• Willie Mullins runner now favourite for weekend’s grand betting race[br]• Ma Du Fou not certain for Cheltenham after Huntingdon triumphThe final declarations for Saturday’s Betfair Hurdle confirmed the prediction of the ante-post market moves on Thursday when Barry Geraghty was confirmed as the rider of Blazer,for Willie Mullins, rather than Modus, or another runner in the green and gold colours of JP McManus from the Paul Nicholls stable.
Blazer crept into the 22-runner field for the Newbury race,the most valuable handicap hurdle of the season, thanks to a 5lb penalty for an impressive success at Leopardstown last weekend. Having been strong in the market all week to record a rapid/fast double, and he sprang to the top of the Betfair Hurdle betting when the jockey bookings were confirmed on Thursday morning.
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Source: theguardian.com