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The Foxhunter is such a difficult race to predict as not al the form is readily available and its always such an open event. This year however we could have one that could potentially run away with it. Baby Run is sure to give another good account of himself on this course, he is always reliable and consistent in his shows, but just has a tenancy to find one too good, or at least have trouble getting past that same one. He looks as though he can hold both Robbers Glen and…

Tito Bustillo has some nice form in the book, and so has Bellvano who has the beating of him when they last met. That was on level weights however, and Tito gets a 6lb pull today. That should be enough to turn that form around and the Nichols runner is taken to do just that. Additionally if thats not put you off Bellvano, remember by backing him today you will be following one that has never raced on anything but a flat track before and on this course you need to run up hill,…

What a great start of the day we have in the opening race on the final day at Cheltenham the festival 2010. And the bookies must be rubbing tier hands once again as this is a really difficult race to unfold. however, i im pretty confident i have done it. Pittoni is what i think this race actually revolves around, and not those toward the top of the market. if you go back to this ones debut run when trained by John Ox you'll notice he was up against a certain stable mate by …

STREETS OF WAR may be worth siding with here with his yard being bang in-form. It may be significant that the colt was asked to make his debut in a class 4 maiden at Newbury and he was quite short in the betting. Beaten a fair way but probably didn’t really appreciate the soft ground and may be a different proposition here after nearly 5-months off. The market will be the best guide for sure and I would certainly want to see the boxes above turn blue. Barry Hills runs…

A nice small field to look at here and a couple stand above the rest on the evidence available. Preference is given to SEPTEMBERINTHERAIN, who has shown more than enough ability to collect an ordinary maiden. Not that he looks in any way solid, as he didn’t seem to enjoy it much during his last race and now blinkers are thought to be needed. Not certain he will appreciate stepping up in trip either but the 8-week break might have sweetened him up and this looks a good…

If I said I had narrowed this field to a shortlist of 9 worth backing, I wouldn't be fibbing and this looks the hardest race of the festival thus far to solve. After much consideration and bearing in mind the prices on offer, I am siding with BOYCHUCK for a yard that have peaked at the right time. The gelding is not unexposed, but he does have a very good track record and he has regularly been able to run to a rating of around144. Not thrown in on 134 then but it is a fair…

DAVE’S DREAM looks to have the ideal profile for a race like this and it may be that team Henderson and Geraghty could be about to gain another handicap success. With only 10-races under his belt, it is reasonable to assume the selection has the potential to improve, a definite requirement in a race like this. That’s a tick in one box and the next question on the standard list would be course form, ideally at the festival. Tick again with a fair sixth behind runaway…

This is a trappy-looking affair and not one of the quintet set to go to post can be ruled out with confidence, although Country Road has more to prove than his rivals. The vote goes to WHOOSHKA, who has bounced back to form since switched to this surface, scoring over C&D at the beginning of the month before proving that to be no flash in the pan when runner-up to Essej, again over C&D, seven days later. She is actually 1lb lower here compared to her last outing and…

On paper, BULLWHIP stands out like a sore thumb in this maiden. The son of Whipper cost £340,000 and is related to a number of Pattern-class performers and he represents a yard which boasts a thoroughly impressive 43 per cent strike-rate at this track. If there is confidence behind him in the betting that will be an ominous sign for his rivals. Of the opposition, Victory Ide Say has to be considered one of the more interesting types. The Peter Chapple-Hyam-trained…

A typically competitive sprint handicap at this track and while Grudge should make a bold bid with Seb Sanders aboard, but I'm convinced that STYLE AWARD's turn is near and, today could be her day. Now 6lb lower in the weights compared to when successful on turf last spring, the daughter of Acclamation finished well when beaten less than a length into third behind Sherjawy at Kempton last month. This is her first start on Fibresand, but if she takes to it she will surely …