Willie Mullins is a fantastic trainer but I feel some his non Ricci owners have to sort of take a backseat with their horses, something we see today with Arctic Fire asked to tackle three miles on deep ground despite there being a perfectly good race for him over his best trip tomorrow. I'm not too bothered though as his presence at the head of the market for the Christmas Hurdle in a couple of hours has made it a good race to get involved in and 4/1 about Martello Tower is just too big. Last season's Albert Bartlett winner has optimum conditions today and although it's a slight negative that this is his first run of the season I think that the price is enough of a compensation. With any sort of pipe opener under his belt he'd be by far the most likely winner of this so 4s is well worth snapping up. Arctic Fire isn't his only worthwhile rival and Alpha Does Obeaux is well respected but this horse looks more a chaser to me, he's not that economical at his flights, and ultimately it comes down to how ready the selection is for this test. This is a Grade 1 contest so you would think his trainer would have him close to 100%. That's the logic anyway.
Christmas Hurdle:
Martello Tower £40w @ 4/1 (lost)
Martello Tower £40w @ 4/1 (lost)
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