AFTER the Willie Mullins show at Leopardstown last week — a slight farce that British trainers ignored the massive prize money over there — it is back to the domestic stuff on the mainland this week, with the Betfair Hurdle (Newbury 3.15) being the main betting race of the afternoon.

This looks like being an above average renewal, and I found it particularly hard trying to trim the massive 25-runner field down to around four real pretenders.

Of the really big priced runners, I thought that there was still massive mileage in the 50/1 shot Donnacha, and I shall be having an each-way saver on the Nigel Hawke-trained runner, especially with the enhanced each-way terms available. So shop around for the best offers in the marketplace today.