This weekend's Jackpot Jumper is Santini
This weekend's Jackpot Jumper is Santini

Jackpot Jumper: New to ITV7! What a way to go from £50k to £100k


All you need to do is include Santini in your ITV7 picks for a chance to double the jackpot prize if, and only if, Nicky Henderson's horse wins alongside your other six selections.

Racing is back with a vengeance at Cheltenham and Doncaster for Cheltenham Trials Day, and it is a special occasion for ITV7 players - the weekend signals the return of the Jackpot Jumper once again.

The last Jackpot Jumper was Kalashnikov, who ran at Cheltenham on New Year's Day. The favourite finished eighth and so the jackpot was not doubled for the players who chose the horse.

The Jackpot Jumper is a new way to boost the ITV7 jackpot. If our feature horse, Santini, wins in the Cotswold Chase (2.25 Cheltenham) on Saturday, we will boost the jackpot from £50,000 to £100,000!

Will you select the Jackpot Jumper, or will you go against the grain?

Here, Matt Brocklebank and Ben Linfoot go head-to-head with their selections...

Ben Linfoot

1.50 Cheltenham - Garde La Victoire
2.05 Doncaster - Boss Man Fred
2.25 Cheltenham - Santini
2.40 Doncaster - Litterale Ci
3.00 Cheltenham - King Roland
3.15 Doncaster - Solomon Grey
3.35 Cheltenham - Paisley Park

Jackpot Jumper Verdict: Plenty have levelled 'slow' accusations at Santini but that's exactly what you need over the extended 3m1f round Cheltenham in soft ground. I think he can enhance his Gold Cup claims and double the jackpot for ITV7 players.

Matt Brocklebank

1.50 Cheltenham - Warthog
2.05 Doncaster - Ramses De Teillee
2.25 Cheltenham - De Rasher Counter
2.40 Doncaster - Lady Buttons
3.00 Cheltenham - King Roland
3.15 Doncaster - Solomon Grey
3.35 Cheltenham - Paisley Park

Jackpot Jumper Verdict: I'm taking Santini on. It's been a bit of a love-hate relationship with Nicky Henderson's horse for me over the past couple of years and I just think the way he's been campaigned has been negative. He's too soft for my liking and whereas Santini was scraping home in a small race at Sandown earlier this season, De Rasher Counter was winning the Ladbrokes Trophy in good style. That race has produced some star stayers over the years and Emma Lavelle's eight-year-old appears to be improving sharply.


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Round details

ROUND NOW OPEN

Cheltenham: 13:50, 14:25, 15:00, 15:35

Doncaster: 14:05, 14:40, 15:15


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