Our man on why Dan Skelton is right to be smiling going into the final week of the trainers' title race and what his gut says about the 2000 Guineas.
Smiling Dan firmly in the mix
As I write this the racing at Haydock on Saturday has drawn to a close. Dan Skelton had one winner with Soleil D'Arizona in the opener but failed to hit the target again.
That said Got Grey, Le Milos and Queens Venture contributed placed prize-money to the tally, as did Strolling Along at Huntingdon and Heltenham at Newton Abbot.
His lead over Willie Mullins in the title race is a pocketful of change away from £70,000. Paddy Power still make the reigning champ 1/3 favourite to reel him in but there's definitely a sense this is a free hit for his British rival.
The world and his wife have been telling us it’s game, set, match, Mullins after a one, two, three, five in the Randox Grand National and a mere one-two in the Coral-sponsored Scottish version.
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