Nice winner for my subscribers yesterday.  Smarty Wild 4.30 Taunton was advised at Evens yesterday morning, he returned at 10/11 and was an easy winner.

Hopefully followers may of taken my advise and backed Orange Blossom 5.00 Kempton, she was around 6/1 when I put my post out yesterday, she was backed into 5/1.

Looking at today’s Cheltenham card, and with lots of rain around, the going looks like being very testing.  I do think OK Corral 5.30 has a really good chance, I’m just a bit worried that lots of rain may make the 3m 7f distance very testing, it will make it more difficult, but he will of been well prepared for this race.  So a bit of caution if having a bet at the big meeting.  I always play small stakes at this meeting, everything is trying for their lives and races are so competitive.

The main race today is the Champion hurdle at 3.30, Apples Jade looks likely to start as favourite, she has been really impressive this season, she probably doesn’t want really soft ground to be at her best, so rain is a worry.  Reigning champion Buvair D’Air will handle soft ground well, it will be good if he can win it again.  The meeting gets started at 1.30 with quite an open race, Al Dancer has been improving all season, he is a strong traveller who could be suited by a strong gallop. It will be a good race to watch.

I will do an update later around 3pm.

Update:

Later update than planned, a lot of rain has made the ground very testing at Cheltenham, I’m concerned for OK Corral , regarding the trip of almost 4 Miles.

More tomorrow.