Cheltenham 2020 betting: Trials Day Review
Find out what our professional tipster makes of the Trials Day hopefuls, including a couple of lively ones to be careful for in the Cheltenham Festival handicaps.
Santini enhanced his status within the Cotswold Chase on Trials Day at Cheltenham, scoring impressively to turn out to be a strong contender for the.
There have been also wins for Paisley Park and Simply The Betts on a fantastic day of motion at Prestbury Park. Scroll down for skilled opinion on the eyecatchers from the weekend of racing, with the Festival, which is simply weeks away now, in mind.
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Cheltenham Gold Cup betting odds: Santini puts down Gold Cup marker
Santini got the opportunity to indicate why there may be such a big buzz about him this season on his second marketing campaign over fences as he prevailed in the Grade Two Paddy Power Cotswold Chase, beating Bristol De Mai by three-and-a-half lengths.
Nicky Henderson’s runner is now the 5/1 second-favourite for the blue riband event of the Festival. Only final 12 months’s winner Al Boum Photo is forward of him in the betting.
Last season’s RSA Chase runner-up began the campaign with a victory at Sandown in a Listed contest. This latest win was a giant step up in school and he proved he was back to his greatest following wind surgery.
Henderson was bullish in regards to the horse in his post-race comments and it even seems like there might be much more to return when he steps up the workload with the eight-year-old.
This yr’s Gold Cup has a wide-open feel to it, so there is a chance for a horse like Santini to establish themselves as the primary runner within the division.
Stayers’ Hurdle betting odds: Paisley Park is going to take some beating
Paisley Park has now won seven consecutive races over hurdles following his victory in the Grade 2 Cleeve Hurdle.
Emma Lavelle’s stable star is many individuals’s banker of the Festival and we noticed precisely why at Cheltenham as he stayed on so strongly to take control at the end in comfy trend.
The defending champion is 8/11 within the. Given how he has dominated this division over this season and the last, there is a strong argument to be made to counsel he ought to be a lot shorter in the betting.
Big Buck’s was the final horse to defend their crown within the Stayers’ Hurdle, again in 2012. Paisley Park has an extended method to go to match the 4 wins the legend of this race recorded, but he’s going to take some stropping in March.
Close Brothers Novices’ Handicap Chase odds: Simply The Betts may be the one
Simply The Betts is the new 10/1 favourite for the Close Brothers Novices’ Handicap Chase following his win in the Timeform Novices’ Handicap Chase.
Harry Whittington’s runner may be able to return to this course for further success in March as he looks a progressive type who’s able to far more.
The seven-year-old has won three of his four appearances over fences. What was arguably most pleasing about his newest success was how robust he was up the hill. He did not need to be beaten which is a great attribute to have at Cheltenham.
Brown Advisory Plate odds: Cepage an outdoor punt for the Plate?
Cepage claimed the Paddy Power forty five Sleeps To Cheltenham Trophy Handicap Chase, prevailing beneath top weight for trainer Venetia Williams. He is as huge as 25/1 for the Brown Advisory Plate which appears to be terrific worth on the premise of his newest run.
The chaser will of course go up the weights for this Grade Three victory but he might be able to defying that rise when he returns to Prestbury Park for the Plate.
Cepage is also within the betting for the Ryanair Chase and Cheltenham Gold where he is 25/1 and 100/1 respectively.
Triumph Hurdle odds: Galahad wins Triumph trial
Galahad Quest stepped up from his opening two appearances on the track to win the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle. That was a sensible run and will certainly tempt some punters into taking the 33/1 obtainable on the novice to win the Triumph Hurdle.
Nick Williams’ hurdler remains open to much more and now he has a C&D victory to his name forward of the Triumph, he has confirmed he’s a robust challenger.
It may be interesting to attend and see what the handicapper makes of his run, with Williams having scooped the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle in 2017 with Flying Tiger.…
