A busy Saturday with Cheltenham's November meeting taking centre stage and here are the thoughts of our Racing Factors tipster.
Cheltenham
J: Harry Skelton
T: D Skelton
L'Eau du Sud showed plenty of promise as a handicap hurdler last season and was a very good 2nd in the County Hurdle here at the Cheltenham Festival in March. However connections have always felt he would make up into a far better chaser in time and he put in a bloodless round of jumping on his fences debut at Stratford last month. Bar one mistake at the 4th fence, L'Eau du Sud cruised round for most of the way and jumped and galloped for fun, suggesting he could be a horse that might be pitched into grade 1 novice company in time. Today's race is a nice stepping stone towards that goal and he might well have too much class for his rivals today. L'Eau du Sud rates a 5 star win Pick.