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Two bets today in the Pertemps Final and Byrne Group Plate which are listed at the end of the next four paragraphs of notices.

Firstly, for those who have subscribed to the Preview Evenings Report Service, we switched Carlisle for London this week as we felt the Doncaster preview two days ago was too similar to Carlisle but Ferdy Murphy and Denis O’Regan could not make the Donny preview so subs were put in place (they are also down for Carlisle) so, as a bonus, we will report back on what they had to say at the Carlisle Preview Evening which will be posted on the website on Wednesday.

Also, just a reminder that I will be posting this service every day at 1.00 p.m. this week between Monday-Friday (not the weekend) and then the final copy will be on the Monday on the eve of the Festival where we should be up to a similar amount of bets by then as the last two years. I should also draw your attention to the fact that Stan James are now going Non Runner No Bet on all Festival races.

After Mille Chief’s lameness and Petit Robin switching races over the last few days, it has got to that stage when I now dread tuning into the news outlets for fear of a setback or injury. We got lucky last season with lack of NR’s on this service which is part of parcel of the gamble of ante-post betting so fingers crossed that Petit Robin will be the last.

How cold has it been this winter? The coldest in 31 years at Cheltenham and pretty wet too bit how quickly things can change and course officials have announced they are going to start watering on today!

TODAY’S ANTE-POST ADVICE:
Silk Affair (ew) NON RUNNER NO BET (Pertemps Final) – Best prices: 16/1 Ladbrokes, Stan James, Bet365 (all three offer NR No Bet so go with them); 16/1 Totesport, Betfred, Victor Chandler, Hills

Song Of Songs (ew) NON RUNNER NO BET (Byrne Group Plate) – Best prices: 14/1 Stan James (NR No Bet); 12/1 Ladbrokes (NR No Bet), Bet365 (NR No Bet). You can get 16s all-in with Victor Chandler and Hills but the advice is NR No Bet and take a slightly smaller price.

SUPREME NOVICES’ HURDLE
It looks virtually certain now that Get Me Out Of Here will contest this race and therefore start second-favourite and I only see him shortening as the rails bookmakers are going to want to get Dunguib who I am certain will start bigger than his current ante-post odds. In fact, Get Me Out Of Here is the only British-trained horse in the race I have any time for. It was good to hear Willie Mullins talking more about Flat Out than Blackstairmountain in his interview on RPTV and you can tell he likes him but I don’t doubt he still rates Blackstairmountain as his number one so Ruby Walsh will ride leaving Emmit Mullins on our each-way bet. I wouldn’t put anyone looking at Blackstairmoutain each-way as well, I just felt that Flat Out was the better value at 33/1 than his stablemate at less than half of those odds. Of the other top eight in the betting I don’t fancy the Henderson pair of Oscar Whisky or Bellvano (may head for the County Hurdle) or Menorah but would have time for Loosen My Load’s place chance if he does come here.

ARKLE TROPHY
Firstly, I should mention I have a correction to one of the stats in the Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide that concerns this race. I wrote that every winner since 1966 had run during the same calendar year but somehow missed the fact Or Royal was having his first run since mid-December when successful so it should read just one winner not to have run in the same calendar year since 1966 which still tells a story for supporters of Somersby, Sizing Europe and Riverside Theatre. Just the usual “everything is going to plan” reports from yards of the leading fancies in a market where the market has been stagnant for a good while now. That may change on the day if J P McManus gets stuck into his Captain Cee Bee but, if he doesn’t, I can see the layers wanting to get him so feel he is another current favourite that could start at a bigger price on the day than he is now. After his public school I thought it was interesting that Willie Mullins stated he felt Sports Line would improve a fair bit as he commented he had endured a small problem since his last run and I just hope for the sake of our bet that his obvious enthusiasm can be reined in a little. Mullins is also likely to let Shakervilz to take his chance and has warned us not to underestimate him highlighting his clean jumping but he has class issues to answer for me in a race that usually goes to a class act. Edward O’Grady has issued an upbeat report on Osana saying he will improve for his last run when third in his trial but I really just can’t see him winning.

