Farlie Flynn was joined by Diarmuid Nolan and Tony Keenan for another episode of the Racehour, where there was a bet for the Cheltenham Festival advised at 50/1.
The Jumps season is really hotting up now and punters can look forward to three days of brilliant action from Prestbury Park as the November Meeting rolls into town.
Hurdlers were the focus for the lads this week, with Diarmuid putting forward a convincing case for a massive outsider in the Albert Bartlett market.
"I did have a small play over the weekend on Boycetown -- from the Gavin Cromwell yard -- at 50/1 for the Albert Bartlett," Diarmuid said.
"Now, he was beaten in Galway on his debut -- the race was won by a horse of Gordon Elliott's -- but Gordon did say afterwards that when Jack [Kennedy] got off, he did say that the winner was pretty smart.
"I think with this horse -- and an awful lot of these Champion Bumper horses -- what gets missed every year is that an awful lot of them go onto be stayers. I think Boycetown will end up going up to three miles. This wasn't a bad performance at Galway at all, he was stuck wide, and I thought that Keith Donoghue thought he would just come through and win, but the horse just didn't pick up.
"This horse to me is an out-and-out stayer over three miles. He's 50/1 after that kind of disappointing debut, but with how Gavin Cromwell brings on his horses, that wouldn't concern me an awful lot."
The five-year-old grey finished an unlucky fourth -- only beaten four lengths -- in the Champion Bumper last season and it is a race that does tend to produce horses that need a hike in distance over time.
Jasmin De Vaux won the 2024 Champion Bumper before going onto strike gold in the Albert Bartlett the following season, while the second, fourth and sixth from the 2023 Champion Bumper have all won over an extended three miles since.
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