Punter Entries Apples Shakira, Next Destination, Samcro , Sharjah, Act Of Valour, Debuchet, Slate House,
As always a guessing game as to what runs where, Samcro would be very hard to beat if he runs here, but indications are he goes to the Ballymore instead. Apples Shakira has done wrong but not beaten much, Next Destination won at Naas last time , Act Of Valour has been disappointing. Sharjah, was well behind Samcro last time but had looked useful before that, Slate House has been disappointing of late and like wise Debuchet,.
Favourite with out Samcro is Getabird, but the one the editor likes is Harry Fry’s If the Cap Fits.
Arkle Chase,
Punter Entries, Footpad, Pettit Mouchoir, Sceau Royal, River Wylde, Capitaine, Theo.
Footpad and Pettit Mouchoir stand out. It’s hard to give any chance to River Wylde, Capitaine or Theo, Sceau Royal has place claims at best. Whilst Footpad is all the rage, I think Pettit Mouchoir can beat him on the day, and at 4/1 currently is a good bet.
Champion Hurdle
Punter Entries Buveur D’ Air, Faugheen, Apples Jade, Elgin, Min, Bapume.
Min is unlikely to run, Bapume probably won’t either, Elgin has place claims in what looks a weak race. A lot depends if Faugheen can back to his very best, as Buveur D’Air looks the part but hasn’t beaten much yet. At 14/ 1 with the mares allowance I like Apples Jade if she takes her chance but she seems booked for the mares race instead.
Mares Hurdle
Punter Entries Apples Jade, Lets Dance, La Bagur Au Roi, Vroum Vroum Mag
Apples Jade is the stand out if she runs, La Bague Au Roi would go close but I hope she runs in the stayers hurdle , Lets Dance would have a good shout if the front 2 don’t run, Vroum Vroum Mag has obvious claims if fully fit and as we know Mullins mares can win this with out a previous run. Benie Des Diux has strong claims
RSA Chase
Punter Entries Willoughby Court, Finians Oscar, Benatar, Mount Mews
Benatar is due to run in the JLT, along with Finians Oscar, and I suspect Willoughby Court, and Mount Mews needs to find plenty to win this. Current favourite is Presenting Percy, but the one I like at 7/1 is Black Corton. He would have been in the editors string, but Paul Nicholls felt he was a summer horse and had basically done his job by mid October ! How ever as kept winning they kept him going and he has been a revelation.
The John Torpey Memorial Trophy
February Total
Cliff 136.6 677.1
Martin 119.4 675.5
Peej 118.6 560.7
Steve 57.4 540.64
Tony 146.1 442.8
Cod 115.6 434.5
Neil 83.9 364.6
Bob 120.5 289.3
Congratulations to Tony who is Trainer of the month for February
Editor couldn’t pick his arse, let alone a winner !!
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