16:30 Punchestown  AES Champion Four Year Old Hurdle
Darroun  will have conditions to suit tomorrow. He has had two excellent runs in softer going in Ireland just loosing out to Shadow Catcher and beating Hisaabaat showing excellent resolution both times. Admittedly he got run of his feet in the vastly different Triumph Hurdle, but that has resulted in him being a big looking 14/1 for tomorrows race. I think the grind of tomorrows race will suit him and he can confirm form with both horses who are far shorter in the betting.

2 Points Win 14/1 BoyleSports

14:00 Sandown, Bet365 Handicap Hurdle
Star Of Angels was selected by me at Aintree but he clearly didn’t stay the trip. He has good form on softer going and is back to probably his best trip tomorrow. He was a very consistent horse before his very long break and did win a decent Handicap on soft ground this year. He still looks on a decent enough mark for his best form and in a very open race could well outrun his 12/1 price at the moment. I got a small bit of 14/1 but that is gone now.

1 pt win 12/1 Various

15:10 Sandown bet365 Gold Cup Chase
Ouzbeck is just a case of price. He is far too big on Betfair, and although he supposedly wont act on Soft ground, really there is no way of knowing as he has hardly ever faced it before. His last run was obviously eye catching, where he ran like a pig but flew at the end. There wont be many tomorrow finishing with any speed, and although me might get behind early on hell be still capable of getting involved. He is off a very workable mark considering he has run well of 10-11 lbs higher. The 27 win on Betfair looks too big and worth a small bet.

1 pt Win 27 Betfair

15:50 Punchestown Guinness Handicap Chase

Dancing Tornado has been a very consistent chaser for the last year or two. He was poor in the Cross Country this year at the festival, but it didn’t appear to suit him from the start and this 2m4f chase will be much more to his liking. He has a decent enough looking spin over hurdles earlier this month and given that he is 4lbs lower than his good 5th in the Kerry National on Soft Ground the conditions that prevail tomorrow shouldn’t pose a problem. He has a nice racing weight here and if the application of first time blinkers can improve him at all the current price on Betfair is going to look very good.

1pt win 25 Betfair

15:10 Sandown bet365 Gold Cup Chase

Viking Blond is still a novice and has run well a few times this year. He was very disappointing in the Welsh National, but has shown a liking in the past for softer ground. He’ll be in here with a very nice racing weight of 10:00 and that will have to help for this stamina test. For me it is somewhat significant that he is sent out again on soft over the long trip after that poor national run, and his trainer is in cracking form at the moment. He seems to have an excellent chance of placing at least and the 20/1 with 5 places available on paddy Power looks too big.

1 Point EW 20/1 12345 Paddy Power