Five horses to follow at Cheltenham on Saturday

Top tips for day two of The November Meeting! Dave Nevison, Martin Dixon, Alex Scott, Harry Allwood and Nic Doggett share selections for the action at Cheltenham on Saturday, all live on Racing TV.

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12.35 Cheltenham: Herakles Westwood

Tipster: Martin Dixon.

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My first selection for Saturday is going to be in the Citipost Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase (12:35) that opens the card at Cheltenham, and it’s Herakles Westwood for Warren Greatrex. He's a horse who finished second in this corresponding race 12 months ago and subsequently built up a really good record at the track.

He's slipped back down to the same rating as when successful here later on last season and Gina Andrews is obviously a positive jockey booking. The stable showed their well-being with a double at Hereford on Thursday afternoon, so the yard is in good form, and he’s a horse with a good course record who's back on the same mark as when successful here last season.

I think he's assured to give you a good run for your money under conditions that will be no problem for him.

1.10 Cheltenham: Atomic City

Tipster: Alex Scott.

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Alex Scott

Atomic City

13:10 Cheltenham

J:

J. J. Slevin

T:

Joseph Patrick O'Brien

2/1

Joseph O’Brien has had a phenomenal year on the Flat and it would be a surprise should he not land some big pots over the winter with his comparatively small string of National Hunt horses.

Atomic City makes plenty of appeal for him in Saturday’s second race, the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle. The three-year-old son of Ghaiyyath was the best of these on the Flat, with a rating of 88, and was deemed good enough by his expert trainer to have a crack at the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot.

He made a promising start to hurdling at Cork last month, jumping well and winning cosily from the rear. He is also likely to have learnt plenty from that run, and appears as a type to keep progressing. His jumping could be a real asset in this race and his best odds of 7-2 seem to underestimate his underlying ability.

2.20 Cheltenham: Quebecois

Tipster: Alex Scott and Harry Allwood.

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Harry Allwood

Quebecois

14:20 Cheltenham

J:

Sam Twiston-Davies

T:

Paul Nicholls

6/1

Alex says: As ever, the Paddy Power Gold Cup looks a wide open betting heat, but long term fancy Quebecois remains in contention and I am keen to stick with him for this 2m4f contest.

The seven-year-old goes well at Cheltenham, with form figures of 323 and a solid third in the Ultima on the Old Course off just a 2lb lower mark.

Nicholls has won this race in 2024 and 2025, and he is on record as saying how much speed this horse has. Putting a line through his non-finish in an attritional Scottish Grand National, he has a string of consistent performances over fences to his name and his recent second at Newton Abbot should have him spot on for this test.

There are plenty of doubts surrounding others at the head of the market. Meetmebythesea is no bigger than 7-2 and, though Ben Pauling did have a big winner with Taurus Bay at Aintree on Saturday, many from the yard have been needing their first run of the season.

Dan Skelton’s runners also have to be hugely respected, but Madara is a whole 12lb higher this year and Blueking d’Oroux has never really convinced with his jumping.

Over a course and distance which suits front runners, Quebecois could take some pegging back.

Harry says: I agree with Alex. His effort in the Ultima last season was a huge effort, and the way he travelled in that contest suggests this race should be ideal for him. He will enjoy the ground, has had a prep run, and if Sam Twiston-Davies can get him into a good rhythm out in front, which I think will be key here, then expect a big run.

2.55 Cheltenham: Ifiwerearichman

Tipster: Dave Nevison.

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Dave Nevison

Ifiwerearichman

14:55 Cheltenham

J:

Eoin Staples

T:

P Nolan

9/1

Ifiwerearichman looks a very likely improver stepped up to this trip for the first time in a competitive handicap hurdle. 

Paul Nolan’s eight-year-old has been running much better than his recent form figures suggest in races over much shorter trips, meeting trouble in running on more than one occasion. 

He could probably still have done with a race that looked to have a guaranteed pace but over this distance things are likely to thin out a bit more and his 5lbs claiming jockey will hopefully be able to steer him past weakening rivals up the hill.

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3.30 Cheltenham: Daylatedollarshort

Tipster: Nic Doggett.

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Nic Doggett

Daylatedollarshort

15:30 Cheltenham

J:

Sean Bowen

T:

Olly Murphy

5/2

Moneygarrow is holding the market up well for Daylatedollarshort who looks to have a lot in his favour as he bids for a fourth win in five starts.

After a pair of Wetherby wins, connections were brave enough to take him to the Punchestown Festival last April and he almost rewarded them with a win, finding just Powerful too…er…powerful for him late on.

He has since made a winning reappearance in a strong renewal of the Silver Trophy at Chepstow, form that has been franked by the runner-up Perseus Way scoring at Carlisle (as well as the sixth Washington winning).

Proven in big fields, and with the race likely to be run to suit, he can defy an 8 lb rise.

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