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TIGER’S ON A ROLL BUT I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT ELDRICK


FIRSTLY A BIT OF SELF-CONGRATULATION. Chel- tenham was good, Cheltenham was very good for Bernie the Book and Ihope it was for my readers. In March’s column we tipped up top jockey for the meeting as Jack Kennedy at 6/1 who tied with Davy Russell for a dead- heat payout. Readers might also remember my tip for the big three and the number of combined winners they might get, which is best shown from last month’s edi- tion.


WHAT PRICE THE BIG THREE of Mullins, Elliott and Henderson training at least 12 of the 28 winners? Most of the championship races should be won by one of them and I would rate the chances of somewhere near even money to 5/4 against. Imagine my surprise (and a quick call) into Skybet to take their odds of 11/4! Definitely worth 40 units to win 110.


The bet actually collected on the Thursday with one whole day still to go. There was a further benefit in that the 11/4 advised actually paid out at 7/2! Moving on, my fancy for the FACup, Chelsea, are now 6/4 favourites – I advised 9/2, so anyone taking this price can hedge on Spurs or United should Chelsea reach the final and after the other semi-final has been de- cided.


Onto this month. It’s Grand National time. GordonElliott was ultimately crowned top trainer at Cheltenham and his National record certainly stands up to close inspec- tion. My headline nap is the winner of the Glenfarclas Cross Country race at Chel- tenham in TIGER ROLL who is definitely Aintree bound and at 16/1 simply can’t be


passed up. Most bookmakers nearer the day will be of- fering five or six places so you might choose to wait as the odds won’t vary a lot from now. My other fancy against the field is this year’s Hennessy winner (well for me it’ll always be called the Hennessy but I think it’s now called The Ladbrokes Trophy) in TOTAL RECALL widely


APRIL 2018


available at 14/1. This was going well in the Gold Cup be- fore falling and I think this might be the pick of the Mullins’ yard. Whether Ruby is


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back in time is doubtful but that is surely just a bonus. So on to the Masters and readers of this column will hopefully have backed my two original selections, Justin Rose at 20/1 and John Rahm at 16/1. Added to this to complete my troika is JUSTIN THOMAS at 12/1. Bang in form and with a winning mentality and a mercurial put- ter he is well worth putting up. One man I just can’t fancy is Tiger Woods and I know it is sacrilege to oppose him on a course he knows intimately and whose recent form makes him second favourite. But I firmly believe they just don’t come back and I would lay him in most markets. Finally on the Masters, I would take Marc Leis- chman to be topAustralian at 5/1. Much maligned and not as popular as Messrs Day and Scott, but well worth a punt.


Speaking of punts, and I accept it is onlyApril, but I would advocate an early ante-post on the SAN FRAN- CISCO 49ERS for next year’s Superbowl. Now that they have signed Jimmy G as quarterback, the former backup toTom Brady is showing all the masters nous. The Padawan can lead the 49ers back to previous glories at a tempting 25/1.


And finally in April we have the pure drama of The World Snooker Championship from Sheffield.I think any opin- ion on the Snooker has to start with...are you a layer or a backer of Rocket Ronny.


His odds are generally 5/2 and I think I would be a backer at 4/1.That would tempt me but 5/2...NO. So who? Well, I think it could be time for Mark Allen to re- alise his potential at a whopping 28/1 with Skybet but 22/1 generally. His win in the Masters has given him a lot of confidence and let’s be honest, it seems to be a stellar year for Ireland. Shame they didn’t qualify for the World Cup.


Speaking of which, don’t miss my comprehensive take on Russia next month.Shame it’s already been decided in a Putin inspired Russia final against Saudi Arabia!!


Until next month…good punting.


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