WILLIAM HILL TROPHY
Looking at the weights, it would appear the bottom weight here will carry only around 10st 8lbs so the 11st rule is going to be under threat (the last 10 winners carried under 11st) so I would ignore that concentrate on the official ratings stats that say you’ve had it if rated 150+ like in the last 27 years. I don’t read much into these things but David Pipe put up The Package as his banker of the meeting at a preview evening in Ireland last week as is now no bigger than 6/1 so we’re in good shape there. Character Building has a very good Festival record having won a Kim Muir and should have won the NH Chase (second but wandered on the run-in) and John Quinn has confirmed him for this race and has been backed across the board into fourth favourite but I’ve never been one to consider Grand National-bound horses in this race as they are being trained for another day and I am sure he will be delighted if he finishes in the first six. I am not having The Tother One off top weight in a race where carrying a big weight is a big negative who is disputing fourth favouritism behind Theatrical Moment who I do have time for as Jonjo O’Neill won this with a novice last season and he was my ante-post bet for the Skybet Chase which was abandoned. He is interesting but only with a firm going Non Runner No Bet as he has other entries at the Festival and I noticed there was money for his stablemate Isn’t That Lucky who was mapped out to win the Jewson last season and finished second and he looks to have mapped out for something this season as well. Betfair prices suggest his other interesting contender Synchronised is heading for the NH Chase. What have the Irish got given they have won two of the last four renewals in which they have had a runner? Not a lot. Siegemaster, but I don’t trust his jumping plus he has enough weight so Casey Jones would interest me more off just 2lbs more than his Irish rating and he has been off since finishing fourth in a Grade 1 back in November and the long absence wouldn’t bother me, in fact, I would see it as a positive but he is rated 151 which would make him the highest rated winner for 28 years so I have to leave him. Miss Mitch is now out for the season so, at bigger prices I can see last year’s third Nenuphar Collonges going well again (horses often run two good races in this contest) especially as the ground is starting to dry out but can he really win it? Cappa Bleu is also potentially interesting being a previous Festival winner and horses to place at worst at this meeting before have won more runnings of this race than not in the last 12 runnings but they appear to be heading to the Albert Bartlett with him. At the moment, I am happy with just the one bet in the race.

CHAMPION HURDLE
I really don’t know what Nicky Henderson is up to. Firstly Binocular is out for the season with a muscle problem and now there is nothing wrong with him and McCoy says he has missed no work so the Champion Hurdle looks back on the cards. So what of this muscle problem, did it actually ever exist? It would appear he is now going to take his chance again which means that McCoy will be required to ride him so Zaynar could now be ridden by Andrew Tinkler who won on him at Ascot as Henderson stated Geraghty will almost certainly ride Punjabi. I still feel the each-way money will come for Punjabi who is proving to be a popular selection on the Preview Evening circuit. Given the ground is starting to dry up, we now have a new favourite in Go Native who has usurped Solwhit at the head of the market who would prefer some cut. He is now 8/13 with Skybet to start favourite on the day. The quickening up of the ground is also in favour of Starluck who won over a mile last week in his final prep as that can help him last the trip out better plus Medermit who Alan King is convinced is better on better ground despite winning at Haydock on a testing surface but against Khyber Kim. And what is it with lame horses this season? Sublimity was found to lame on Saturday and now misses the race. I just wonder if Celestial Halo is a forgotten horse as Nicholls also feels he wants better ground than he has had when disappointing on his last two starts and I am sure the trainer is loving the fact he is going under the radar. With no Osana and Hardy Eustace hassling him this season, I can’t see an obvious one that would want to take him on so also just wonder if he could get the run of the race. He is not the worst 16/1 poke I’ve ever seen and I reckon he will be nearer 10s at the off so he strikes me a trading option but I have already advised two bets in the race, both of which I am very happy with, so do not want to go in again.

