From Dads Lad to Langer Dan: Seeking value in the Festival Handicaps
The Grade One races will attract most of the attention this week but the handicaps are equally compelling. Colm Greaves scrutinises a half-dozen options for punter value
CHANCE AT SUCCESS: Jockey Ruth Dudfield after winning the Tote Maiden on Dads Lad during day three of the Galway Races Summer Festival at Ballybrit Racecourse in Galway. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
There's a consensus that Derek Fox’s ride on Corach Rambler in the first of the handicaps last year, the Ultima Chase, was the best piece of horsemanship seen all week. Or All year for that matter. Fox brought the Lucinda Russell trained eight-year-old from dead last to clear first, weaving through the dense field to challenge between horses after the last and power up the hill to victory.
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