TIME FOR A SWIFT GETAWAY
Trump won’t hit the wall for Nicholls in Betfair cracker at Ascot
GETAWAY TRUMP (3.20) vote in yet gets t another cracki renewal of the Betfair top-class Hurdle o card at Ascot. Paul Nicholls has been making great again this Ditch season and this six-year-old has fast-ris played his part with
emphatic victories at Exeter and Plumpton.
Pitched into Grade 1 company in the Challow at Newbury, the gelding was simply outstayed by the classy Champ over 2m 4f.
Today’s strongly-run two miles should be ideal for this exciting type who can maintain the recent novice domination of this valuable Grade 3.
Today could prove crucial in Nicholls’ title bid and he can also take the Swinley Chase with
BLACK CORTON (2.10).
The eight-year-old hasn’t quite repeated last season’s excellent form but he bounced back from his Ladbrokes Trophy no-show when a good second to Top Notch at Kempton. This return to three miles shou’ld be perfect for the talented gelding who can regain the winning thread for old pal Bryony Frost.
Team Ditcheat should make it three on the day when CLAN DES
OBEAUX (2.45) strolls home in Denman Chase.
The seven-year-old has always been a class act but he produced a career best when comfortably dismissing Thistlecrack in the King George at Kempton.
Relatively lightly-raced, this strapping gelding is still open to plenty of progress and can book his place in the Gold Cup with the minimum of fuss.
Nicholls can help himself to a lucrative four-timer thanks to
POLITOLOGUE (3.55) in the Grade 1 Betfair Ascot Chase.
The grey bolted up in a course and distance Grade 2 contest in November then ran a blinder until his stamina ran out late in the King George at Kempton.
Returning to 2m 4f should be perfect for this proven top-level performer who can resume winning ways returned to his favourite venue.
Phillip Kirby is enjoying a terrific season and he can take the Reynoldstown Chase with TOP VILLE
BEN (1.35).
The gelding’s form tailed off over hurdles but he has thrived over fences, slamming Donna’s
Diamond at Hexham before cruising home at Wetherby.
The seven-year-old looks a viable contender for the RSA so he can take this promotion to Grade 2 level in his stride.
YANWORTH (2.25) can score on his belated return in the Rendlesham Hurdle at Haydock.
Alan King’s gelding landed a three-mile Grade 1 at Aintree in 2017 and returned from a mixed spell over fences with a fair sixth in last term’s Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.
The nine-year-old is streets ahead of these rivals on all known form and can add this Grade 2 to his CV having gone well fresh in the past.
RAMSES DE TEILLEE
(3.35) can reign for David Pipe in the Grand National Trial.
The grey has been on the rise since wind surgery and gave Gold Cup-bound
Elegant Escape a real fright in the Welsh National at Chepstow.
The seven-year-old remains nicely unexposed as a stayer and can go one better in this Grade 3 despite a well-earned 9lb hike. BIGMARTRE (1.45) rates the safest option in the Betway Chase at Wincanton.
Harry Whittington’s gelding hasn’t matched last season’s superb form but he has dropped to an attractive mark after an eye-catching fourth at Ludlow.
Team Nicholls can bag a Grade 2 winner closer to home with
GRAND SANCY (3.00) in the Kingwell Hurdle.
The novice has been upwardly mobile since a wind operation and can build on his excellent second to Elixir De Nutz in the Grade 1 Tolworth at Sandown. Henry De Bromhead’s star
MONALEE (2.30) is nigh-on impossible to oppose in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park.
Dashing grey Politologue can come to the ‘four’ for Nicholls in Ascot thriller