TREBLE SO WEEK’S WINS NOW NINE: Three more winners yesterday – with a treble up – after two a day all week, brought Daqman’s tally in four days to nine. His best yesterday was 10-lengths scorer Stiletto (WON 7-4). Here are the nine in SP order:
WON 8-1 W Six Times (Tues)
WON 7-2 Philba (Tues)
WON 5-2 Bredon Hill Lad (Wed nap)
WON 9-4 Billy No Name (Mon)
WON 7-4 Stiletto (Thur)
WON 15-8 Gonalston Cloud (Mon)
WON 1-1 Impulsive American (Wed)
WON 10-11 Unioniste (Thur)
WON 4-11 Top Notch (Thur)
CHELTENHAM ROAD TO RICHES: Daqman has finally moved into trade positions with three Cheltenham ante-post bets after a false start following Paul Nicholls stable. See story below.
VROUM VROUM NOW IN POLE POSITION..
Back to the Cheltenham file. The demise of Faugheen and likely switch of Annie Power to the Champion Hurdle puts us in a trade position in advance of the festival.
With the assumption that Annie will defect from the Mares Hurdle, our ante-post bet in that race, Vroum Vroum Mag, is the new favourite.
Vroum Vroum has closed from 6.8 (this column had 6.0) to market leader at 2.44 on BETDAQ as I write, 3.00 in the green for a lay.
Our Champion Hurdle hope, Old Guard, taken at 36.0, whom we’d virtually written off when a dog on a raft, drifted to 92.0, is now 39.0 in the market reshuffle since Faugheen’s injury (sound of one hand clapping).
But there are more solid trade openings. Our Ryanair hope Road To Riches (13.5>6.8), and JLT fancy, Bristol De Mai (9.3>4.6), are giving us plenty of ‘overs’ to play with, ahead of the great game of chance that is Cheltenham.
DREAM PRICE IF THE FORM WORKS OUT
2.45 Sandown The quality form of Vroum Vroum Mag suggests that we should be on Jessber’s Dream, a cracking 5.9 on BETDAQ this morning.
When that one ran up to Flute Bowl at Warwick, the third home was Jennies Jewel, who had finished second to Vroum Vroum at Ascot, with Kempton class-2 winner, Cannon Fodder, in third.
Cheltenham-entered Katie Too, favourite at 2.5, is one of those who beat ‘nothing’ well. She could be good; she might be brilliant; we don’t know with these runaways.
What we do know is that the mare that ran second to her at Warwick was hammered just as easily next time, and her Fontwell runner-up lost her next two starts by a total of 68 lengths.
Tara Flow beat a previous hat-trick scorer at Leicester and is 5.1 (best offers) in a typically generous BETDAQ orange, overround by only 3%.
If I back Jessber’s Dream for a place as well as a win, I can get – at 2.42 the place – odds only slightly worse that the favourite for a win, but with two chances of a return instead of one to more than cover my win bet.
3.20 Sandown (Royal Artillery Gold Cup) Jody Sole has won this race twice in three seasons, including last year on Cowards Close (needs good ground), which he now deserts in favour of Irish purchase Clonbanan Lad – 9.8 on BETDAQ very little form to go on – whom he rode for the first time only three weeks ago.
The race is very much about jockeyship, Harry Wallace (Newton Thistle, 12.5 for burgeoning trainer Ben Palling) also being a dual winner of this over the last six seasons.
I shall dutch the pair to small stakes, believing that Bob Tucker was lucky to poach an easy lead at Worcester when he won his first race in two years.
Morning-favourite Jennys Surprise was a winning hurdler but has been a bit of a bridesmaid over fences, and is the type to stay on into a place without winning.
4.10 Fakenham Olympic cycling star Victoria Pendleton steps into the hunter-chase arena to further her ambition of riding at in the Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham, after making ‘phenomenal improvement’ in her preparation.
Pacha Du Polder is already quoted around 20-1 for that race having finished runner-up to On The Fringe in the Fox Hunters’ Chase at Aintree last April.
Pacha’s trainer, Paul Nicholls, who landed a hat-trick yesterday, famously won the Foxhunter with Earthmover, and Victoria should win this unless the wheels come off.
MOVE YOUR LOOSE CHIPS ALL IN..
4.20 Sandown Loose Chips was runner-up in the Royal Artillery last year and went on to win the Grand Military at the Imperial Cuip meeting in March, so loves these Sandown meetings at this time of year. I took 7.2 on BETDAQ early mouse.
Dancing Shadow is a maiden, a perpetual bridesmaid; Elenika steps up in trip; Fond Memory and Buachaill Alainn prefer better ground; and the 3m is a bit far for Bertie Boru.
But Arbeo is back to form; lightly-raced Beg To Differ should benefit from first-time visor, and Sands Cove is not without a chance.
DAQMAN’S BETS (staked 1 to 9 for strength)
BET 5pts win and place JESSBER’S DREAM, place nap (2.45 Sandown)
BET 2pts win CLONBANAN LAD and 1.7pts win NEWTON THISTLE (3.20 Sandown)
BET 3pts win LOOSE CHIPS 4.20 Sandown)
DAQ MULTIPLES: 4 x 1pt win trebles and 1pt win acca CHELWOOD GATE (2.20 Lingfield), JESSBER’S DREAM (2.45 Sandown), PROTEK DES FLOS (3.50 Sandown), PACHA DU POLDER (4.10 Fakenham)
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