Tuesday Racing Tips from Steve Ryder

This looks a really high class and competitive renewal of the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle this year but preference goes to the Willie Mullins trained Dysart Dynamo (best priced at 5/2) The six-year-old is unbeaten in his four career starts under rules and looks to hold strong claims in this opener if coping well with the preliminaries. He has won by 19 lengths on both of his starts over hurdles so far and it seems significant that he was the chosen runner for Willie Mullins in the Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle in a race that Vautour, Douvan, Min and Getabird all won before running in this race. Both Vautour and Douvan were successful and I expect Dysart Dynamo to emulate his stablemates and get the Irish off to the perfect start.

There is a bigger field in the Arkle this year than many previously thought but it looks a really competitive renewal. Edwardstone looks a vulnerable favourite at the top of the market and I am willing to take a chance on Haut En Couleurs (best priced at 7/1). The five-year-old has to overcome a few trends to be successful but I feel he can upset his better fancied stablemate Blue Lord in this. His chasing debut at Leopardstown was a fantastic performance and I was impressed with how well he ran as a juvenile at the Cheltenham Festival last year on his stable debut when 3rd in the Triumph Hurdle. He was sent off only 100/30 for the Irish Arkle last time when he fell but I am hoping he can emulate stablemate Un De Sceaux who won this race despite falling earlier in his novice season.

Paul Townend will have had a difficult choice to make on whether to ride Stormy Ireland (best priced at 5/1), Burning Victory or Echoes In Rain but I feel he has made the correct choice. The eight-year-old has been beaten in this race twice previously but this does not look as stronger renewal as previous ones. She has won a Grade 1 and two Grade 2s since rejoining Willie Mullins from Paul Nicholls with her only disappointing effort coming in the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle against Honeysuckle.

Stormy Ireland comes into the race having won the Relkeel Hurdle here in January against the boys and she should prove hard to beat if she runs up to her rating of 150. Bookmakers are offering up to five places on the race so I would back her each way just in case she finds a couple too good again.

Gaelic Warrior arrives into this race with a huge reputation and could prove extremely well handicapped off a mark of 129 but I am going to take a chance on Doctor Brown Bear (best priced at 25/1) on his stable debut for Martin Brassil. He had five low key hurdle runs for Brendan Duke (0-35 this year over jumps) but his latest run was full of promise when he finished only four lengths behind the Triumph Hurdle bound Icare Allen in December.

That rival is rated 139 which makes Doctor Brown Bear look well handicapped off a mark of 125 (2lbs higher than his Irish mark) without even factoring the improvement expected from the trainer switch and the fitting of a first-time tongue tie. With up to six places available on the race, he looks overpriced to hit the frame.

The booking of Jamie Codd for Run Wild Fred (NAP) (best priced at 7/4) has made him an even more confident selection for this race and I expect this experienced second-season novice chaser to prove extremely difficult to beat in this race. The Gordon Elliott trained eight-year-old finished 2nd in the Irish Grand National on his final start last season before winning the Troytown Handicap Chase in impressive fashion by 7 ½ lengths in November off a mark of 145. He chased home stablemate Fury Road in the Grade 1 Neville Hotels Novice Chase at Leopardstown at Christmas and he should prove hard to beat in this Grade 2 contest with a rating of 158.

The Willie Mullins trained Stattler looks the biggest danger to the selection but he is rated 5lb lower than the selection and he still has to prove he will stay this trip of 3m6f. Preference therefore goes to Run Wild Fred and I think he will win this in impressive style.