Class can come to the fore in Cheltenham handicap chase

Credit: Alan Crowhurst

The Conditional
2.00 Cheltenham
1pt each-way with firms paying five places

Saint Calvados
3.10 Cheltenham
1pt win

If you had said to any racing fan before the summer that come the first Cheltenham meeting of the season top-class 2m chaser Saint Calvados would have to give only 3lb to Mcgroarty in the Randox Health Handicap Chase (3.10) they would have been staggered.

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Published on 25 October 2019inHorse racing tips

Last updated 12:25, 26 October 2019

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