Talking Horses: Frodon can bag Gold Cup prize on big day at Cheltenham

The selection rarely runs a bad race at the track and could well have the class to carry top weight to victory

The BetVictor Gold Cup at Cheltenham in November is often the best guide to the big handicap chase at the December meeting, even if the former is staged on the old course at the home of jumps racing while the Caspian Caviar Gold Cup is on the new.

It is the placed horses and the unlucky ones that tend to come to the fore a month later, however, and the top-class Exotic Dancer, who was twice placed in the Gold Cup, was the last to complete the double in 2006. That does not bode well for Baron Alco, who enjoyed an easy time of it in front in the BetVictor this season and is 6lb higher in the official ratings.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2Blpctn