Any chance of some racing?

Let it thaw, let it thaw, let it thaw

Well we lost the first two days Leopardstown early along with a host of other meetings including pushing back the Welsh National. The new Christmas song racing fans will sing is "I'm dreaming of a green Christmas. With even Wolverhampton on the 26th in trouble, you know its been a rotten time for us gee gee lovers.

So instead of giving you a preview of each day I'm just going to run the rule over my horses to watch out for over the Christmas period when or if they get onto the racetrack. As it stands St Stephen's day is going to be the quietest ever while the good racing will take place at the end of the week. Check our twitter page for updates with all sporting news breaking here first:


Racing Post preview of the big two races at Kempton 27th by Mark Winstanley(the Couch)








Now in the King George it looks on paper as perhaps Kauto Star's toughest field to beat. You can make a great case for Sizing Europe, Nacarat, Albertas Run,Long Run and even Forpaddytheplaster. While many will dismiss Long Run after two disappointing runs at Cheltenham it should be remembered his best performance in the UK was at Kempton last season in the Feltham. However we all know how good Kauto is here and really I can't agree with the Couch Winstanley and any bet would be for me in the Without Kauto market and watch the champ in action. There is no reason to look to take him on and if you like odds on shots, he looks a decent bet to make it 5 in a row. Not my style and I'm going to have a small wager on Nacarat without Kauto.

In the Christmas hurdle last season Binocular nearly fell over early and ruined any chance of victory. McCain's horse Overturn will be popular with Galway punters after his Galway hurdle win but McCain has stated that his Peddler's Cross would give this guy 7 pounds and an easy beating. Starluck looks the danger to Binocular but if McCoys horse started to hit 3/1 he would simply become too big a price and worth backing. Khyber Kim is an animal i love and he goes well fresh. Danger being though is does he go right handed? Escortmen another at a bigger price that could go well on a track he loves

At Leopardstown look out for these five to back: Check times in case of further abandoned races

Pandorama (Lexus Chase)28th 2:35.
His only defeat in Ireland was at odds on to Mikael D'Hagaeguent. Pulled up in the Hennessey, Noel Meade's star will come on for the run and is a course and distance winner here. Good field and with testing ground expected Joncol will be a tough foe to crack but he is the class animal in the race and expect a decent price to boot

Rigour Back Bob (Christmas Hurdle) 28th 2:00
Winner last time out at Navan, this horse can put wins up in a sequence and with a dearth of talent at 3 miles hurdles he can shine above his Irish rivals on route to making up the numbers against Big Bucks later in the season.


Drumbaloo (Future Champion Novice Hurdle)29th 12:50
He completely flopped in the champion bumper but what he showed beforehand suggests he could still have a big future. You can always forgive horses one bad run especially if you get a nice price next time. Bishopsfurze should keep the price honest but this is JJ Lambes best horse and expect the shrewd trainer to have him ready for his seasonal bow.

Big Zeb (Paddy Power Dial a bet chase) 29th 1:20
Last seasons champion chaser faces Captain Cee Bee and Golden Silver and while tough company he is the star amongst them and he should be backed to win again on route to another defence of his title.

Hurricane Fly (December Hurdle) 29th 1:55
Not an original choice but after beating Solwhit on his seasonal bow with the former having a run under his belt, it's time to start to face facts. This animal is the real deal and while we won't get rich backing him, he cannot be opposed.