Nicanor represents serious value at 20/1

HAVE a quick glance at the current prices on offer for the Royal and SunAlliance Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham and tell me it makes sense there should be such a wide gap between favourite, Black Jack Ketchum, and Noel Meade’s Nicanor.

There is no doubt Black Jack Ketchum is a cracking good horse, but is he entitled to be as much as a whopping 14 points shorter than Nicanor?

Ladbrokes appear to be biggest with Black Jack Ketchum, at 6-1, and VC bet have Nicanor at 20’s. Some have the market-leader a good bit lower, 4-1, while Nicanor is generally a 16-1 shot.