Tomorrow’s Cheltenham Trials Day, as its name suggests, usually throws up plenty of clues to which horses will be winning at the festival on the same course in less than two months’ time.
There is no doubt which horse running tomorrow is most likely to triumph at the festival itself and that is Constitution Hill. However, Nicky Henderson’s unbeaten eight-year-old gelding is at odds of around 1-10 tomorrow for the Unibet Hurdle (3 p.m.) and none of his four opponents will trouble him if he runs to his best. So that race is out of bounds as a betting proposition.
The Grade 2 Betfair Cleeve Hurdle (3.35 p.m.) over three miles has attracted eight runners and is a much more competitive affair. Crambo and Strong Leader are officially the highest-rated horses in the race and are at the head of the market.
GOWEL ROAD, Nigel Twiston-Davies’ consistent nine-year-old gelding, does not have the class to go on and win the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle at the Festival in March but he does have every chance of landing tomorrow’s Betfair Cleve Hurdle (3.35
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