CROSS COUNTRY HANDICAP CHASE
I am still smarting for not putting Sizing Australia (ew) up when he was 8/1 as the best price available now is 5/1 but I know some of you took the many hints and got those kind of odds so good luck to you. It’s 20/1 bar three and I think that’s right so will wait now until the day to decide what to do and I will certainly be boxing up the big three in combination bets.

DAVID NICHOLSON MARES HURDLE

The retirement of Whiteoak, who to my mind was one of just four potential winners, has weakened this race further as has the retirement of Candy Creek this week but has enhanced the prospects of our each-way bet No One Tells Me making the frame. I can pass on news that last season’s third Aura About You for the Paul Nolan yard is likely to make her seasonal debut in this race and I’ve heard good reports about her latest gallop where she reportedly tanked up the gallops. Last season’s Champion Bumper fifth Morning Supreme has leapt into disputing joint third-favouritism now with the bookmakers (but longer on Betfair). Willie Mullins had intimated going for one of the novice races with her but as the race is turning into somewhat of a non-event it would appear he may let her take her chance even if he does run the hot favourite. Mullins’ J’Y Vole has also been a mover which would mean a switch from the Ryanair Chase if that is the case but, reading his quotes yesterday, the Ryanair remains the plan. As the race is falling apart, Jessica Harrington is now also having second thoughts about running Zarinava who she ruled out a couple of weeks back fearing she wouldn’t stay so, unless they have shortened the course in the last fortnight, she wouldn’t be on my radar. J P McManus’ Sway is the other one to have come into the reckoning after the entries were released on Wednesday having shaped with some promise on her British debut in the National Spirit Hurdle before falling but she is only a four-year-old. In late news, Colm Murphy has confirmed Barry Geraghty for the ride on Voler La Vedette so it seems a definite case of bye bye Champion Hurdle for her. I am happy with our 20/1 each-way about No One Tells Me, all I need now is for Quevega to go lame!

NATIONAL HUNT CHASE

This race has still to take any real shape but I notice you can still get 33/1 in a couple of places about Far More Serious which strikes me as overpriced but, as I mentioned on Thursday, I think you need a 140+ horse for this looking at the recent win and place horses and I don’t think he is quite that good. Abbeybraney split Barbers Shop and Roll Along 18 months ago so certainly has the class to be a 140+ horse and is interesting as is Willie Mullins’ Apt Approach as he won this twice as a jockey, should have won it as a trainer with Hedgehunter who was cantering until performing the splits two out and seemingly wants to run him rather than The Midnight Club who I had down as an ideal type for this race. Apt Approach ran well in a Grade 2 contest last time and strikes me as a potential improver for the step up in trip and is the most interesting contender to me at present of the horses trading at a single-figure price though you can get some 12s.

NEPTUNE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT NOVICES’ HURDLE

Now that Ruby Walsh has committed himself to Quel Esprit in this race he has been trimmed and will be popular on the day as well attempting to give Willie Mullins a third win on the spin in the race but I still see the money coming for Rite Of Passage who is 3s across the board on the day and rate him a trading option. With officials watering today, obviously things are quickening up and if the ground is no worse than good-to-soft, seeing the way he came clear in the Irish November Handicap (where he ran to a classy 103), I can only think he will have too much pace for Quel Esprit who many feel should be in the Albert Bartlett having looked one-paced over 2m5f last time when beaten by Coole River. The winner franked that form and my gut feeling is that Quel Esprit also wasn’t right that day and we will see a much better horse but my opinion of Rite Of Passage is sky high and I will not be opposing him – it’s just a question of whether I advise taking the 3s Non Runner No Bet now as I can’t believe he will be that price on the day. I have stamina doubts about Peddlers Cross even though he is a winning pointer as he looked plenty speedy at Haydock, Reve De Sivola doesn’t jump well enough and has been beaten too many times and I can see Quantitativeeasing ending up in a handicap. There has been money for Summit Meeting off the back of Pricewise’s recommendation plus positive words from Jessica Harrington and it is interesting she runs him rather than Coole River and I can see him go well as I can Finian’s Rainbow on better ground than when beaten in the Challow Hurdle and who Barry Geraghty has been gushing over on the Preview Evening circuit but I can not take on Rite Of Passage.

