “without Douvan”
market. The Champion Hurdle looks wide
open, and I’m also looking at a long-odds wager in that race.
That’s it for now.
We’ve put together a mighty “bank” over the course of the season to go
to war with and “fingers-crossed” we will come out on Friday with an even
bigger one.
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