The Novice Tipster

2:00 County Hurdle 1st Kargese 7/2 - 50 2nd Absurde 9/2 - 40 2nd Our Champ 50/1 - 40 2nd Ndaawi 14/1 - 40   5:20 Martin Pipe  1st Wodhooh 10/3 - 80 2nd Doyen Quest 50/1 - 60 3rd Nurse Susan 50/1 - 60 (KDB scored 30 but difficult to work out his score properly)

  1st I Like To Move It 14/1 - 70 2nd West Cork 8/1 - 40 2nd Ballyadam 33/1 - 40 2nd Cormier 18/1 - 40 3rd Felix Desjy 33/1 - 35 This is such a competitve race but I Like To Move It has stromed into the lead here.  He has been to Cheltenham twice over hurdles and won both races, one was a Grade 2, although there were only 3 of them, and i actually question how tough it was because the 2nd placed horse Washington met a horse i have a hair of Barichello and Barrichello beat him, i would hope Barrichello is a future grade winner but at the moment he is a Listed winner, so i am not convinced that Grade 2 was a real Grade 2. However he did win a Class 2 Hurdle here beating subsequant Grade 3 Hurdle winner Tritonic. And the last time out was 2nd to Glory And Fortune who came 5th this week in the Champion Hurdle, so thats probably stronger form. Ground wise he has won well on soft but only run once, but his half brother De Young Warrior absolutely relishes soft/heavy conditions, so i...

  1st Third Time Lucki 13/2 - 45 2nd Edwardstone 14/1 - 35 2nd Strong Glance 40/1 - 35 3rd Gowel Road 16/1 - 30 3rd Petit Mouchoir 33/1 - 30 Not the highest scoring system and all very close except the winner here, so am hoping Third Time Lucki can run well.  He needs the better ground, and stats on good to soft are 3, 1, 1, 1. He came 2nd in the Supreme Trial in November and was beaten not very far by For Pleasure, who Tuesday came 3rd in the Supreme. He also came 4th in the Champion Bumper the year before, so this Grade 3 handicap race is the easiest race he has contested at Cheltenham, but being Cheltenham its still tough. Im not sure what happened at Musselburgh, it may have been too soft. He has claims, and he likes Cheltenham so he can go well. Edwardstone was 6th in the Supreme last year and i actually think he wants better ground than he has had lately, despite winning on heavy that was an 'easy' race. His run in the Betfair hurdle gives him claims again here. He was b...