Complete blank on Thursday unfortunately!!
There were a few big priced surprise winners, but hopefully Day 4 will provide us with a few earning opportunities!!
3.05
Beantown (e/w)
Beantown ran way below his best when pulling up in the four miler at Cheltenham but that run was simply too bad to be true and he is put forward in the 3m 6f handicap chase.
He is particularly good jumper who won't have any difficulty seeing out this trip and is probably better equipped for this than many of his rivals.
- sportinglife
3.45
Scotsirish
He faces no easy task off top weight but Scotsirish could be the answer in the betfair.com Novice Handicap Chase.
His jumping has cost him on several occasions this season but his Leopardstown beginners chase defeat of Wins Now was a decent effort and in the Arkle at Cheltenham he did produce his best round of jumping to date.
Although he eventually had to settle for seventh behind Tiday Bay he did run a fair bit better than his finishing position suggests.
He is relatively unproven over this trip but it is worth recalling that he is a former winning point-to-pointer and as a son of Zaffaran this 2m 5f should be well within his grasp.
He probably has most to fear from Notable D'Estruval who got up to record a dramatic last gasp victory in a handicap here on Wednesday.
He has picked up a nine pound penalty for that success but this should not be enough to prevent him from playing a major role.
- sportinglife
4.20
Sublimity
Sublimity is a confident choice to land the featured ACC Bank Champion Hurdle on the penultimate day of the meeting.
John Carr's charge has run just twice since famously landing the 2007 Champion Hurdle and made a brave defence of his title at Prestbury Park last month where he fared best of the Irish contingent by taking fourth behind Katchit.
That represented a fine effort on just his second run of the season and on ground that was slower than ideal. The conditions here should be more in the eight-year-old's favour.
He has something to find with Punjabi who was just one place in front of him last time but should be more than capable of reversing the placings with that rival.
In fact it would not surprise if he were given most to do by Harchibald. The latter was unable to land a telling blow at Cheltenham when he too was badly inconvenienced by the ground.
Prior to that he had won well on the flat at Dundalk and he showed earlier this season that he had been restored to the peak of his powers when defeating Al Eile and Katchit in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle.
- sportinglife
4.55
Rinroe
Fiveforthree makes a quick reappearance in the Land Rover Champion Novice Hurdle following his third to Jered here on Tuesday.
The Ballymore Properties Novice Hurdle hero will probably be happier back over this trip and is an obvious contender for further Grade 1 glory.
However, it could be worth siding with Rinroe who at least has the advantage of coming here off a less than arduous campaign.
He started off his season with low key victories at Sligo and Galway and bounced back from a lacklustre effort at Fairyhouse by winning on the flat at the Curragh last month.
There was considerable merit in that Curragh defeat of Shirley Casper and Dreamy Gent, who didn't do the form any harm by running well in a competitive handicap here on Tuesday.
Noel Meade has long held Rinroe in the highest regard and, while his ability to handle this ground is open to question, he is worth taking a chance on.
Another that commands the utmost respect is Trafford Lad who ran a fine third to Fiveforthree at Cheltenham last time.
He is already a Grade 1 winner over this trip and has established himself as one of the best staying novices around.
- sportinglife
5.30
Raise Your Heart
In the two mile novice hurdle it is hard to look past the chances of Raise Your Heart who has quickly made up into a useful performer in this sphere.
He was a respectable fourth in a Grade 2 event here in Punchestown on desperate ground but a better effort was his somewhat unlucky third to Northern Alliance in a useful Leopardstown handicap in March.
On ratings he is the pick of these and he will take plenty of beating.
- sportinglife
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