GET MAD & GET EVEN
YOU’D be crazy to miss CALETT MAD (3.35) in the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.
Nigel Twiston-Davies’ gelding is a fair chaser but has thrived since being switched to timber with crushing wins at Perth and today’s venue.
Those victories were over three miles but he has the class to cope with the drop down to 2m 5f and can show his rivals a clean pair of heels under Daryl Jacob.
COUNTER SHY (1.15) can go close in the Fairlight Novices’ Handicap Hurdle. Jonjo O’Neill’s gelding was a cracking second to the promising Midnight Shadow at Uttoxeter and can do plenty of damage in handicap company.
EXITAS (1.50) is the call in a trappy renewal of the BetVictor Handicap Chase.
Phil Middleton’s gelding is on a sharp upward curve over fences and produced another career best when hacking up in a Listed event at Ascot.
The nine-year-old had plenty in hand that day and can take another step forward thanks to James Bowen’s 7lb claim.
FINIAN’S OSCAR (2.25) can show his mettle in the Steel Plate And Sections Novices’ Chase.
Colin Tizzard’s five-year-old was a dual Grade 1 winner over hurdles last season and opened his account over fences at Chepstow last month.
The gelding has enormous potential in his new career and can record an emotional success in the colours of the late Alan Potts.
CANTLOW (3.00) can help maintain Enda Bolger’s domination of the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase.
The 12-year-old relishes this unique test and ran another blinder over course and distance when third to Bless The Wings at the Festival in March.
The veteran should be primed after a respectable prep run over timber at Thurles and can get the better of some long-standing rivals at today’s weights.
Ante-post favourite Kylemore Lough heads a field of 18 for tomorrow’s BetVictor Gold Cup at Cheltenham.
London Prize will take his chance in Sunday’s Greatwood Hurdle at Cheltenham.
The gelding is fighting fit after landing a Grade 2 at Wincanton last Saturday. ■Daryl Jacob was cautioned with no further action taken by a disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority yesterday after an incident at Cheltenham last month.
Jacob was alleged to have shouted at amateur Noel George and grabbed his silks following the Brandon Hill Capital Handicap Hurdle. Jacob had finished 13th on Creep Desbois.