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Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Apr 7, 2011 at 09:15:02 AM
If it's National week then it must be time for that annual debate about whether Cheltenham Festival form will travel north up the M5 and M6 to Aintree.
The short answer is that some of it will and some of it won't, but I make no apologies for nosing on Paul Nicholls given that the champion trainer saddles the first three favourites at restrictive prices this Thursday.
Big Buck's, Zarkandar and Denman are the trio in question and you won't get much more than 7.0 about all three of them obliging. However, I'm hoping it will be a case of two out of three ain't bad for Nicholls on day one.
And, call me a glutton for punishment, but I'm taking one more crack at Big Buck's with Grands Crus in the Liverpool Hurdle at 14:00. David Pipe's gelding has a little under two lengths to find with...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Mar 17, 2011 at 09:37:16 AM
[b]Ruby Walsh has described him as his best ride of the week and thousands of punters will simply lump on and expect an 11th win in succession. But Big Buck's is unlikely to toy with this year's World Hurdle rivals in the way he has dismissed overmatched rivals so far this season. Grands Crus looks a stern rival to the champ as he bids to win Cheltenham's day three showpiece for a third year running and RUK analyst Graham Cunningham expects a classic showdown as he continues his Festival Foursome feature.[/b]
1: Loosen My Load has had very little publicity in the run up to the Jewson Chase at 13:30, but he's struck me as the ideal type for this for quite a while now.
In the words of trainer Henry de Bromhead he's "a savage jumper" and he's also a proven Cheltenham performer who relishes...