It's time to worry, favourite backers - Richard Birch takes one on

1.52 Hereford
1pt win at 4-1 generally

Recent Ayr winner Steinkraus deserves to be favourite for Hereford’s 2m5f novices’ handicap hurdle, but whether he is a genuine 5-4 shot is open to conjecture.

After all, he’s been put up 7lb for beating Petite Rhapsody, a horse who had failed to finish closer than third in ten previous starts.

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Published on 9 November 2021inHorse racing tips

Last updated 09:11, 9 November 2021

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