Wind op could be the key to this unexposed chaser

Elixir Du Gouet
3.50 Wetherby
1pt win at 9-2 generally

Today's selection was a close-run thing. I will struggle to resist the 20s about Dominateur, who needs the fences as soft as the ground, in the West Wales National. But that price is not widespread and it is difficult to jump off when your notes come to life, as they do with Elixir Du Gouet.

Admittedly, it might not have been only the eagle-eyed who spotted this horse could be in line for a wind op. He habitually travels well into races before cutting out. Since he was last seen at Chepstow in December, he has finally had wind surgery.