Al Boum Photo 15th March 2019 – Cheltenham – He jumped and travelled beautifully throughout and won with plenty in hand at the finish. There did not seem to be any semblance of a fluke about this success as he simply appeared to be...

Minella Indo 15th March 2019 – Cheltenham – The first point to make is that the first five home all stayed middle to high throughout and all came wide into the home straight. This was a quite remarkable success as he was still pulling...

Pentland Hills 15th March 2019 – Cheltenham – He was last when making a bad mistake at the first hurdle. He was close to the inside rail for a fair bit of this race and it is possible that he is better than he...

Paisley Park 14th March 2019 – Cheltenham – Once again he appeared to be going nowhere on the approach to the second last hurdle. From there he was switched wide and took a while to get into his stride as his his want. It...

Frodon 14th March 2019 – Cheltenham – He set some very fast fractions from the first fence to the eighth compared with those posted in the JLT. He was also a couple of seconds quicker than Siruh Du Lac at this part of the...

Defi Du Seuil 14th March 2019 – Cheltenham – Maybe he was a little scruffy over the second fence; that aside he was pretty much foot perfect. He simply has too much speed for the runner up and now that he has got his...

Altior 13th March 2019 – Cheltenham – According to connections the ground was not for him; furthermore he would not have been suited to being left out in front so far from home. He has idled before and may have done so again here....

Topofthegame 13th March 2019 – Cheltenham – He is close to 18 hands high and is said by his trainer to be difficult to train as a result. We need to bear this in mind; especially when it comes to long term ante-post markets....

City Island 13th March 2019 – Cheltenham – He was squeezed for room at the third last which was the only difficult part of the race for him. He was held onto over this longer trip off what looked like a fast pace. The...

Espoir D’Allen 12th March 2019 – Cheltenham – There has to be a significant question mark against the quality of this form given that all three favourites failed to show their best in very different ways. His time comparisons with Klassical Dream from the...