I’m a bit surprised to see Buddy One is the outisder in the betting here. He won last year at the November meeting (over hurdles) and since then he mostly ran in big grade 1’s. 4th in the Stayers Hurdle, 2nd in the Liverpool Hurdle and 4th at the Stayers Hurdle in Punchestown. This season he won a chase at Galway, before finishing 3rd behind Heart Wood and Corbetts Cross. I don’t think Springwell Bay, Hyland and Resplendent Grey are anywhere near the level of opposition he faced this year. Hyland and Springwell Bay have to give him weight as well.
Buddy One 5/1