Each-way double for Thursday’s handicaps
Two each-way selections for the handicaps on Thursday’s card
Go Another One - Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle
It’s easy to see why Sire Du Berlais and Alaphilippe take up a decent portion of the market but at a much bigger price, Go Another One might be worth chancing.
He wasn’t seen to best effect in last year’s Kim Muir when produced too early and while he’s not exactly thrown in on his recent hurdle form, there are a few reasons to think he could go well at a price.
He’s often shaped like the stamina-sapping New course at Cheltenham will play to his strengths. Furthermore, Kieren Buckley looks very good value for the 5lb he can claim in this contest with an impressive 14% strike-rate this term. An each-way price of 50-1 with Sky Bet paying eight places looks attractive.
Spiritofthegames - The Plate Handicap Chase
The Kim Muir looks like the most competitive handicap of the week on paper so the Plate is the preferred option for the second leg of the each-way double.
It’s quite possible that Spiritofthegames is the best handicapped horse in the line-up. He’s been a fair way below his best so far this term but he was a reliable yardstick last term and a mark of 136 looks very workable.
There were signs of a revival when he was only beaten six lengths at Cheltenham on Trials Day and a price of 20-1 seems generous given that all his best form has been in big field handicaps at Cheltenham.
