We have Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle tips and a preview of what is the penultimate race on Day 3 of the Cheltenham Festival.
Thursday’s Cheltenham Festival card rounds off with two big-field races that will not be shown on terrestrial TV. Here is how to play the Dawn Run Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle and the Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase.
4.50 - Dawn Run Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle Tips & Preview
It is remarkable to think that Fergal O’Brien, a mainstay of the top ten in the British trainers’ championship standings these days, has never had a winner at the Cheltenham Festival. Crambo in the Stayers’ Hurdle has been his big hope on the week and by the time we get to the Dawn Run we will know how he has got on.
Even if Crambo has come up short, O’Brien can have his winner here with Dysart Enos . This mare was smart in bumpers, she won a Listed race at Market Rasen and followed up in a Grade 2 at Aintree. She has run three times over hurdles and remains unbeaten, although she has been crabbed in some quarters for not beating much.
The weakness of the bare form is not denied, but Dysart Enos has looked very much like a horse running beneath herself so far. She was a ready winner at Huntingdon and Doncaster, while in between she got some important course experience in by winning in soft ground in December. She can take another step forward now and deliver the Cheltenham winner her trainer has longed for.
Selection: Dysart Enos
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