Wednesday was a good day as both my selections won. Colreevy remains unbeaten over fences as the 4/5 favourite romped home by 12 lengths while Allaho led from the second and never looked back the 10/11 favourite eventually won by 3 lengths and was then cut from 6/1 to 5/1 for this years Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.
The week continues with 7 races at Gowran Park on Thursday where the standout contest is at 3.25 when 21 begin the Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase. Acapella Bourgeois was 6th in this race 12 months ago but he comes here after chasing home his stablemate Al Boum Photo on his reappearance at Tramore on New Year's Day and is the one to beat. Willie Mullins also has four more runners in this one as he attempts to win it for a 6th time since 2012 and another one of them is the main threat,Brahma Bull was a very good second to Minella Indo in a grade 2 at Navan in November,his last run saw him unseat his rider early at Tramore at the beginning of this month but he makes his handicap debut here and has an excellent chance. There are two others on the shortlist,Any Second Now ended last season with a 1 1/4 length win in a grade 3 at Naas his two comeback runs towards the end of 2020 will have sharpened him up and he should definitely be respected on this his fences return while Coko Beach began this year with a good 3rd at Fairyhouse and despite not yet picking up a win in his career he is a danger who should not be overlooked.
Big race prediction: 1: Acapella Bourgeois.
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