Jack Richards Handicap Chase

Jordan’s Cross has improved 20lbs for a fence and he could still be progressive yet. He could easily be four from four over the bigger obstacles had he not come down at the last when mounting a challenge at the November meeting at Cheltenham. That fall aside, he has a perfect record since sent chasing and one of his three successes came at Cheltenham on trials day when he was extremely game to fend off the challenge from the Paul Nicholls runner, Quebecois. 

He has the course form, is still progressive, and I think a big player in this and that combination makes him a good first leg of this multi. 

Selection: Jordan Cross - Top 5 Finish

Best odds of 4/7 at William Hill while publishing.

Stayers Hurdle

This race has thrown up plenty of surprises in recent years with 6 of the last 12 winners having been sent off at a double figure price. This includes winners at 33/1 & 50/1. I’m therefore hunting a big price winner in here again and I am a massive fan of Feet Of A Dancer. The second horse for Paul Nolan who has made the cut this week and this mare, who is getting the 7lbs allowance is a model of consistency.

She’s won 6 of her 16 starts and has been in the first 3 on 12 of them. (Two of those where she wasn’t in the first 3 were 4th place finishes in fields of 12 & 24 runners) One of her 4th places came at Cheltenham last season as a 6-year-old in The Pertemps and she is still on the improve and can certainly outrun her odds in this and is a tasty each way bet in this Lucky15. 

Selection: Feet Of A Dancer - Top 3 Finish

Best odds of 10/11 at William Hill while publishing.

The Pertemps Final

Emma Lavelle is becoming somewhat a bit of a specialist with these staying handicap hurdlers. Paisley Park most notably and of course Ma Shantou has progressed all season and will have already run in The Stayers by this point. She has another in this field at a big price and some of the course form over the intermediate trip at Cheltenham in October is very eye catching. 

Classic King was 4th behind French Ship who was the winner on that day and is now 18lbs higher in the handicap. The second was Navajo Indy who has sadly been retired. The 3rd was Bowensonfire who is well fancied in the County and has gone up 17lbs in the handicap and Classic King had to give 7lbs and 4lbs to those pair on that day. He will enjoy the better ground conditions and will come in here primed for the race.

Selection: Classic King  - Top 5 Finish

Best odds of 4/1 at SpreadEx while publishing.

Kim Muir

Monbeg Genius is on a competitive mark again and has run some very credible efforts off higher marks in recent starts. He was 6th of 19 in the Bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown before running well in The Welsh National where he was 5th behind Haiti Couleurs who nobody could match on that day. 

He has some impeccable Cheltenham form from a few years ago when getting his ground (which he will again here) when finishing a close third behind Corach Rambler, a dual Ultima and Grand National winner and Fastorslow who proved to be a grade one horse. He is now a 10-year-old but if putting his best foot forward he can definitely run well in this. 

Selection: Monbeg Genius - Top 5 Finish

Best odds of 4/1 at William Hill while publishing.

The Best Price for the above four fold Acca is 70/1 at William Hill at the time of publishing. As short as 40/1 elsewhere.