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Horse racing tips for Monday: Ross Millar's best bets

Last Updated: Tue 5 Dec 2023

After the excitement of the Cheltenham Festival, the recent National Hunt action has certainly had a quieter feel to it.

However, there were two performances that caught my eye over the weekend. The Dan Skelton-trained Heltenham bolted up in what I thought was a competitve handicap chase at Newbury where he travelled strongly up the home straight to win in a canter.

There is room for improvement in the jumping department, but he’s a six-year-old I’ll firmly be keeping onside at either Aintree or Ayr next month.

The Goffs UK Spring Sale Bumper also provided an impressive winner in the form of Crest Of Glory. The Anthony Honeyball-trained son of Black Sam Bellamy helped force the pace from the off and galloped clear of the field in the manner of a potentially smart performer.

The ground at Newbury looked hard work on Saturday, so for a four year-old to deliver such a performance means he must go into your Racing TV Tracker.

The performance was clearly no surprise to the winning trainer, as after the race winning jockey, Aidan Coleman, shared via a message, on social media, he received from Anthony Honeyball back in November highlighting that he had the horse to win this race!

Onto Monday’s action and we have a nice card at Wincanton to look forward to on Racing TV, and I have managed to find three selections. Best of luck.

2.00 Wincanton: Hititi

Finished: 1stSP: 11/10

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Robert Walford has his small team in fine order, and while he’s recorded just one winner in the past fortnight, his runners have largely out-run their market expectation.

Hititi was a facile winner of his latest start when travelling powerfully and jumping efficiently over 2m5f at Exeter. The handicapper raised him 9lb for that win, and while that does give him more to do here, the burden is lessened by the 3lb claim of Harry Kimber who I believe is the most improved conditional jockey this season.

This race doesn’t look to have anywhere near the depth of that Exeter contest, either, with second favourite Forever William unlikely to be suited by this drop back in trip.

The ground – officially described as soft at the time of writing – has every chance of drying out given the breezy conditions with no rain forecast, and I expect Hititi to have too many gears for his rivals.

2.30 Wincanton: Casa Tall

Finished: 4thSP: 13/2

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The Tom George-trained Casa Tall arrives here fresh having not raced since December when he unseated Jonathan Burke at Newbury while still in contention two fences from home.

Despite unseating, that run can be viewed as a step back in the right direction having shown moderate form in the previous 12 months.

The upside of a downturn in form is a reduction of your handicap mark, and Casa Tall now races off a chase mark of just 109 having been rated as a high as 121.

The favourite for this race, Calgary Tiger, has been raised 14lb for his two chase wins, and that might now anchor him.

Of the others, I’d be certain that Galop De Chasse needs softer ground, and Thelasthighking will need further, while Rose Sea Has is a consistent type, but the selection is 11lb better off with him for a four-length defeat when they last met at Sandown in December.

Off a sliding mark, Casa Tall can get back to winning way here.

3.00 Wincanton: Duc De Beauchene

Finished: 3rdSP: 10/3

As a viewing spectacle, I love these veteran races and I think they’ve been a great addition to the race programme. They aren’t, however, always an attractive betting proposition, but I think one runner has standout credentials here.

Duc De Beauchene has been largely disappointing this season, although it could be argued that he’s been campaigned largely over trips short of his best.

His chase mark has now dropped from 128 to just 111 and, given that he showed winning form off a rating of 124 just 11 months ago, he has to be considered well handicapped.

The market certainly thought so last time at Hereford when he was sent off the even-money favourite over this trip, and he ran with real credit but possibly bumped into an even better handicapped rival in Innisfree Lad, who has run well off higher marks on two subsequent starts.

All of the opposition he faces here look firmly on the downgrade, bar Flying Verse, but he’s now on a rating of 110 and it has been over two years since he showed a level of form capable of defying such a mark.

Under the excellent Fergus Gillard, Duc De Beauchene is taken to hit the target.

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FACT TO FILE is majestic in 2026 Irish Gold Cup with Galopin des Champs third

Galopin des Champs - only third behind Fact To File but still an absolute star to his owners & fans

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Fact To File bounced back to form to lift the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup, with stablemate Galopin Des Champs having to settle for a gallant third place in his bid to land the Leopardstown showpiece for the fourth year in a row. A dual Cheltenham Gold Cup winner and victorious in the Dublin Racing Festival feature in each of the past three seasons, Galopin Des Champs was the 15-8 favourite to match the feat of another Willie Mullins-trained superstar in Florida Pearl, who claimed four renewals between 1999 and 2004. The 10-year-old suffered his first defeat in eight starts over fences at Leopardstown when third in his bid for a third Savills Chase in late December, but as that was his belated seasonal reappearance improvement was expected under Paul Townend. After tracking Savills Chase winner Affordale Fury for much of the way, Galopin Des Champs jumped to the front four fences from home – drawing a cheer from the crowd – but was quickly joined by Monty’s Star and Fact To File, who was bidding to put a disappointing run in the King George at Kempton on Boxing Day behind him. Another Mullins runner in Gaelic Warrior threw his hat into the ring from the home turn, but 9-2 shot Fact To File was travelling much the best under Mark Walsh and kept up the gallop to score by five lengths. Gaelic Warrior was a clear second, with Galopin Des Champs narrowly beating Firefox to third to give the champion trainer a one-two-three. Reigning Cheltenham hero Inothewayurthinkin was tired faller at the last, but was able to walk away. #horseracing #dublinracingfestival #horses Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4 Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland. Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs

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Jockey gets 14-day ban after winning post blunder

There was a dramatic conclusion to the Coolmore N.H. Sires Los Angeles Irish EBF Mares I.N.H. Flat Race with amateur rider Stephen Connor given a 14-day suspension after mistaking the winning post on Royal Hillsborough, allowing Moonverrin to get back up and win. Martin Hassett’s 20-1 shot Moonverrin looked set to secure an authoritative success in the Grade Two finale after being pushed into the lead by Finian Maguire, but soon began to wander under pressure. Royal Hillsborough, a 9-1 chance trained by Stuart Crawford, was able to close the gap and edged to the front inside the final furlong, but Connor stopped riding passing the 50-yard marker, giving Moonverrin another bite of the cherry and she was able to get back up and score by a short head. Brendan Campbell, representing the owners of Royal Hillsborough, told Racing Post: "That's life and stuff like that happens in life sometimes." Must-see compilations and best bits ➡️ http://y2u.be/Kfl2CXtG6xA Greatest Hits! Some of our most amazing action ➡️ http://y2u.be/AfNpAewK4m4 Feature-length documentaries for racing lovers ➡️ http://y2u.be/xIprr1hNCeA Thrills, spills and funnies! ➡️ http://y2u.be/AHqOQUnNhXo Racing Greats ➡️ http://y2u.be/74MKoH7TLIE All the best Group One and Grade One action ➡️ http://y2u.be/mOq9ZgMn_ME Welcome to the official YouTube channel of Racing TV, the UK's leading horse racing channel showing live racing from the best racecourses in Great Britain and Ireland. Subscribe to Racing TV's free YouTube channel and get closer to the sport we all love. If you want to watch unmissable moments from the world of racing and exclusive interviews and highlights from our specialist shows then this is the place for you! https://bit.ly/2RHbyMa You can also find us on Sky 424 or Virgin Media 536 (411 in Ireland): https://t.co/xkJ0xBrDcm Also watch Racing TV at racingtv.com and via our iPhone, iPad and Android apps: https://t.co/CwcklwUMHs

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