DAQMAN’S SUPPLY: A 4.9 WINNER: Daqman was back in front and with his regular two winners a day yesterday, picking a handicap one-two for good measure.
WON 4-6 CELTIC DINO BETDAQ even money
WON 5-2 LAW OF SUPPLY BETDAQ 4.9 (Regatta De Blanc 2nd 9-2)
STARS CHASE BIG HAYDOCK PRIZE: Today star chasers assemble for the Lancashire Chase at Haydock and the Champion Hurdler appears at Punchestown for the Morgiana Hurdle.
LACE UP YOUR BETTING BOOTS
⭕ 3.05 Haydock (Lancashire Chase, 3m 1f+) A strong field with, for me, Ahoy Senor overrated after best form in nine starts when runner-up in the Aintree Bowl last Spring.
Capodanno is highly regarded by Willie Mullins. First reckoned a Gold Cup horse and twice put into the Aintree Grand National, he continues to be aimed high: King George and Gold Cup are next on the list.
A big animal, he beat the big names of today’s race when taking the Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham in January. The Real Whacker was second, Ahoy Senor fourth after a stirrup-leather broke, Royal Pagalle fell and was badly injured at the last.
Venetia Williams returned to form yesterday with a gamble on Gemirande paying off by more than seven lengths but you need a lot of faith to back a horse returning from a broken shoulder to win today’s race back to back.
Hewick and Bravemansgame (blinkered now) have won the last two King Georges. The ground is against both today and Bravemansgame has had to have more wind surgery in the summer and wears blinkers first time.
The Real Whacker landed a Cheltenham hat-trick last winter, culminating in the Brown Advisory. Led from the 4th, outgalloping Bravemansgame in the Charlie Hall in early November.
Grey Dawning In the first three in 13 consecutive races, still standing, but he’s earned his reputation mainly in novice events and you don’t have to test him today with your money on a grey day among the stars at a piddling 4.0.
Limerick Lace is ahead of Grey Dawning with five chase wins, including the Mares at the Cheltenham festival. Last ran (badly hampered) in the Aintree Grand National.
Gold Tweet The Gaby Leenders stable won last weekend’s cross-country at Cheltenham with Sweet David, and this Cleeve Hurdle winner at Cheltenham could be anything.
DAQMAN’S VERDICT: One of the young ones should come through over the established horses, who all have black marks against them or worries about the ground.
Grey Dawning has it all to do, standing on the Ginnys Destiny form; Capodanno and The Real Whacker are shunned in the market and Gold Tweet seems to need the experience. So I have to back Limerick Lace, in the same ownership as Capodanno.
Betdaq Betting Exchange 9.2 Limerick Lace, 13 Gold Tweet, 33.0 Capodanno
JOSH CAN BOSS THIS FIELD
⭕ 1.15 Haydock (2m 3f handicap hurdle) Last year’s winner, Park Annonciade, has had two miserable runs over fences since then (or rather, not over them), and will probably need a gentle run round, albeit returned to hurdles.
Evan Williams has won this with a five-year-old (2019) and a six-year-old (2014) but Dans Le Vent is their combined ages.
Harry Fry, who trained the 2018 winner, was banging on about Beat The Bat last year at this time. He was second that day at Cheltenham to the recent Greatwood third, Dysart Enos, but we haven’t see him since.
Josh The Boss was an easy winner of the Chepstow Silver Trophy in October from Doyen Quest who dominated a 3m hurdle at the November meeting at Cheltenham; Josh put two wins together at this time in 2023. All success has some under 7lb-claiming amateur, Jamie Neild.
GROUNDS TO BACK FORTESCUE
⭕ 2.05 Ascot (Berkshire National 3m 5f+) A new class 2 to cater for those nearly horses who are hoping for a stayers’ prize before the ground gets deep.
Harry Cobden on Kittys Light would appeal if Christian Williams could train a winner at the moment! He’s 1-17; yes, he did manage to get a favourite home at Southwell.
There are four National winners here: Midlands National scorer Beauport, West Wales National star Art Decco plus Inis Oirr (Edinburgh National) and Dom Of Mary (Sussex National).
All may fall on decent ground to Fortescue, down 16lb on his Peter Marsh third to Royal Pagaille.
Trainer Henry Daly is in top gear and he’s down another 3lb with a claimer on board.
MAN MAKES THE MORGIANA
⭕ 2.10 Punchestown (Morgiana Hurdle) State Man has passed this way twice and scooped up the €88k prize each time en route to six in a row (2023 including the County Hurdle) and then four in a row (2024 including the Champion Hurdle).
I fancy Brighterdaysahead to be number two and follow on the heels of Irish Point, Gordon Elliott’s runner-up to State Man in both the champion hurdles of Cheltenham and Punchestown.
LUCKY DAY FOR COLLONGES
⭕ 3.40 Haydock Fontaine Collonges won this first run back in 2022, following up in the Rowland Meyrick last Christmas.
I took 9.3 on BETDAQ with Venetia Williams landing the Gemirande gamble for 2-3 Charlie Deutsch yesterday. Venetia beat them all with Royal Pagaille here at Haydock last year.
DAQMAN’S BETS
1.15 Haydock (win-50 bull’s-eye bet)
BET 10pts win JOSH THE BOSS
2.05 Ascot (win-50 bull’s-eye bet)
BET 7pts win FORTESCUE
2.10 Punchestown (supernap)
Bet 20pts win STATE MAN
3.05 Haydock (win-50 bull’s-eye bet)
BET 6pts win LIMERICK LACE
BET 1.5pts win and place CAPODANNO
3.40 Haydock (win 30)
BET 3.5pts win FONTAINE COLLONGES
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