The Weekend Winners panel reconvened on Friday, discussing the most effective betting angles forward of Saturday’s racing from Newbury and Kelso.
Kate Tracey, Declan Rix and Sam Boswell paid explicit consideration to Newbury’s BetVictor Residence Of The Saturday Superboost Handicap Chase – which is reside on Sky Sports activities Racing at 2.25pm.
Having received this race in 2023 and 2024, the Dan Skelton-trained Heltenham is again to win again his crown however must cope with the well-fancied Knapper Hill, Prairie Wolf and Twinjets – to call simply three.
Declan Rix…
“I’m hoping all eight run for each-way punters but I thought at the prices I wanted to take on Heltenham. Spring is in the air and I just wonder, is the ground going to get a little bit away from him? If they don’t put down loads of water he might be a little vulnerable.
“Knappers Hill clearly hasn’t been simple to coach, Twinjets was additionally actually disappointing final trip. Scarface? Who is aware of what he’ll do right here! Authorised Velocity and Coastguard Station are two horses coming back from prolonged absences.
“I went all the way down to the bottom of the field and Hercule De Seuil I think is really interesting. He’s a JP McManus-owned horse who used to be trained in Ireland by a fella called Willie Mullins – I don’t know if you’ve heard of him? He’s now with the [Neil] Mulholland team and his stable debut at Doncaster a couple of weeks ago was pretty good. There was no early pace in the race and Mighty Bandit got a complete freebie off the front end and made it count. I don’t think Richie McLernon was overly hard on him but he really took off in the final furlong. Going back to two-and-a-half on some nicer ground and being dropped 3lbs by the handicapper is all going to play into his hands.”
Sam Boswell…
“It is a good little race however I’ll be unoriginal and return to Heltenham. That is his Gold Cup – it is what he is right here for. I put him up at 20/1 final time he ran and he received, and he drifted that day. The bottom was a query mark that day, which is why punters did not fancy him, however he ran an excellent race. There’s something about this monitor that simply brings out the most effective in him, and he popped them properly.
“Harry Skelton being back on board is a great thing and it feels like a Saturday where Dan Skelton could emulate what his old boss used to do with a Saturday seven-timer. My assumption is he’ll come on for the run and I think he’ll go in one more time at his beloved Newbury.”
Kate Tracey…
“I love Heltenham, he’s such a character. It is interesting when you look back at two years ago, he won the Greatwood Gold Cup before going on to win this race, having already won it in 2023. He’s following the same route as that and you look his ratings: 123, 136 and now 140 trying to win this race.
“His mark has elevated as a result of he is been getting higher and higher, for all that he can nonetheless have his leaping frailties. I do assume that is due to the bottom and it is within the Skeltons we belief by way of that evaluation.”
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