Walsh could get confidence booster ahead of Cheltenham

JP McManus and Mark Walsh, who could pick up some festival rides for the owner in Geraghty's absence

Mark Walsh (right): looks to have a good chance on I Knew WellCredit: Patrick McCann

Monastic
3.20 Navan
1pt win
I Knew Well
4.30 Navan
1pt win

Ten days. Ten sleeps. Ten days to lose some hard-earned festival funds. There are, of course, more optimistic folk among us who regard those ten days as the perfect time to beef up your bank but it would be a travesty not to back Djakadam in the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup because you had too much on an odds-on shot on the all-weather at Newcastle tonight.

So the advice is to sit tight and bet small, especially at Navan where the fare is moderate and there are a whole host of odds-on shots who are not exactly bullet-proof.

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David JenningsDeputy Ireland editor

Published on 3 March 2017inHorse racing tips

Last updated 16:23, 4 March 2017

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