Aintree Grand National Festival Tips - Day 1 - Thursday, April 8
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ELDORADO ALLEN (7/1) seems to be the forgotten horse in the market here. Hitman, Fusil Raffles and The Shunter are all priced up ahead of him in the market despite him chasing home the best horse on show at last month s Cheltenham Festival, that being Nicky Henderson s Shishkin. He was 12 lengths behind Shishkin that day but finished ahead of the likes of Captain Guinness and Allmankind. He was eight and a half lengths behind Shishkin at Doncaster before that but had claimed two wins over fences prior to that, including a 19-length success of Quel Destin at Cheltenham last November. The ground won t be a problem and he can finally get his head in front again out of the shadow of Shishkin.
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Ruby Walsh and Robbie Power s Cheltenham tips
Updated / Wednesday, 10 Mar 2021
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Ruby Walsh and Robbie Power look ahead to the main races at next week s Cheltenham Festival.
Listen to Tuesday s special episode of Game On above, or grab a cuppa and read the lads tips for next week below.
DAY ONE - TUESDAY
Appreciate It could get the Irish off to a great start
Ruby Walsh: Appreciate It found Ferny Hollow too good for him last year in the Champion Bumper. Ferny Hollow quickened by him through the wings at the last hurdle and it looked like Appreciate It then would want to be going a bit further. He won his maiden hurdle in Cork beating Master McShee. He turned up at Leopardstown at Christmas and won a grade one over two miles, beating Ballyadam and a few others and he cemented that at the Dublin Racing Festival. It s maybe the weakness in the opposition that makes Appreciate It such a short-price favourite more so that what
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Ballyandy (14-1) backed from 16-1 tipped each-way by fromthehorsesmouth.info finished third behind Song For Someone (6-1) and Silver Streak (10-1) in the Grade 2 Unibet International Hurdle over 2 miles at Cheltenham on Saturday.
“Early on he was half asleep – but brilliant at the last hurdle,” said winning trainer Tom Symonds.
Five-year-old Song For Someone gained a photo finish victory over Silver Streak, getting a neck verdict, ridden by Aidan Coleman. Top weight Ballyandy was a gallant third, with favourite Goshen unplaced.