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Cheltenham Gold Cup Day Placepot picks!

LEG 1 Storm Heart, Marjborough

STORM HEART caught the eye when second in the red-hot Spring Hurdle at Leopardstown last month. He was out wide for much of the race before coming home strongly. This more stamina-sapping track should bring lots of improvement.

MARJBOROUGH looked a little green when coming home in third for that race and has more to offer. Bunting showed signs of inexperience too in finishing fourth and didn’t get the clearest of runs. He’s in the each-way picture.

LEG 2 L’Eau Du Sud, Absurde

L’EAU DU SUD was a cracking second in the red-hot Betfair Hurdle at Newbury last time and can add to Dan Skelton’s fantastic record in this race. He’s won it four times since 2016 and this six-year-old comes here fresh after just two runs this season. He still looks on a fair mark and won’t mind what the ground does under brother Harry. 

Surprise, surprise Willie Mullins has a strong record in this race with ABSURDE leading his charge. He was classy enough to win the Ebor on the Flat last summer before running well in the Melbourne Cup. He could do with the ground livening up but the handicapper has taken a big chance with his opening mark after a fair Grade 1 fourth last time.

LEG 3 Reading Tommy Wrong, Lecky Watson

READING TOMMY WRONG showed his Grade 1 quality when winning at Naas last time when even a final-flight error couldn’t stop him. He quickly got going again and powered up the run-in to score on the line. That suggests he’ll improve for this step up in distance on just his third run over hurdles. He’s the pick of Paul Townend. 

LECKY WATSON wasn’t far behind him in that contest and he has solid place claims at a fair price.

LEG 4 Galopin Des Champs, Gerri Colombe

GALOPIN DES CHAMPS can become another dual Gold Cup winner for Willie Mullins. He was superb when taking this race 12 months ago by seven lengths after a brilliant round of jumping. It looked like the race had left its mark as he was beaten by Fastorslow at Punchestown twice after his Cheltenham heroics. But he put those worries to bed in fine style when destroying his rivals to land the Savills Chase by 23 lengths at Christmas. He didn’t have to hit those highs when winning the Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown last month and he can show his true colours here. 

This step up in distance could help GERRI COLOMBE who was second in the Savills. He isn’t the quickest but keeps up the gallop and will come up the hill strongly.

LEG 5 Its On The Line, Premier Magic

ITS ON THE LINE was a close-up second in this 12 months ago and is likely to get the more testing conditions he needs this time around. After a tumble at Aintree, he was a good winner of the Punchestown Champion ahead of Ferns Rock and saw off Billaway in a scrap at Naas last month. Derek O’Connor has already ridden a winner this week and has every chance of a double. 

PREMIER MAGIC can prove last year’s 66-1 win was no fluke. He came out and won again at Cheltenham in May  and he was a points winner last month so will be fit. He has every chance of hitting the frame again.

LEG 6 Dinoblue

DINOBLUE looks on another level after a win and second at Grade 1 level this season. She was an impressive Christmas winner at Leopardstown ahead of newly crowned Champion Chaser Captain Guinness before proving best of the rest behind El Fabiolo in the Dublin Chase last month. Going down in grade against the mares makes her very hard to beat under Mark Walsh. She won the Grand Annual last season so Cheltenham holds no fears either.

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