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Ciaran has been through the big races on day 1 of the 2025 Punchestown Festival and picked his best bets as well as a quick look at the handicaps. As we examine the cards for the last spring festival of…

1:50 Sandown The 1:50 from Sandown is a trappy 2m4f handicap chase. I’d be happy to stick with RISKINTHEGROUND (NB) 4/1 here, who comes into this race on a real roll for the Dan Skelton yard. He bolted up at Ayr…

1:50 Musselburgh  The opener in Scotland is the trappy Royal Mile handicap. It is hard to get away from WILTSHIRE LAD (11/4) here for the in-form Andrew Balding yard. The yard can do little wrong this week, this horse has strong…

1:10 Ayr The first race from Ayr is a handicap chase over an extended 2 mile trip. I’d be happy to chance ETALON (11/2) to return to form, given a mark of 135 is very lenient if he runs anywhere near…

The modern Grand National bears little resemblance to the race of old, but from a punting point of view, it has actually become easier to pick a winner. If we take out the 50/1 2022 winner, Noble Yeats, the average…

Our four betting tips for Grand National day at Aintree start with the 1.55pm race and concludes with a selection in the big one itself at 4pm. Some of the bookies sign-up offers will not be available for today but…