Cork 4.40

MICHAEL - Cork 4.40 Handicap Hurdle - 3 miles and 1/2 furlong - Yielding to Soft (significant rain probable)
 
Fortunefavoursbold is in the Tracker and makes Handicap debut. It's a long term Tracker we've followed since its first run and rain should be a bonus, how competitive the mark is I'm not 100% sure but its a horse we like a lot at this sort of grade for next season. ELSANNAH is also in the Tracker and won last time, it gets an 8lbs rise but that should not prevent a very bold bid.
 
Killinure Lass is up 13lbs for some great efforts and should still be competitive, the likes of King Ferdinand, Cher Why Not , Magic Conqueror and West Breeze will be dangers as will Storm Mahler although I have stamina concerns about that one. IF transferring Chase form back to Hurdles then BETTER TIMES AHEAD looks very well in here if you want a win saver at the price.
 
I'm most keen on ATACANTER who showed real improvement upped to this sort of trip last time and ATLANTIAN who deserves a win after 3 times being runner up to join ELSANNAH as the best each way value to enhanced Odds. If you want a fun e/w small bet though on a couple at big Odds then I really like the chances of WILD HUNT (especially) and THEDANCINGFARRIER to run big races. The former is slowly inching back to the sort of mark it had a golden spell from last season and the latter has some good Course form at shorter but did start life as a 3 mile P2P horse.
 
TIPS (1) Elsannah / (2) Atacanter / (3) Atlantian - to 5 enhanced places (see also 3 Wild Hunt @ 28/1 + 9 Thedancingfarrier @ 22/1 )