Garde La Victoire - JLT

Been looking at this race since KV injury and cant seem to fathom why this horse is still 12/1 with most firms and a similar price on here.

The horses around him or in front of him in the betting have big question marks to me.

BDM - He's beat twice lumping weight on both occasions on heavy ground and a decent surface.
Outlander - Not certain to go for the race.
Shaneshill - Not a natural chaser for me and well beaten lto.
Sizing John - probs goes arkle according to trainer and j burke.
L'Ami Serge - Goes arkle.

His forms seems to stack up well - Doc harper, Regal Encore, BDM all well beaten when getting weight. He's a rock solid 153 hurdler and see him being better over fences.

Yes BDM has obviously improved but this lad looks a natural over his fences and a step up in trip  is something he looks likely to improve for, massively for me! gets his head down and gallops and Hobbs/Johnson look set for a decent festival.

I'd love to get on nrnb but fear the wait to do so will see this chap be around 6s or 7s by the time that arrives.

sod it, I'm going in!!