With a week to go before the race the current market for the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle is quite interesting. We have three strong favourites all trading between 5/2 and 7/2 followed by eight horses trading below 20/1 with at least one firm. Of those eight horses only one of them appears to be likely to turn up on the day. Consequently, the framework of the ante-post market increases the chances of a horse trading beyond 20/1 finishing in the first four places. I say first four because I would guess there is a reasonably strong chance that we will see … Continued
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