DAQMAN GOES FOR A NAP HAND OF NATIONALS: Daqman today tries to add the Leinster National at Naas to his run of winning Nationals – four out of four so far – in 2014. He’s landed the Somerset, Devon, West Wales and North Yorkshire versions at 14-1, 9-2 (twice) and 4-1.
HE HAS AINTREE LAYERS UP THE CREEK AT 55-1: The news that Rocky Creek misses Cheltenham and goes for the Aintree Grand National gives Daqman’s ante-post list the boost it needed. His column is on Rocky twice, at 28.0 and 56.0. Check out the offers in the BETDAQ ante-post orange!
BANKER LAYS PLAN FOR CHELTENHAM: Yesterday was a day of the yips (‘I tried too hard’) for Daqman, as he failed to put one away against Pricewise (Daqman now leads 25-10) but he relaunched his lays with two out of two and his Cheltenham bets list today reveals a plan for bankers at the big meeting.
TOMORROW: FESTIVAL SPECIAL: 30 Festival stats stunners; ante-post bets; horses to follow; the days Daqman broke the bank; plus spending-money nap and double.
LEINSTER NATIONAL: DAQMAN LINES UP A 1-2 WITH LOS AMIGOS AND FOLSOM BLUE
Tom Dreaper was out on his own. But the man who handled Arkle and Flyingbolt seems just about to lose his position as Ireland’s leading Cheltenham Festival trainer.
Dreaper leads Willie Mullins 26-22 though not for long as Willie’s wonders line up this week: Ballycasey, Briar Hill, Champagne Fever Faugheen, Felix Yonger, Hurricane Fly, Ivan Grozny, Quevega, Vautour and Wicklow Brave. To name but a few, as they say!
Tom’s son, Jim Dreaper, who hasn’t a single runner at the Festival, would be more than happy if Los Amigos could win today’s Leinster National and he would put the family name back on the map big time, if he could capture the Aintree version with Alan Potts’ Goonyella, who will clash there with On His Own, to be saddled by Mullins for the Wylie family.
The Alan Potts connection has Sizing Europe, Sizing Australia and Smashing in the front rank of the betting at Cheltenham this coming week.
But Family Potts will raise their ‘bins’ to watch Goonyella’s Aintree rival, Family Wylie’s On His Own, as he takes part in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
It was On His Own’s defeat of Los Amigos in the Thyestes Chase that helped the Wylies decide to run him in the Gold Cup and for the trainer to say: ‘This horse can win a National.’
Success for Los Amigos today would be good news and bad news for Jim Dreaper, a triumph for the Dreaper name and a boost for Goonyella but equally a National pointer to On His Own.
Los Amigos could be a National horse himself, but we’re talking the Irish National this year. He’s all stayer, but still only seven, same age as his main rival today, Folsom Blues.
Folsom Blues was in his element when winning the Punchestown Grand National Trial (3m 4f) a year or so back, and faced the very smart Mozoltov on his run back over a mile shorter.
I think his training trajectory is to peak for the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse over Easter but, with plenty of use made of him, could be a threat to Los Amigos today.
DAQMAN’S VERDICT: Los Amigos, representing the top-class form of Gold Cup and Grand National contender On His Own, and the Punchestown Trial winner Folsom Blue seem to have stamina to burn, and their form is so far ahead of the rest of the field, I feel justified in dutching them, though the combined odds are short.
Barring mishap today, I shall continue to back them both, with Punchestown and Fairyhouse in mind if, as expected, Goonyella leaves the big Irish staying prizes to them and goes to Aintree.
FESTIVAL BANKERS: DAQMAN WILL BID FOR DOUBLE BETDAQ VALUE AT CHELTENHAM
BANKER BETS: Starting on Tuesday, banker bets will have 30-point stakes. Target 100 points profit at Cheltenham. This is in keeping with a general raising of stakes to win-30 at big meetings. Bankers were lagging behind.
BANKER LAYS: Similarly, 10-point lays will have double the stakes (20 points) for banker lays at big meetings. Target 100 points profit at Cheltenham.
DOUBLE VALUE (1): When Daqman finds particularly value, he will double the stake to take advantage of the edge.
DOUBLE VALUE (2): Daqman welcomes the news of the ‘double bonus’ for Cheltenham doubles. He’ll be marking your card every day.
DAQMAN’S BETS
BET 5.5pts win LOS AMIGOS and 4pts win FOLSOM BLUE (5.00 Naas)
DAQ MULTIPLES: 10pts win on each and 5pts win double Kilcooley (nap, 2.10 Market Rasen) and Act Alone (2.40 Market Rasen), plus 4 x 1pt win doubles and 2 x 1pt win trebles the same two with both Los Amigos and Folsom Blue (5.00 Naas)
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