BBOTD Wednesday 13th March

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Re: BBOTD Wednesday 13th March 4.00 – Cheltenham – Pendra EW @ 8/1 Betvictor (5 places) Well, today was slightly disappointing but an enjoyable days racing and there should be plenty more to come tomorrow. The Coral Cup looks a very interesting handicap and one horse I’ve had my eye on all season is Pendra, who should stand a great chance of taking the prize. He looked a horse with great potential on his hurdling debut and he has backed that impression up with a couple more solid performances since. He won 2 novice hurdles at Plumpton before running a credible 2^nd to Melodic Rendezvous at Sandown last time in the Tolworth and has since been bought by JP McManus. He steps up in distance tomorrow and I’m hoping that is something that will bring about improvement as he does give the impression the extra few furlongs will suit. He’s been sat out since that Sandown run and that suggests to me connections think he can go well off his handicap mark of 139. Todays ground may not have been quite as testing as expected but I’m not sure it will matter too much how it rides to Pendra as he seems fairly versatile. AP McCoy rides for Charlie Longsdon and I really feel it would be disappointing to see this one out of the first 5.