Sandown tips for Saturday: All eyes on Altior, Doing Fine the National value

Limitless potential for Henderson horse

The son of High Chaparral is already being talked off in some quarters as a readymade replacement for recently retired superstar stablemate Sprinter Sacre and is currently 2/1 favoruite with Coral for the 2017 Arkle Challenge Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival in March.

Whilst Altior has a long, long way to go achieve anything like that of Sprinter Sacre, there is little doubt that he has the potential to be something very special.

Punters should fully expect him to come through this test with flying colours, so back Altior bets to deliver Grade 1 success over fences for the first time here.

Ar Mad the answer in Tingle Creek

Gary Moore trained pair Ar Mad and Sire De Grugy look to hold leading claims in the feature race of the day, the Grade 1 Tingle Creek Chase (15:00), with the stable companions more attractive than favourite Un De Sceaux.

To find out more about Moore’s dyanmic duo and why Willie Mullins’ entrant might not be all that, check out our separate Tingle Creek tipping piece.

Doing Fine each-way value in London National at Sandown

In the 3m 4f London National (15:30), Doing Fine looks nicely weighted and decent each-way value in a wide open renewal.

The gelding had some useful form to his name when trained by Rebecca Curtis, beating this year’s Hennessy Gold Cup runner-up Carole’s Destrier by a neck at Ffos Las off a mark of 126, before going down by just a neck by Cogry at Warwick off 4lb higher.

Doing Fine was also far from disgraced when eighth of 17 to Cause Of Causes in the 4m Nnational Hunt Chase at the 2015 Cheltenham Festival, or when third first time out last season at Chepstow off a rating of 132.

Now in the care of in-form trainer Neil Mulholland, the eight-year-old is able to race off the same mark as when last successful.

Doing Fine ran really well on his first start for his new handler when collared close home and beaten a length in a handicap hurdle at Sedgefield back in October.

That should have put him spot on, and Doing Fine looks the ideal type for this staying contest and weighted to run a huge race on the pick of his form.

Sandown tips for Saturday, December 3

12.20: Cruiseaweigh
12.50: Oskar´s Eva
13.20: Some Kinda Lama
13.55: Altior
14.25: Consul De Thaix
15.00: Ar Mad
15.30: Doing Fine (E/W)

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