Talking Horses: The best bets and all the latest news plus our weekly tipping competition

The latest news and best bets, plus the second day of our weekly tipping competition Today’s best bets, by Chris Cook First a word about Solwhit, the latest horse to be felled by the curse that appears to have settled on Champion Hurdle contenders. What odds should he be for the race, now that we know he is a trifle unwell? If you back Solwhit now, your bet is effectively a double – you are betting that he is good enough to win the race and also that he will turn up in peak condition on the day. Before he coughed on the gallops, he was a 4-1 shot, so let’s say that’s a fair assessment of the chances of a fully fit Solwhit.

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