RSA CHASE

The big story has been the problems with the lameness of Punchestowns. I don’t know if they were being over-cautious here and mentioning the problem thus causing many a worry for those that have already backed him but all appears to be well again after a canter on Saturday. I understand he ripped a shoe off when working. As a result Long Run is now favourite, even at as low as 9/4 so there has to be some value somewhere. Probably Punchestowns at 4/1. I have to admit I almost backed Punchestowns believing there had been an over-reaction to his problem as felt he had drifted to too big a price but just couldn’t quite bring myself to do it. If he is fully fit I maintain he is the one to beat but it’s all about price. The big mover of the week however has been Uimhiraceathair from 20s and bigger into a top offer of 12/1 so you can read into that he will be Ruby Walsh’s mount. Willie Mullins also contributed to the move by admitting he wasn’t fully fit for his last run when dead-heating with Telenor and will improve plenty and he has trained three winners of the race before. It looks like The Nightingale will miss Cheltenham altogether for Aintree if Paul Nicholls gets his way but there was a turnaround in the plans for Burton Port who will now tackle the race. Henderson commented after he won the Reynoldstown Chase that he would probably wait for Aintree but I suspect Trevor Hemmings wants a runner so they changed their plan. He is not good enough so a wasted run there Trevor.

QUEEN MOTHER CHAMPION CHASE

I feared it was coming after Henderson’s comments last week and he confirmed that they have switched Petit Robin to the Ryanair Chase. It’s frustrating as the advice of 25/1 e/w without Master Minded was real value and especially frustrating as they confirmed him for the Champion Chase just over two weeks ago which saw him drift out to 123/1 on Betfair for the Ryanair. I can understand why they have done it as he can’t win this race if Master Minded is anywhere near his A-game but he has a squeak in the Ryanair as there is no superstar but it still sticks in the throat. The switch means that Barry Geraghty is now free to continue his association with Big Zeb. Master Minded is going to win it comfortably and Kalahari King will run on for second, seems pretty straightforward to me and I can see myself backing the Exacta and Kalahari King without the favourite quite easily but there is no value in his ante-post price in that market.

CORAL CUP

I’ve dodged a bullet on this service waiting a few days as my main fancy was Noble Prince but Paul Nolan has confirmed he will run in the County Hurdle instead but not until after he was backed from as big as 33/1 into as low as 10/1 second favourite. I am sure those punters will be delighted Paul. I am sure this trip is his perfect for him so the move surprises me but maybe he is waiting for the County as that takes place on traditionally the fastest ground of the meeting and that is what I think he is crying out for. Maybe it is also not as competitive as the Coral Cup? I do have some others in mind but would rather wait for confirmation of running plans so watch this space. One thing is for certain, if Smoking Aces turns up here, he will be the unquestioned trends horse of the race but he is also in the Pertemps Final and J P McManus has plenty of options for this race.

FRED WINTER JUVENILE NOVICES’ HURDLE
An open market but I am happy with our Sanctuaire bet who is strong on trends and visually impressed last time out and I will see what else I can pick up when I am on the Preview Evening circuit this week for six of the seven nights leading up to Champion Hurdle day.

WEATHERBYS CHAMPION BUMPER
I must confess to considering adding Drumbaloo to our portfolio but all the 16s available last week has dried up to 12s so I will let him pass. Good to see the Brits making an effort with just Al Ferof in the top dozen of the betting. That’s fine by me having lumped on an Irish-trained winner in October with Bet365 at 4/7. I will not be best pleased if he wins!

