The Jump Finale Day at Sandown will certainly live up to the title!
The 2024/2025 British Jumps Trainers’ Championship has like last season generated a massive amount of media coverage and this time Dan Skelton is in front at the time of writing by just under £60,000, whereas last year he was behind Willie Mullins by £178,000 heading to this Saturday.
Willie Mullins has a much larger number of runners this year, including half the field in the feature Gold Cup Handicap Chase and with the unlucky Grand National third Grangeclare West (marked up in my Unibet blog) heading the weights this means that there are eleven runners out of the handicap like Transmission and Hoe Joly Smoke.
I haven’t included Transmission (Unibet 12/1) below as he is 8lbs out of the weights, yet there are so few runners who look like they will thrive over this trip I’m having a small each way wager.
Grangeclare West might have won the Grand National but for a desperate blunder at the last and the fear is even with his class he had a hard race at Aintree.

The quality is right there in the Celebration Chase Grade 1 with Jonbon (Unibet 1/2), trained by Unibet Ambassador Nicky Henderson, and he can make it 6 from 6 at Sandown.
The last race looks far too difficult and interestingly in the opener there is not a runner trained by either Dan Skelton or Willie Mullins.

Enjoy whether at Sandown Park or watching #athome on ITV Racing and Racing TV

I’m looking forward to heading to Sandown for what is going to be a brilliant day.

Cheers

The Wine Tipster

1.20 Sandown – Novices’ Championship Final Handicap Hurdle (2m)
Big Ginge has form figures of 22230 this season, with his latest run in a red-hot Imperial Cup when he finished tenth beaten six lengths from 5lbs out of the weights. This is wide open and Big Ginge has good each way claims in a race with ground in his favour and is not to the level of the Imperial Cup.
Unibet 14/1 each way

1:50 Sandown – Josh Gifford Novices’ Handicap Chase (2m 4f)
Mahons Glory has looked a different horse since changing yards in February, winning back-to-back handicaps at Leicester and Stratford and whilst the handicapper has raised him 7lb for those two wins, he’s still on a good mark when you think he was trying to give Hyland a pound around this time last year and running him to under five lengths. This nine-year-old’s enthusiasm for the game has been rekindled and the outsider in the field can rattle off the hat-trick with another excellent round of jumping before the handicapper starts to get a grip.
Unibet 14/1 each way

2:25 Sandown – Oaksey Chase Grade 2 (2m 6½f)
Gaelic Warrior was much better behaved before the Bowl at Aintree than he was at Leopardstown when he blew out, and as such he settled much better, so it was no surprise to see him come out on top and bounce back to the very best of his form over three miles one furlong.
In the hope he once again proves to be well-behaved beforehand then he should be able to show his form again over this distance, and ought to be too good for many of his rivals, for whom this looks to be something of an afterthought rather than a target.
Unibet 5/4 win

4:10 Sandown – Gold Cup Handicap Chase (3m 4½f)
Resplendent Grey (nap) makes plenty of appeal, particularly with some headgear to help him travel and jump a bit better in a race where he is only 1lb out of the handicap.
His fourth to Haiti Couleurs in the National Hunt Handicap Chase at the Festival, where he was giving the winner 7lb, looks a solid piece of form given the exploits of the winner this week, successful in the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse.
Resplendent Grey was second to Handstands at the Tingle Creek meeting over three miles when sent off favourite and was doing all his best work at the finish.
He continues to run well, will definitely get the trip and unlike many of this field has had a good break since Cheltenham.
Unibet 15/2 each way

Victtorino might have disappointed at Cheltenham in the Ultima when pulled up after never travelling and getting loose before the start didn’t help. He has previously run poorly at Cheltenham in the 2024 Ultima, so it is better to look at his smart form at Ascot where he won over three miles in December and January.
His other appearance this season was at Newbury in their big handicap in November when as usual he raced from off the pace and only appeared when making ground late on to finish third over three miles two furlongs.
If Victtorino can jump smoothly and with this step up in distance looking sure to be a plus he he has all the ability to run a big race.
Unibet 18/1 each way

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