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Walsh: Douvan prize was crazy
- Updated: November 30, 2016
Ruby Walsh has described the initial odds of 5/1 quoted by bookmakers for Douvan in the Betfair Tingle Creek Chase as “crazy”.
Last season’s Arkle Trophy winner is unbeaten over fences and is odds-on at around 4/6 for the Queen Mother Champion Chase yet some layers felt obliged to price him up as fourth favourite for the Sandown showpiece on Saturday.
Willie Mullins, who also has Un De Sceaux in the race, has yet to firm up plans which may have been the reason for the bookmakers’ decision.
Backed down to as low as 4/7 on Tuesday, Douvan was a shade odds against at around 11-8 on Wednesday with …