JEWSON NOVICES’ HANDICAP CHASE
I had a good look at this race at the weekend but, disappointingly, came to the same conclusion as the markets in that I think it will go the way of one of the leading fancies. If Sunnyhillboy gets in (needs 19 to come out), he will be the trends horse of the race for sure but I am slightly worried about his size as I went to Jonjo O’Neill’s media day at the start of the season and he looks very small for chasing so whether he is as effective on a big track than a small track I would have some doubts. Rivaliste has an obvious chance with Nicholls protecting his mark since December and he will be held up for much longer this time than when getting nabbed on the line at Sandown. The Hollinwell has been laid out for this by Festival handicap king Ferdy Murphy so I very much respect him and I do like pattern-chase form in this race so China Rock is another to enter my thoughts and he wasn’t beaten far at all in fourth in last season’s ‘Neptune’ so has run well at the Festival before. The horse I would be against at the top of the market is Hey Big Spender as he just looks too exposed for me in a race where we need at least 7lbs in hand. I am sure he will run well and looks a place-only interest but is he handicapped to win against a field of mainly lesser exposed types? I fear not. Salut Flo bolted up last week and is around sixth favourite but I am not sure he is going to get in.

PERTEMPS FINAL
My goodness Alfie Sherrin is short for this. Win he may but value he is not. The second favourite Ainama has clearly been laid out for this for J P McManus after his quiet run at Newbury but I just think the horse is a twicer and probably best on a flat track. There has been plenty of money for Triggerman today and I like him as a young stayer so can understand why but the bet today is SILK AFFAIR (ew) non-runner no bet at a top price is 16/1 and go first to Ladbrokes, Stan James and Bet365 who offer top odds and also Non Runner No Bet. Last season’s Fred Winter winner is also about the same price for the Coral Cup but she needs 50 horses to come out so will not get a run so is sure to tackle this race which I feel was the plan anyway. Subscribers to my Weekend Service will know I think she has been plotted up for a big handicap all season by her shrewd connections and I reckon this is it having seen her run at Sandown last time out behind Beshabar in what is traditionally a very good guide to the Festival handicaps. In fact, it has been the best recent guide to this race and the last two Pertemps Final winners were unplaced in that handicap and it is fair to say that Silk Affair was a most eye-catching fifth having been allowed to drop off the pace, ran wide round the final bend, then cut back to the inner and then, just when she started making ground, they appeared to ease off her yet she still finished best of all suggesting the step up to three miles will also suit. Beshabar has since come out and won again and Trenchant won the National Spirit Hurdle on his next start, Having won last season’s Fred Winter, Silk Affair can obviously handle big-field handicaps at the Festival and, given her cute connections, I can see a move for her. I said earlier in this service that I fancied four for this race, two stats horses and two gut horses, and she is one of the latter category as she is a five-year-old and they have a poor record but not all that many have tried in recent seasons after the race was switched to the less-demanding New Course. Take the 16s ew with any of those three firms offering Non Runner No Bet.

RYANAIR CHASE
The switch from the Champion Chase to this race for Petit Robin has thrown another contender into the mix as he has a chance but I am sure Henderson rated Barbers Shop his number one as Petit Robin is far from certain to stay 2m5f at top level and he was stuffed when upped to 2m4f in the Melling Chase last season. It could be that his Champion Chase running when third had left its mark for Aintree rather than the trip but it is a concern. I’ve got a feeling that Tranquil Sea will start favourite and he continues to be backed after his win last week. Alan King may stick blinkers on Voy Por Ustedes and may not have given up on him but deep down I am not happy with that bet which I struck before the Game Spirit Chase so may have a second interest in the race. The betting would suggest J’Y Vole is the Mullins’ number one but he has stated he thinks she is better on right-handed tracks so gave the impression he preferred Scotsirish more and Barker may yet end up here too.

