Gaelic Warrior, the current odds-on favourite for the Turners Novices Chase, has seen a surge of punters backing him for the Arkle in March.
Over the past 24 hours, 70% of the bets on Gaelic Warrior fancy him for a shot at the Arkle Chase at the Festival.
Comparing this to the month previous, only 42% of total bets had backed Gaelic Warrior for the Arkle.
With bookies offering Non-Runner No Bet (NRNB), Sky Bet currently have the best odds for Gaelic Warrior to win the Arkle at 11/2, whereas 888 and William Hill have him shorter at 7/4.
Interestingly, Gaelic Warrior is the most backed horse for the Arkle over the past 7 days, taking 44% of total bets compared to Marine Nationale's 37%.
It was announced in yesterday's Dublin Racing Festival entries that Marine Nationale and Gaelic Warrior are set to go head-to-head in the Irish Arkle on Saturday.
Marine Nationale is the 1/2 favourite to win that race ahead of Gaelic Warrior, a 5/2 second favourite.
| Arkle Chase Winner | Best Odds (NRNB) | % of bets last 7 days |
| Marine Nationale | 4/6 | 37 |
| Gaelic Warrior | 11/2 | 44 |
| Facile Vega | 9/1 | 5 |
| Found A Fifty | 10/1 | 0.6 |
| Hunters Yarn | 10/1 | 1.6 |
| Turners Chase Winner | Best Odds (NRNB) | % of bets last 7 days |
| Gaelic Warrior | 11/10 | 20 |
| Ginny's Destiny | 5/1 | 48 |
| Fact To File | 5/1 | 11 |
| Facile Vega | 7/1 | 3 |
| Corbetts Cross | 10/1 | 1.5 |
Quote from Oddschecker's Leon Blackman: “After being entered into the Arkle Chase at the DRF this weekend, punters have been flocking to back Gaelic Warrior (GW) for the Arkle at Cheltenham. 70% of bets placed in the last 24 hours have backed Gaelic Warrior for the Arkle over the Turners, where he is odds-on favourite to win. He is due to line up against the odds-on favourite for the Arkle, Marine Nationale this weekend at Punchestown. Will Willie Mullins send Gaelic Warrior to the Arkle in March with a strong performance this weekend? Punters are certainly preempting it.”
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