Howden Long Walk Hurdle: Runner by runner betting guide
This weekend’s standout race will see the best staying hurdles in the UK take on some of the up-and-coming Irish stayers. Strong Leader has flourished since stepping up to three miles, but will he have enough to hold off last year’s winner, Crambo, and the fast-improved The Wallpark and Shoot First? Find out here as I take you through all ten runners with my runner-by-runner betting guide. Get all the latest horse racing odds and promotions here with the best online horse racing bookmaker. Grade 1 Howden Long Walk Hurdle runner by runner betting guide Now it’s time to take a in-depth look into runners of the Grade 1 Howden Long Walk Hurdle and the best horse racing bookmakers to help you make a winning bet. 7 Strong Leader Age: 7 Weight: 11st 7lb Form: 2431-1 Rating: 158 Jockey: Sean Bowen Trainer: Olly Murphy Odds: 9/4 This former two-mile Grade 1 placed novice hurdler has not looked back since stepping up to three miles. Having had jumping issues over shorter trips, Strong Leader has relished the step up in trip and the slower pace. His first go at three miles saw him staying on strong to the line behind Grand National winner Noble Yeats, and he backed that run up with a Grade 1 win in the Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree at the end of last season. This season got off to a faultless start with an easy win over Monmiral in the Grade 2 Long Distance Hurdle, cementing himself as the top staying hurdler in the UK. He faces a much deeper race here, with some Irish raiders thrown in for good measure, but I see this being uncomplicated for Stong Leader. Today can be the day when Stong Leader adds his name to the list of winners, including Unowhatimeanharry, Thistlecrack, and the best-staying hurdler of all time, Big Bucks, to do the Long Distance Hurdle and Long Walk Hurdle double in the same season. Thriving over three miles Uncomplicated Still unexposed over this trip His jumping can be an issue Star rating: Bet on Strong Leader with talkSPORT BET 8 The Wallpark Age: 6 Weight: 11st 7lb Form: 091111 Rating: 152 Jockey: Mark Walsh Trainer: Gordon Elliott Odds: 7/2 Since racking up his four-timer, The Wallpark will now dawn the famous gold and green hoops of JP McManus. He’s a horse firmly on the up and won well at Cheltenham last time to earn a crack at this level, but will he be good enough? As of right now, I don’t have him as a Grade 1 winner just yet. I see this as a fact-finding mission, whether to go down the stayers hurdle route or target the Pertemps Handicap Hurdle, as they did successfully with Sire Du Berlais off the same mark. He’s an interesting runner, but I see him falling short today against a strong favourite. A fast-improving handicapper Tactically versatile Unexposed over this trip Big jump up in grade Star rating: Bet on The Wallpark with Sky Bet 4 Crambo Age: 7 Weight: 11st 7lb Form: 13198- Rating: 156 Jockey: Jonathan Burke Trainer: Fergal O’Brien Odds: 15/2 Things didn’t go as planned after his win in this race last season. He was well beaten in the Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham and again in the Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree behind Strong Leader, leaving more questions than answers going into this season. The form of his short-head win in this last season is questionable. Paisley Park, Dashel Drasher, and Champ, we’re all well past their best and in the veteran stages of their careers (Paisley Park and Champ have been retired since). He is a horse with an awful lot to prove and is one to take on until he shows improved form. Last season’s winner Still has time on his side His form tailed off last season Has a lot to prove on his comeback Bet on Crambo with Paddy Power 5 Hiddenvally Lake Age: 7 Weight: 11st 7lb Form: 9/F13- Rating: 152 Jockey: Darragh O’Keeffe Trainer: Henry de Bromhead Odds: 9/1 Hiddenvally Lake is a horse that promised a lot in his novice hurdle days and was only narrowly beaten by the now twice Grade 1 novice chase placed Monty’s Star in a Grade 3 novice hurdle at Clonmel before disappointing in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. They sent him novice chasing last season, but that didn’t last long. After a fall three on his chase debut, his sights were set straight back on hurdling. A win over Beacon Edge back over hurdles was followed with a third to Strong Leader in the Liverpool Hurdle, and that form would give him a fighting chance here. He is a lively each-way player at the prices, but he will find it hard to reverse placings with Strong Leader. Has the form to play a bit part here Runs well fresh Goes on any ground Has it to do to turn around the form with Stong Leader Star rating: Bet on Hiddenvally Lake with Midnite 6 Shoot First Age: 8 Weight: 11st 7lb Form:
This weekend’s standout race will see the best staying hurdles in the UK take on some of the up-and-coming Irish stayers.
Strong Leader has flourished since stepping up to three miles, but will he have enough to hold off last year’s winner, Crambo, and the fast-improved The Wallpark and Shoot First?
Find out here as I take you through all ten runners with my runner-by-runner betting guide.
Get all the latest horse racing odds and promotions here with the best online horse racing bookmaker.
Grade 1 Howden Long Walk Hurdle runner by runner betting guide
Now it’s time to take a in-depth look into runners of the Grade 1 Howden Long Walk Hurdle and the best horse racing bookmakers to help you make a winning bet.