WORLD HURDLE
The two problems with this race are that Big Buck’s has killed much of the betting interest and nothing happens after the Cleeve Hurdle so there is little to report. You can now get 10/1 Time For Rupert without the favourite with Bet365 (NR No Bet) which strikes me as very good each-way value and the 14s about Powerstation in the same market also makes some appeal. It is still notable how weak Karabak is on Betfair which has been the case for a little while now. I don’t think there is anything wrong with him, just that punters are prefering Tidal Bay as the danger. One thing is for certain, I am not having Sentry Duty staying well enough to finish second. Beware if you fancy Mourad (except for NR No Bet) as he is being nibbled for the Coral Cup.

BYRNE GROUP PLATE
Bet time. He is 16s in three places all-in but I would rather take the 14s Non Runner No Bet with Stan James about my fancy SONG OF SONGS (12s NR No Bet with Bet365 and Ladbrokes). In short, I have seen so many McManus horses this season that look to have been prepared with the big spring handicaps in mind and Song Of Songs is one of those and his mark has now dropped to an eye-catching 138. Don’t forget he was fancied for the Grade 1 Maghull Novices’ Chase last season and was running well until slipping rounding the final bend which may have contributed to him crashing out at the next fence, so they must have felt he was close to a 150+ horse at the time and when he puts it all together. His achilles heel is his jumping but I feel the step up to 2m5f will help in that respect and although he appeared like a non-stayer over this trip in the Coral Cup two years ago when he came to win this race at the final flight but weakened on the run-in, he is two years older now and they don’t go as fast over fences which will help him get home. Although he is in the Grand Annual, I am hearing this is the plan, but plans can change (Petit Robin &, Noble Prince for ecample) hence why I would rather take a little shorter price for the comfort of Non Runner No Bet. To be honest I am not interested in his form this season one iota as it has contributed to dropping him 6lbs which is ideal.

FULKE WALWYN KIM MUIR HANDICAP CHASE
Our bet Shillingstone is now near enough joint-favourite with the top weight Ballabriggs and, although I know this seriously competitive, I was pleased to see The Sliotar be ruled out last week through injury as I would have had him down as one of the bigger dangers. Henderson does well in this so could easily run the weekend winner Wogan and Ferdy Murphy is another with a proven record in the race and confirmed that Galant Nuit will head here rather than the William Hill Trophy. A course winner earlier in the season he is a threat but I am sure they had ruled him for the season not long after that win! He is also just a six-year-old which is a serious negative for this race.

TRIUMPH HURDLE
Soldatino has been the big mover but he looks a skinny price to me now at 8/1 as beat little at Kempton and took his time to do so. Yes he was well on top at the end and will have learned plenty but he is no value anymore. The same stable were hoping that Super Kenny may join him here but he had a setback that forced him out of his prep race (and hurdles debut) last week so he is out of the equation. With the ground quickening up all the time I also think Alaivan is poor value at 4/1 as he looks like he want some real cut which our bet Secant Star could also do with. I did hear he had had a little setback last week which went unreported as far as I could see until yesterday and noted his price went out to 16/1 on Betfair earlier in the week but he is back to his previous odds again and Mullins feels all is well so hopefully he is right as our 25s each-way is looking tasty in a bad renewal. Ante-post betting can really out you through the ringer!

VINCENT O’BRIEN COUNTY HURDLE
This race and the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle look really hard to me so I will keep my powder dry for now and wait for more firms to offer Non Runner No Bet and put my ear to the ground as I don’t think either are form races so to speak. Needless to say given my Coral Cup copy that Noble Prince is certainly one for my shortlist even though I feel he is better over an intermediate trip.

ALBERT BARTLETT NOVICES’ HURDLE
I mentioned when I put Enterprise Park at 10/1 last week that I felt he would end up second favourite and I see he is already now joint second-favourite in some lists so, who knows, the momentum behind him could actually see him challenge our other bet Tell Massini for outright favouritism. I am very happy with our position as the more I think about it, the more I think we are on the two class acts of the race. His stablemate Fionnegas would worry me slightly though if he lines up here but Mullins is undecided whether he heads here or joins Quel Esprit in the Neptune.

