Up-and-coming sort worth backing against mare on the downgrade in Stayers'

Credit: Alan Crowhurst

City Island
3.30 Cheltenham
Buy at 1.5 in a match bet with Apple's Jade

Paisley Park will win the Stayers' Hurdle on all known form and is priced up accordingly, but finding the horse that might finish second in the race is the task for punters with plenty of value on offer.

After scanning through every runner I landed on City Island, who looks a great bet in a match against Gordon Elliott's Apple's Jade, who is quite clearly not the mare she used to be.

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Published on 11 March 2020inHorse racing tips

Last updated 17:42, 11 March 2020

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