Punters likely to prefer River Dragon in Traders Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle at Hexham
River Dragon is the centre of attention at the moment, as he has been given the highest starting price for Traders Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle, taking place at Hexham on Monday, April 23, 2012.
Victories seem to have dried up for Tony Coyle’s trainee, although he has been performing consistently over the past few weeks. In each of the last three races, the seven-year-old finished third on the chart.
The son of Sadler´s Wells made his last trip on April 09, when he missed the runner-up spot by a head’s distance in the Kelsey Alderson Designed Today's Racecard Cover Handicap at Redcar.
He will have to try something different in order to win today’s 2m4f110y meeting, which is set to start at 16:30 GMT. Among the participants are: River Dragon, Quacity, Rosairlie, Crafti Bookie, Bollin Ruth, Farm Pixie and Amjad.
River Dragon will be given a hard time by Quacity. The eight-year-old displayed a splendid show in his penultimate trip in February. Watch Live Racing At BetVictor.com Novices' Handicap Chase saw him upsetting the 6-4 favourite,
What A Dream, by five lengths.
The Lucinda Russell-trained could not maintain standards afterwards and as a result, finished fourth in the Newcastle Flooring Novices' Handicap Chase. He is well capable of springing up a surprise and thus, one can pin up a
few hopes on him.
Rosairlie is also doing well these days. In mid March, the four-year-old secured a comprehensive triumph in the Bhest Conditional Jockeys' Mares' Handicap Hurdle at the same venue.
Micky Hammond’s trainee failed to carry forward her good work and ended up third in the Jamaican Flight Handicap at Pontefract. Although victories are not coming to her way regularly, it would be unwise to overlook her chances
for the top prize.
According to our predictions, it is going to be a three way battle among River Dragon, Quacity and Rosairlie. The former of the three has the highest chance of winning, but our vote goes to Rosairlie.
If River Dragon fails to improve his work, Rosairlie would not face any difficultly in outsmarting him.
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