GOLD CUP
The main news this week is the injury to Taranis that has ruled him out of the rest of the season and he was one of five legitimate contenders to finish second or third in my opinion behind Kauto Star, the others being Denman, Cooldine, Imperial Commander and Tricky Trickster. Denman has drifted out to 4/1 over the last couple of days, probably as punters feel his best chance of winning is outslogging Kauto Star but the ground is heading the wrong way for that. Only Stan James are betting without Kauto Star and go 5/4 Denman, 7/2 Cooldine, 4/1 Imperial Commander and 7/1 Tricky Trickster but I have enough faith in Paul Nicholls’ ability to get Denman back to close to his best which puts me off the other three in that market which is win-only without the favourite. In the market without Kauto Star & Denman which six firms are betting on the best prices are 5/2 Cooldine, 11/4 Imperial Commander and 6/1 Tricky Trickster and I would much rather back Coodine at 5/2 in this market also without Denman than 7/2 with Denman in the book.

FOXHUNTERS’
Another fancied horse at the Festival to have suffered a slight setback that remains on target is Roulez Cool who has reported to have had a muscle problem in his quarters and is on the easy list for the next 48 hours. As such, he is starting to drift a little and the likes of my strong e/w fancy Trust Fund and Dun Doire, who I don’t fancy much at all, have contracted in a few places today.

MARTIN PIPE CONDITIONAL RIDERS’ HANDICAP HURDLE
I have got to be honest, this race doesn’t do it for me and I have no plans to go actively searching for an ante-post bet and, in the unlikely scenario I do have one, it will be down to something I have picked up rather than found myself.

GRAND ANNUAL
I do have a few in mind here but will no more in the next couple of days so please beat with me on this race. Interestingly this year, most of the market leaders are towards the top of the weights but no winner has been rated higher than 143 since 1997 which tends to rule out around seven of the first ten in the betting.

ANTE-POST SUGGESTED BETS:
Flat Out (ew) @ 33/1 (Supreme Novices’ Hurdle) (win stake refunded if Dunguib wins)
Zaarito (ew) @ 25/1 (Arkle Trophy) NON RUNNER
Sports Line (ew) @ 14/1 (Arkle Trophy)
The Package (ew) @ 10/1 (William Hill Trophy)
Punjabi (ew) @ 12/1 (Champion Hurdle)
Medermit @ 11/1 (Champion Hurdle)
No One Tells Me (ew) @ 20/1 (Mares Hurdle)
Weapon’s Amnesty (ew) @ 14/1 (RSA Chase)
Pettifour (ew) @ 50/1 (RSA Chase) NON RUNNER
*Petit Robin (ew) @ 25/1 w/o Master Minded (Champion Chase) NON RUNNER
*Master Minded to win by over five lengths @ 5/2 (Champion Chase)
Sanctuaire (ew) @ 12/1 (Fred Winter Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle)
Day Of A Lifetime (ew) @ 12/1 (Champion Bumper)
Voy Por Ustedes (ew) @ 10/1 (Ryanair Chase)
Time For Rupert (ew) @ 25/1 (World Hurdle)
Shillingstone (ew) @ 16/1 (Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup)
Mille Chief (ew) @ 10/1 (Triumph Hurdle 1-2-3-4) NON RUNNER
Secant Star (ew) @ 25/1 (Triumph Hurdle)
Enterprise Park @ 10/1 (Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle)
Tell Massini @ 5/1 (Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle)

ANTE-POST SUGGESTED NON-RUNNER NO BETS:
Saddlers Storm (ew) @ 14/1 (NH Chase)
Silk Affair (ew) @ 16/1 (Pertemps Final) – Ladbrokes, Stan James, Bet365
Song Of Songs (ew) @ 14/1 (Byrne Group Plate) – Stan James
Trust Fund (ew) @ 10/1 (Foxhunters’)

* Indicates market limited to not all bookmakers