1.50 cheltenham

This looks like a rogue's gallery and plausible cases can be made for most of them. After much deliberation, I have rounded down to two at the bottom. Gemirande and Grandeur d'Ame are both French-bred and have bits and pieces of Cheltenham form, which I think is key to these types of races. Both are attractively priced so a small Dutch bet might be the way to go. Further up the weights, Le Patron needs considering too with Freddie Mitchell taking off a valuable five pounds. A fascinating race awaits and good luck to those who are punting.

Was trying to find a better price but stuck with Fugitif to deliver back to back wins having been given a similar prep to last year and Bowen taking the ride again.

Guard your dreams seems to only have decent form in Class 3,  not done a fat lot in class 1's.
Fugitif looks good for a place at least - agreed
Ga Law would be my pick, based mainly on the fact he has acted respectively in Class 1's

Excellent race this, ultra competitive. I came up with Le Patron 11/1 & Guard Your Dreams 18/1 earlier. Skybet are doing money back if 2/3/4th, so I've backed one win with them and the other e/w with Bet365. Although I like STD, I do think sometimes he loses races by going too early and getting run down late on. Don't think this is a good race for novices stepping up, but the price/weight makes it worth taking a chance.

gtfi guard your dreams won a class 1 grade 2 hurdle £79,000 at this course 3 years back off a mark off 147 , that was hurdles though but  he is on a mark of 136 today.

4th guard your dreams .so something to come back !

wd foyles he was profile horse, managed to sneak in extra place

22 into teens on show as well

Yes, no complaints, given a good ride. Annoyingly I was at Ascot and backed Gemirande the other Friday and thought it won well. I just never trust VW horses to run the same way twice.

Decent result,  wd foyles>
TBF i prefer the 'lesser courses'  when it's easier to pick them,  don't go in for the big races its like saying who's going to win when arsenal, city, utd, barca,madrid  etc in the same league - give me city v Bristol rovers instead :)

wd Foyles, good find.

yeah its easier city v bristol rovs but ya wont get a decent  price on city .....buying money which is fine till ya hit a loser . at big prices ya only need a winner every so often and you are in front .

well done fat punt !

well done stormy