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The Hardy Boy has been ultra-consistent for Anna Newton-Smith this term and can make it five wins for the season in the Play Monopoly At skybetvegas.com Novices’ Handicap Chase at Plumpton.
Three of the seven-year-old’s wins have come over this course and distance and he defied a 31lb rise in the ratings on the way.
The Hardy Boy looked set for success again at this track last month only for You Do The Math to power through and collar him by a length and three-quarters.
Newton-Smith’s charge lost little in defeat though and should be given the chance to make amends.
Mon Michel looks the likeliest winner of the Skybet Paying Five Places Selected Festival Novices’ Hurdle.
Gary Moore has booked Tony McCoy and obviously thinks this four-year-old has a fair amount of ability.
On his first two starts over hurdles he was pitched in against the likes of Good Bye Simon and Punjabi.
With his sights lowered last time, he finished a respectable second to Signs Of Love at Newbury and will not have many better opportunities to get off the mark than this.
It may have been a miserable couple of weeks for Arsene Wenger with Arsenal getting knocked out of the FA Cup and Champions League as well as losing the Carling Cup Final, but his namesake can fare better in the Experience The Thrills Of Skybetvegas.com Handicap Chase.
Peter Winkworth’s charge is in rude health as a victory at Taunton on his last start proved and Wenger looks primed to go in again.
Paul Nicholls is another trainer counting down the hours until the start of Cheltenham and Delena can give the Ditcheat team a pre-Festival boost at Taunton.
The six-year-old makes only her second start over obstacles in the Licensed Victuallers Mares’ Only Maiden Hurdle.
Delena proved useful in bumpers, winning one of three starts, and she looked ready to do herself justice on her first try over hurdles at Ludlow last December.
The daughter of Classic Cliche just came off second-best to the highly-rated Tambourine Davis but she definitely looks capable of getting her head in front here.
Bring Me Sunshine is taken to collect on his first start over fences in the Greyhound Inn At Staple Fitzpaine Beginners’ Chase.
A winner of two novice hurdles, he has pulled uncharacteristically hard on his last two starts which has led to him being pulled up.
Before that though he looked to have a future and the drop back to two miles should not inconvenience him here.
He has always looked a chaser and could be sent off at a working mans price.
