Paul Ferguson brings us a pair of selections from Taunton today; Urbain De Sivola (2.00) and Dare Me (3.40). Compare odds and bet
Though he has been off the track since winning a warm juvenile contest at Newbury’s Hennessy meeting in November Urbain De Sivola (2:00) is taken to beat his elders at Taunton this afternoon and, in doing so, Nick Williams’s four-year-old can book his ticket to the Triumph Hurdle.
The son of Le Fou is already as low as 12/1 for the Triumph and the form of his Newbury success reads really well thanks to the subsequent victories of Ranjaan (2nd), Ardlui (3rd) and Dark And Dangerous (4th).
The feature race on the card is the Bathwick Tyres Handicap Hurdle in which Sire De Grugy looks a worthy market leader, based on his fourth in last week’s Betfair Hurdle at Newbury.
That race came just four days ago, however, so Dare Me (3:40) looks the one to side with and at 5/1 he looks a bet to nothing for the each-way thieves.
Philip Hobbs’s son of Bob Back, who was a smart bumper performer the season before last, was two from two in novice hurdles at Exeter early last term and he made an encouraging return at Cheltenham on trials day last month.
Tuesday’s selections:
2:00 Taunton Urbain De Sivola
3:40 Taunton Dare Me (each-way 5/1 Paddy Power)
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