Testing trip might prove too much for this gelding

Credit: Harry Trump

Bellshill 3.30 Leopardstown

SP forecast 10-11

Top-class hurdler who is unbeaten in two starts over fences. Hard to know what he achieved in the fog at Gowran and only workmanlike at Limerick last time. Much respected from a yard that has farmed this race in recent seasons, but arguable he deserves to be odds-on judged on that latest performance and Grade 1 winner Our Duke looks a serious rival.

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Published on 11 February 2017inHorse racing tips

Last updated 14:03, 11 February 2017

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