Martin Dixon's Saturday tips: Cheltenham best bets and more
Top tipster Martin Dixon has three fancies for Saturday's action at Cheltenham and Wetherby. Enjoy all the action live on Racing TV!
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12.35 Cheltenham: Herakles Westwood
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.
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2.20 Cheltenham: Madara (E/W) (NAP)
*Now a non-runner
The second selection is an each way bet on Madara and this is the nap in the Paddy Power Handicap Chase (2.20). Obviously I'm aware that Harry Skelton has decided to ride Blueking d’Oroux but I think that that decision has led to Madara drifting out to a significantly bigger price than he deserves to be.
He was a dominant winner of the Plate at the Festival in March and he won that so easily that even from a 12 lb higher mark I still think that there's mileage in that rating and I was very encouraged by his return to action over hurdles at Carlisle 13 days ago. That was a really encouraging run, he travelled through the race as if he's in very good form. I'd expect it to have put him spot on, and Tristan Durrell has shown plenty of times that he's an able deputy in these big handicaps and I think at a general 10-1 he's a really good each-way bet.
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3.05 Wetherby: Centurion’s Sister
The final selection is Centurion’s Sister in the Colin Baldwin Memorial Handicap Hurdle (3.05) at Wetherby. This is a mare who is on a rapid upward curve. I was really impressed by how she travelled and jumped from the front over a longer trip in a handicap at this track last time out.
She won with real authority. An 8 lb rise I think underestimates how much she had in hand that day and I'm certainly not concerned about her dropping back to the minimum distance given the enthusiasm that she shows through her races and how well she travels and jumps.
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