Bet365 Gold Cup Odds – Horse Racing Betting April 25

Charm looks Wonderful in jumps season finale

Horse Racing Betting

Having run in the Crabbie’s Grand National has proved no bar to performing well in the bet365 Gold Cup in the past. Burton Port unseated his rider at Aintree last year just two weeks before finishing second at Sandown but actual winners in this are less frequent. Royale Knight (a general 20/1) was sixth in the Grand National and heads a quartet of runners bidding for compensation in the last big race of the national hunt season. Rocky Creek (a general 16/1) was unplaced at Aintree but had earlier won the BetBright Chase at Kempton, ahead of Sandown specialist Le Reve (8/1 with Betfred and on betfair). Ely Brown (40/1 with Coral)and Unioniste (16/1 with Betfred) both fell in the Grand National but the latter is one of four Paul Nicholls entries in this and there has barely been a Saturday go by over the last couple of months without his stable winning at least one major race.

WONDERFUL CHARM may be the one best equipped to carry the Ditcheat banner this time and he looks attractively priced at 16/1 with Boylesports, BetVictor, Coral and William Hill. Possibly a little unlucky not to catch Duke Of Lucca (a general 14/1) over 3m1f at Aintree on Grand National day, the seven-year-old could find further improvement over this extra half-mile and the ground has turned in his favour. Very highly tried since winning at Newton Abbot in the autumn, he was placed in a Grade 1 around time last year and should give a good account.
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Grand Jesture (11/1 with bet365 and Skybet)should run well for Henry De Bromhead if reproducing his latest second to The Druid’s Nephew at Cheltenham. He’s only 4lb higher but The Package (11/1 with 888sport) has been raised 10lb for winning the Kim Muir Fulke Walwyn at The Festival and isn’t getting any younger – no 12-year-old has won this in 20 years which will also count against Vics Canvas (a general 16/1). The useful hunter chaser Paint The Clouds (a general 9/1) is interesting, however, though Sam Waley-Cohen will probably have to put up a bit of overweight. He makes more appeal the former Gold Cup winner Bob’s Worth (11/1 with 888sport), who has been well below his best this season. Bally Legend (a general 25/1) often runs well in these big handicaps but this is a real staying test and he might have stamina limitations.

The faster going might help Lost The Legend (a stand-out 25/1 with Coral) but the champion trainer can charm his fans again in the season’s big finale.