Leg 1: Coral Cup – Back Be Aware E/W four places @ 7/18.00
The frequent laments of Langer Dan’s handicap mark for the Coral Cup will be no more, as the two-time winner has bigger fish to fry at the Festival but Dan Skelton’s Be Aware has been high on my list for this handicap and I’ve always had the feeling he’s got a big one in him.
From six starts over hurdles his four second spots isn’t off-putting in the slightest, and with just two runs this term, Skelton clearly must know not only what it takes to win this race, but protecting the mark to be a force.
Rated 137, he is unchanged from a below-par run at Ascot last time the Ladbroke. While third, he was firmly put in his place.
However, the standout run in the Greatwood…