Good Morning/Evening racing fans I hope we are rested up for another big weekend of racing as our clues for Cheltenham stack up and our fancies strengthen. The flagship meetings today come from Cheltenham and Doncaster who stage the Skybet Chase of 2013 for which Unioniste is a strong favourite at the time of writing. The other two meetings of the day come from Lingfield and Leopardstown with some strong races on the latter card.
As always we have prepared a video for you covering all of tomorrow's Channel 4 racing. Joining me this week are the regular's @Adamwebb121, @Calummadell and a rare visit from @Mytentoryours!! You can also follow me on twitter at @Lukeelder13. Let us know your thoughts on tomorrow's racing and if you agree with us or not. Enjoy!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdNTRmbVjHs
Now onto today's selections!
12:25 Doncaster - Mcllhatton
Paul Nicholls has never hid the fact that he thinks a lot of Mcllhatton and he has shaped well on various occasions in his still young career. We last saw him on the back of a break at Kempton when being beaten by 23 lengths behind runaway winner Junction Fourteen off today's mark. He is dropped a furlong and a half today which looks to be in his favour after not quite staying the last twice but had won in Novice Company before. His only trip to Doncaster came over course and distance when third in a good race behind African Gold and Close Touch who have since gone on to better things. Mcllhatton to get our day off to a flying start. (9/1)
1:15 Cheltenham - The Italian Yob
Today promises to be a good day for Nick Williams and he has a leading chance here with The Italian Yob after scoring well at Sandown last time. He is a big stamp of a horse and always promised to make a better chaser than hurdler which he started to confirm last time out. His strongest form over fences is his 2nd to exciting novice Valdez, a race in which he had Ohio Gold 37 lengths behind him off the same terms as today. Today's ground will be absolutely no problem for him and a 7 pound rise from his Sandown victory looks on the lenient side. The Italian Yob to land the spoils with Annacotty as the biggest danger. (5/1)
1:50 Cheltenham - Double Ross
We keep the faith with Double Ross today after he has been profitable for us twice this season already resulting in a rise of 15 pounds. He took his tally over fences to 3 from 5 on New Years Day in absolutely bottomless ground over course and distance again. The writing was on the wall a long way out that day and despite tiring close to home he kept on well beating Cedre Bleu by 4 and a half lengths. He has been raised 8 pounds for his exertions which still may not be enough to stop him winning today as he is still an improving young chaser. Double Ross to land the Cheltenham hat-trick. (7/2)
2:15 Leopardstown - Djakadam
After our jumpers to follow video and his chasing debut, its only fair to put up Djakadam today as he steps up to 2 miles and 5 furlongs. He was thrown in at the deep end on chase debut when taking on the far more experienced Si C'etait Vrai and Minsk, but still had no problems brushing them aside. Back in fifth that day was Katnap who has since gone close behind the highly thought of Mount Colah but back to the selection. Not many horses had me too excited at the beginning of this season but Djakadam was definitely one of them after a promising juvenile hurdle season. Djakadam to land this on the way to bigger things and is an absolute steal of a price. (7/4)
2:50 Leopardstown - Make A Track
Make A Track is another that I have liked for a long time ever since his debut for David Arbuthnot at Sandown before being sold to Ireland. Since joining Charlie Swan's yard he has managed a fourth in the Martin Pipe at Cheltenham and was fancied in the Thyestes earlier this week before being taken out. He put in a laboured effort last time in a four runner race at Thurles which can be forgiven as his best form is in bigger fields. Four of his six wins have come in double figure fields and the other two were in 5 and 7 horse fields. He is 9 pounds higher than when landing a competitive handicap at Limerick easily by 15 lengths with Castle Wings back in 2nd place and looks to have something in hand still. Make A Track to make his big price look foolish. (25/1)
NAP - Djakadam
Nb - Make A Track
As always happy punting!!
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