Our free-to-enter game on Saturday has a six-figure prize fund. Who better than Ruby Walsh to give you a steer as to who to select?
By Ruby Walsh
All we’ve got to do to be in with a chance of landing all or part of the £100,000 on offer for Paddy’s Pick Five is identify the final five winners on Champions Day – four of them Group One races and the other the Balmoral Handicap.
The competition is free to enter, so what have we got to lose?
I’m with Art Power in leg one, the Champions Sprint. He’s finished fourth in the past two renewals and I like his draw, in stall eight, as I think a low draw will be key in the race.
If you don’t agree with me, then at least pick one who has a low stall!
In the Fillies & Mares (leg two), I’m against the favourite, Emily Upjohn, and much prefer Sea La Rosa for William Haggas and Tom Marquand. She’s most consistent, has won seven of her 11 races, including in Group One company in France last time.
In legs three and four, we have two short-priced favourites in Inspiral and Baaeed. They have fabulous credentials for the QEII and Champion Stakes, respectively, and I think the pair of them will win. The latter, in particular, is a banker and you are braver than me to go against him.
The fly in the ointment is the final leg, the 20-runner Balmoral Handicap. What do you go for?
It’s a big field and, like in the Sprint, I want something with a low stall. I’m going to go for a big outsider in Stormy Antarctic, who should get his conditions and usually competes at a higher level.
Good luck with your own selections.
This week's Paddy's Pick 5 races and Ruby's tips
ART POWER
SEA LA ROSA
INSPIRAL
BAAEED
STORMY ANTARCTIC
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