8-1 CORAL WELSH NATIONAL WIN AS DAQMAN SEES OFF PRICEWISE: In a battle royal between Daqman and Pricewise yesterday, Pricewise wiped out his deficit before Daqman came out of his corner and hit back with three winners including his supernap and a bulls-eye bet in the Coral Welsh Grand National to restore the profits gap to 155 points and go 18-10 clear on returns for the season. He’s 612 points up on all special bets.
WON 8-1 POTTERS CORNER (Coral Welsh National, BETDAQ 11.5)
WON 9-2 JUST A STING
WON 6-5 ALLHUMANKIND (supernap)
SUPERNAPS DOUBLE ACROSS THE CARDS AND 9.0 BULL’S-EYE BET: Daqman has another big-handicap bull’s-eye bet at 9.0 today and two with supernap stakes, one at Newbury, one at Leopardstown.
ACCOUNTS UPDATE
Daqman 18, Pricewise 10 (+156.80 to -01.00)
Bull’s-eye bets 35% (+114.25 from 6-17)
Bulls-eye naps 47% (+249pts from 8-17)
All Daily Naps 44% (+63.36 from 19-43)
Supernaps 50% (+28.68 from 7-14)
GO FOR EARLY NEWBURY GOLD
1.15 Newbury (Halloween Trophy) The Halloween and Mandarin chases today commemorate two dual King George winners, with the accent on finding young blood.
There has not been a single winner over the age of six; nor any set to carry more than 11st 8lb.
Defi Sacre won here over the CD only 10 days ago. Go Long has failed to step up in class after winning a class-4 novice, but both runs since were over further.
Mine’s A Pint needs the run and a longer trip. I’dliketheoption has always been steered clear of the soft.
But Amoola Gold, a beaten favourite here over further in November, should appreciate the return to 2m. I took 5.9 in the BETDAQ orange.
1.50 Newbury Another race for youngsters, with five five-year-olds winning this 2m 4f handicap hurdle since 2013.
Howling Milan, a runaway novice winner on a sound surface over today’s course at the start of the year, has kept good company since but the deeper ground may be against him.
I prefer Dorking Boy (9.0 taken on BETDAQ this morning). Stan Sheppard’s done the work on him but Richard Johnson is back on board now that this grandson of stamina-influence Kayf Tara returns to a longer trip.
The class contender is the Rooneys’ grey, One For Rosie, but he is no mud-lover, and Sevarano’s back-to-back wins have only made up the mark he was first given.
The Nicky Henderson pair, Soul Emotion and Colonial Dreams, must be watched in the market but I’m expecting Seven Barrows to røiund off my meeting with a winner, Morning Vicar (3.6 BETDAQ offers in the 3.35), who could go far now switched to chasing.
COPPERHEAD HAS THE QUALITY
2.25 Newbury (Mandarin Chase) Quality horses with stamina off 11st 7lb or higher have won the last five.
Robbie Power, who won the Silver Buck at Wincanton on Copperhead, is at Leopardstown today but Copperhead gets on well with Harry Cobden (2-2 this year).
Like his trainer, Cobolobo cannot be relied on to do the same thing twice. Boughtbeforelunch has been kept away from soft ground.
Polydora has dropped 9lb since fourth at this meeting a year ago. Moving In Style was doing well at this distance at Haydock, though his jumping was guessy.
3.00 Newbury (Challow Hurdle) Nicky Henderson tries to follow up Champ’s victory in this last year with The Cashel Man, but only one seven-year-old has won it in 25 years.
His opponents are all five-year-olds with Thyme Hill rated 147, some 6lb higher than Enrilo, after winning back-to-back Grade-1 novices in the autumn.
But Enrilo turned round form with his Ludlow conqueror by around 30 lengths when a courageous scorer at Sandown.
PENHILL FOR THE POWER RIDE
⚠️ HEADS UP: Henry De Bromhead and Rachael Blackmore have shaken up more than one Cheltenham Festival market after beating Fakir d’Oudairies with Notebook on Boxing Day and then cracking the myth of odds-on Chacun Pour Soi with A Plus Tard yesterday.
Henry has 20 runners this afternoon! But specifically Sumptueux, Cuneo, Dommage Pour Toi, Punitive and Monalee have Rachael doing the steering at Leopardstown. C’est dommage for the layers?
2.00 Leopardstown (Grade 1 hurdle) Apple’s Jade, going for a third win in this race, has twice finished behind Bacardys in the last two months, including when losing her Hattons Grace crown after a hat-trick.
Penhill was behind on his reappearance over the 2m 4f that day but his 3m form is 11212, and he could bounce back under Robbie Power, who has had five winners in six days’ racing. I took 4.5 in the BETDAQ orange.
3.10 Leopardstown (Savills Chase) Kemboy’s six chase wins in a row, still standing, included this event last year, when Monalee, Road To Respect and Bellshill followed him home.
The ground was against Monalee that day but he pulled up on the soft in Kemboy’s Punchestown Gold Cup (Bellshill fourth).
Presenting Percy, Monalee’s RSA conqueror of 2018, returned from injury three weeks ago, but has slipped a year in age and 8lb in the ratings behind Kemboy.
DAQMAN’S BETS
1.15 Newbury (win 20)
BET 4pts win AMOOLA GOLD
1.50 Newbury (win 50 bull’s-eye bet)
BET 6.25pts win DORKING BOY
2.00 Leopardstown (win 20)
BET 5.5pts win PENHILL
2.25 Newbury (win 20)
BET 5pts win COPPERHEAD
3.00 Newbury (supernap)
BET 20pts win THYME HILL
3.10 Leopardstown (supernap)
BET 20pts win KEMBOY
3.35 Newbury (win 20)
BET 8pts win MORNING VICAR
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