First bet since Tuesday. Focus has largely shifted toward the Festival, which I’ll be heading to ahead of Tuesday morning. The days leading into Cheltenham always thin the racecards out a bit, so it can be a muddling time for punting. Still, one opportunity stands out today.
Ample Warning @ 28/1
Ample Warning @ 28/11pt Each-Way | Warwick 14:10
T: Alastair Ralph | J: Jonathan Burke
The run Ample Warning produced on hurdles debut at Ludlow was a big effort. Without the bad mistake at the second-last, he would be nowhere near this price today.
The form of that race has worked out well despite only one subsequent winner. Several horses from the race have run well in stronger company since. Equal Measure, who Ample Warning had well beaten until that late mistake, ran a huge race behind Scorpio Rising in the valuable Novices’ Handicap Final at Sandown yesterday.
That Ludlow run still looks the strongest piece of form in this field by some distance. It also caught my eye that Alastair Ralph threw her straight into the deep end on her bumper debut, pitching her into the Cheltenham Open Mares’ Class 2 Bumper — one of only three he has started that high on debut. That alone suggests they hold her in fairly high regard. The current price still looks a fair way off her true chance.
An outstanding each-way bet.
Best of luck with your punting today,
