WITH the weather dreadful, the next few weeks light on clues and the entries out for the first Cheltenham Festival races, now seems as good a time as any to dip my toe into the ante-post markets for March, and I’ll try to keep myself honest by documenting those bets here.

So, I took the plunge on Tuesday and backed Corach Rambler each-way for the Gold Cup, and while he is likely to turn up in March without a run since the Betfair Chase, that won’t be a bother and I noted after that run that he would potentially enter the Gold Cup picture via the Cotswold Chase. That prep run is now unlikely to happen, but he beat Fastorslow in the Ultima at Cheltenham last year after more than three months off, and clearly goes best in the spring.