đŻ DAQMAN GOES FOR THE BULL: Daqman has bullâs-eye bets (to win 50 points) on big races at Haydock and Ascot, where he favours BETDAQ-value offers on Venetia Williamsâ horses.
đ CHRISTMAS CRACKERS: Tomorrow: Two more meetings before Christmas and on Christmas Eve more Christmas crackers to look out for on Boxing Day and beyond.
JAMES STRONG ON JUMPING
â 1.50 Ascot (Graduation Chase) The Irish, winners of this only once, when Eddie Harty brought Coney Island over (2017), have three of the four runners today!
Lone defender is Jonjo OâNeillâs Turners fifth Iroko, just held in a similar graduation here last month and short on jumping experience.
James Du Berlais has won only once in more than four years, but his jumping brought him places in the Leopardstown Chase and the Topham last Spring, and his form looks strongest here. Value at 5.3 on Betdaq Betting Exchange this morning.
Jungle Boogie is lightly raced for his age, suggesting regular problems. The grey Fil Dor has had six wins but counterbalanced by nine misses.
BEWARE! VENETIA AT LARGE
â 2.05 Haydock (Tommy Whittle Chase) East Streetâs hat-trick sequence has come in class 4. This is class 2.
He got away with a return to his November chase mark when successfully switched to hurdles the last day but heâs now been hiked to a highest-ever 123.
Callum Pritchardâs 7lb claim helps but Ned Fox loses 3lb off Venetia Williamsâ Frenchy Du Large, and his higher-class form includes second over CD in the staying-chase final, giving 17lb to the winner. Too big on BETDAQ at around 10.0 this morning.
Dour-battler Famous Bridge won this race last year, more than five lengths up on the third home, the mare Credo (rec 2lb), after a closer fight between them in the November.
They are rivals again today; Credo down in the weights, and with a 10lb claim, but tailed off here in late November.
Jacks Parrott wore a tongue-tie for his own Spring double; back on today but itâs a tough task for a five-year-old.
IRISH HAVE âHIDDENâ HORSE
â 2.25 Ascot (Long Walk Hurdle) We havenât had a sequence horse win this since Paisley Park landed a hat-trick in alternate years.
Can CRAMBO hit the bull again after short-heading the 11-year-old Paisley Parkâs four-timer attempt last season?
Third and fourth, Dashel Drasher and Champ, were also both 11, so it could be that Crambo stepped up to the oche at the right time.
Heâs done nothing since and has been dropped a pound. In his favour, he always wins after a break; but heâs up against five last-time winners, four of them in the last month.
STRONG LEADER is an Aintree specialist, traveling really well left-handed, though Henry De Bromheadâs HIDDENVALLEY LAKE might have beaten him (hit 2 out, short of room, third) in the Liverpool Hurdle.
THE WALLPARK is a handicapper, but a good one, and the ground – called yielding in Ireland (i.e. not a bog) – is perfect. Up in grade for first run in J P McManus colours.
SHOOT FIRST hasnât put two races together before and has to overcome the bounce, scoring after a quiet run back from two yearsâ absence. He hasnât raced more than twice after any previous break.
BEAUPORT won the Berkshire National handicap here over fences and is officially 8-10lb behind Strong Leader and Crambo.
KATEIRA is on a mark even further behind but, with the ground and the mareâs allowance in jer favour, Dan Skelton is letting her take her chance in open company.
She has won a grade-1 novices and a grade-3 handicap and her sister El Presente landed a chasing hat-trick on soundish surfaces.
Betdaq Betting Exchange 10 Hiddenvalley Lake, 12 Kateira
VICTTORINO AN ASCOT LOVER
â 3.00 Ascot (Silver Cup) Victtorino won this last year on good ground after coming to hand in November.
He ran a cracker gambled on first run back in the November Gold Cup at Newbury, coming from behind after struggling and making mistakes.
But Victtorino has also won a Grade-3 handicap at Ascot, so no excuses today.
Iroko in the earlier Graduation Chase here today will tell us more about Trelawne, who beat him at Haydock recently but is now up 8lb in this and needs it softer.
Trelawneâs stablemate, Two For Gold, also runs well at Ascot but is 11 now, 12 in a few daysâ time.
The Changing Man – yet to win going righthanded – can put in a few bad ones..
DAQMANâS BETS on Betdaq Betting Exchange
1.50 Ascot (win 20)
BET 4.6pts win JAMES DU BERLAIS
2.05 Haydock (win-50 bullâs-eye bet)
BET 5pts win FRENCHY DU LARGE
BET 5pts to win 15 FAMOUS BRIDGE
2.25 Ascot (win-50 bullâs-eye bets)
BET 5pts win HIDDENVALLEY LAKE
BET 4.5pts win KATEIRA
3.00 Ascot (win 20, nap)
BET 8pts win VICTTORINO
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