The team return with two selections over jumps at Cheltenham’s November Meeting…
Potters Charm is highly regarded by the Twiston-Davies team and is taken to land the 2m5f Grade 2 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (15:30) at Cheltenham.
The £105,000 purchase shaped nicely when winning at the course in October and looks open to improvement with the benefit of experience. Runner-up on sole point-to-point start, the five-year-old impressed when flying home to take a Worcester success and his Cheltenham performance showed a lot of grit.
The race is expected to be a straight match-race between the top two of the market – main ribal Valgrand appears to surprise connections with a smart win on his last outing and therefore, it makes sense, at the current prices to look at the alternative.
Potters Charm appears to be a genuine Graded runner and could represent some value around 6/5.
POTTERS CHARM – WIN – 6/5
Edwardstone is the pick at the prices in the 1m7f Grade 2 Shloer Chase (14:20) at Cheltenham on Friday.
While Jonbon is the obvious class angle in the race, he damaged his previous unblemished reputation with a mistake-littered Clarence House Chase second in January. With a lot of fancied Nicky Henderson runners struggling recently, it is hard to take 1/3 about him on seasonal reappearance.
Alan King's gelding, on the contrary, ought to be primed to the minute for this contest. He has won on good before and a change to front-running tactics at the end of last season appeared to suit. He also boasts an excellent record when fresh.
The 6/1 generally available could prove to be all-too generous.
EDWARDSTONE – WIN – 6/1
