Punchestown festival day four naps: best betting tips from our experts
Day four of the Punchestown festival is upon us – but who do our top tipsters fancy most?
Battle It Out
By Paul Kealy
Mark Walsh is on the stable first string, Perceval Legallois, but nobody other than Charlie O'Dwyer has yet ridden Battle It Out, who has done a lot of improving over fences this season and is a big price if you forgive him a slightly laboured effort over nearly 3m at Navan when last seen.
It may well be that the six-year-old, who ran out a very easy winner of a 2m4f Listed handicap at the that track the month before, could not cope with the 11lb rise he was given, but I think it was simply a case of not being quite ready for the step up on trip on what was awful ground.
He has plenty of promise and a nice low weight, so he looks worth an each-way play back at 2m4f.
Brides Hill
By Charlie Huggins
Gave 2lb and a six-length beating to subsequent Cheltenham winner La Renommee in a Huntingdon Listed race last time and the Gavin Cromwell-trained mare is fresher than most of her rivals.
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- Saturday's free racing tips: five horses to consider putting in your multiple bets
- Hong Kong racing tips: Jim McGrath with three selections at Sha Tin on Sunday
- Newbury Placepot tips: Paul Kealy's perm for the £150k guaranteed pool on Saturday
- Paul Kealy's play of the day at Newbury