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HIT 99 POINTS PROFIT:
Daqman is almost 40 points up in January already and has scored 99 since the beginning of December in big-race jackpot bets. It prompted one reader of the Betdaq Tips site to send in the comment: ‘What else do you need but Pricewise and Daqman.’
TWO 10-1 WINNERS TWICE
AMONG SEVEN UP: Look out for more jackpot bets this weekend. Meanwhile, here are some of the Daqman big-race successes since December 3rd.
January 14 SWINCOMBE FLAME (WON 9-2)
January 07 HOLD FAST (WON 7-2)
December 31 TORPHICHEN (2nd 12-1)
December 29 UNACCOMPANIED (WON 10-3)
December 27 LE BEAU BAI (WON 10-1)
December27 GILES CROSS (2nd 15-2)
December 27 CONSIGLIERE (3rd 14-1)
December 12 ALARAZI (3rd 16-1)
December 11 RUBI LIGHT (WON 5-2)
December 10 RILEYEV (2nd 10-1)
December 04 ALWAYS RIGHT (WON 9-4)
December 04 SKIPPERS BRIG (2nd 17-2)
December 03 WEST END ROCKER (WON 10-1 from 14.5)
December 03 BALLYVESEY (3rd 20-1)
Jump to it for Ruby? It seems significant that Rupert Walsh is at Chepstow today, with Daryl Jacob taking a back seat, though he rode Ranjaan – thanks Daryl – and Pearl Swan to victory for Paul Nicholls yesterday.
Ranjaan put me in profit for the day and those who took the 18.0 on Betdaq for the Triumph Hurdle have some overs this morning; he’s 10-1 with several top bookmakers.
However, I say again, as I did of Grumeti, it’s early days for this particular race at Cheltenham. I’ve got the overs, too; but I’m not kidding myself about a 10st 5lb Taunton handicap winner; something in the next six weeks is likely to arrive on the Triumph scene big time, starting at Ascot tomorrow.
Like Ranjaan, Jump City (2.20 Chepstow) is another Nicholls first time in a handicap, though the trade paper has missed him out of their ‘handicap debut’ list. Buy a Mac, lads; those Newtonian laptops are cheapo.
Jump City has a pretty stiff mark (136) for what he’s done but came up against four-in-a-row Darlan at Taunton, with a dual bumper winner 15 lengths back in third, and is due to go up another 2lb.
However, here he is giving a stone to Cotillion, third to County Hurdle candidate Ciceron off a similar weight in the big handicap at Sandown a fortnight back, and we have only a tiny race (four ran) in the French Provinces to suss out Jump City’s ability on very soft ground.
The mud is a big snag all day for Chepstow punters, and your best precaution is the market, which is shouting Charm School for this race as I write, and not simply because he got second in a low-level maiden at Lingfield in mud.
Charm School was third in a similar maiden at Ffos Las, taking the field along, again on heavy. He has also been missed out of the trade paper’s ‘handicap debut’ list; punters will be relying on that list to check out Evan Williams’ ability with first-time handicappers (it’s good though not exceptional.)
But the most significant form for Charm School is that won the November Handicap for John Gosden, and a mile-and-a-half winner in class 2 on the Flat should have abundant stamina for this hurdle.
Ruby Walsh should already be off the mark via Cristal Bonus (1.45), odds on for the beginners’ chase, and he takes over the reins on Hawkes Point (2.50) for the first time.
The point against a bet on Ruby here is that bumper winners Old Tricks and Tiger Maguire are hurdling for the first time, both Flemensfirths, out of mares by The Parson and Oscar, so the slogging 3m should be right up their street.
‘Tiger’ takes a hold, so I’m inclined towards hold-up horse Old Tricks, trained by Paul Nicholls’ local rival, Colin Tizzard (at Enroblim Trop). Old Tricks looked something to have on your side when he pulled his way clear at Wincanton, unfancied under an unknown apprentice.
If you want some hairy, scary moments on ATR, back Rockabilly (3.25): he blundered away his chances at Exeter in November, then was beating Notabotheronme at Ffos Las when he came down two out.
Yet he’s favourite this morning. I’d lay him but there isn’t much in the race to beat him, except his own jumping.
There are more ‘ifs’ in the last: if the stable had any recent form, I’d fancy Ours, who loves heavy. I’m never quite sure whether he is named after the possessive pronoun or the French for ‘bear’. Since he’s French-bred, it’s probably that, but you’ll have to bear with me.
Carrickboy (1.00) is unlucky not to have won a chase; was brought to his knees at Wincanton when the money was down. Venetia Williams sends him on a solo trip to Catterick today, which implies the silver shovel will be digging into the coffers today.
DAQMAN’S BETS
BET 4.6pts win (nap) CARRICKBOY (1.00 Catterick)
BET 8.8pts win CHARM SCHOOL and 3.3pts win COTILLION (2.20 Chepstow)
BET 5.4pts win OLD TRICKS (2.50 Chepstow)
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