Saturday's Selection

First of all, it was a decent effort from Buckled earlier to finish 3rd at Doncaster. He raced lazily at times and still looks to be learning the job somewhat. He seemed to tire in the closing stages and it will be interesting to see what trip Sandy Thomson tries with him next.

The run up to Christmas is a strange period in the racing calendar. The prize money at the weekends is decent but all the best horses have been put away for the big meetings over the Christmas. That being said there are a couple of half decent handicaps at Cheltenham tomorrow and I like one horse in particular at decent odds.

The 1.15 sees 13 go to post in a 2m class 3 chase with a nice prize of 18k for the winner. The one I like from an each way perspective is the Evan Williams trained Going Concern, who shaped very nicely on his last run here over course and distance. That was his second run of the season after a less than inspiring effort here back in October and he was raised a pound for finishing 3rd off a mark of 128. I think he will strip even fitter today and he could be set for a big run.

He has been raised back up to a career high mark of 129 after that last effort but this 8yo son of Overbury looks to be still on the improve and I think that mark is well within his reach. He travelled well the last day here when the ground was good but he just couldn't go the necessary pace to reel in the leaders. The softer forecast ground tomorrow should help slow the others down and this fella has already won on heavy ground so he won't mind it at all.

He is 3 from 9 over fences, will love the ground and proved he handled the Cheltenham hill last time. At his current odds of 14/1 he is a confident each way selection who will hopefully be placed at the very least.

STEVOS' SELECTION: 1.15 CHELTENHAM-GOING CONCERN 14/1 E/W