Sometimes a racehorse puts up a performance that simply blows you away. That was Honeysuckle in the Chanelle Pharma Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown yesterday.Henry de Bromhead’s mare was nine
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Dublin Racing Festival: Donn McClean best bets
By Donn McClean
15:49 · SAT February 06, 2021
Three bets for our man on the opening day of the Dublin Racing Festival including a 40/1 chance trained by Gordon Elliott.
Racing betting tips: Saturday, February 6
1.05 Leopardstown – Cape Gentleman at 7/1
3.15 Leopardstown – Abacadabras at 8/1
3.50 Leopardstown – Eclair De Beaufeu at 40/1 (each-way)
It is only three years since the Dublin Racing Festival came into being in its current guise. The races were there all right, but they were scattered across disparate weekends, three meetings spread across five or six weeks. It was only in 2018 that they were all brought together and presented in one weekend of top class National Hunt racing, and perfectly positioned at the mid-point in the run between Christmas and Cheltenham.
Dublin Racing Festival: Timeform preview day one action
By Andrew Asquith
17:22 · FRI February 05, 2021
Andrew Asquith outlines the Timeform view on the opening day of the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown on Saturday.
Recommended Saturday bets
Back The Moyglass Flyer in the 15:50 at Leopardstown
Back Chacun Pour Soi (13:35 Leopardstown) and Energumene (14:10 Leopardstown) in a win double
There are four Grade 1 races at Leopardstown on Saturday and, as is usually the case, Willie Mullins holds an incredibly strong hand, responsible for the favourite in each of the top-level contests bar the Irish Champion Hurdle.
The opening Golden Cygnet Novices’ Hurdle (13:05) has a more competitive feel to it than the betting suggests, but the market leader Gaillard du Mesnil tops Timeform weight-adjusted ratings. He built considerably on his hurdling debut when beating two subsequent winners over two and a half miles at this course in December, looking a novice hurdler of serio
Festival Fever: The Key Weekend Runners with Cheltenham Festival in mind
By Sporting Life
15:48 · SAT February 06, 2021
Matt Brocklebank and Tony McFadden profile eight of the most significant runners this weekend that are likely to have the Cheltenham Festival on their agenda, including Minella Indo.
Sunday - Ones to watch
Paul Townend on Appreciate It
Appreciate It is already favourite for the Sky Bet Supreme Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham but we could be talking in terms of old-fashioned Irish banker should he come through this weekend s test unscathed.
The son of Jeremy won the Goffs Future Stars Bumper on this card last February, before finding stable companion Ferny Hollow too good in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper the following month.