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Cheltenham Showcase Meeting

We enjoyed a quality card today at the home of jumps racing for the first time in over six months, meaning the jumps season is well and truly underway. As I highlighted in my blog after the Festival, we will see Festival winners at every Cheltenham meeting over the next few months. Galvin was very impressive in the Novice Chase and he seems a solid candidate for the National Hunt Chase now, although not a betting proposition (at the moment anyway) at his price now. I am not sure if he would like a slog over 3 miles and 6 furlongs on soft ground but that is for another day. Similarly, Rouge Vif showed his true colours and proved himself the proverbial graded horse in a handicap. He looks a proper Grade 1 horse if he gets good ground. 

Tomorrow's action is probably more competitive and possibly slightly below the standard we saw from those performances but promises to be highly entertaining and informative nonetheless. I have had a pretty quiet month (April and October I class as transition periods) from a tipping point of view but I can't resist advising a small interest in Anna Bunina in the 2.05 at the current price of around 9/2. I thought she should be around 3/1 based on her last couple of efforts, particularly her second at Listowel. The third horse (10 lengths behind Anna Bunina) won a handicap hurdle at Punchestown easily next time and the winner has won on the flat subsequently too. I would be amazed if Anna Bunina isn't much better than her current rating of 131 and if that is the case it will take a fair performance from the other principles who have to give her plenty of weight. 


1pt win Anna Bunina (9/2 General) Cheltenham 2.05 




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