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Ruby Walsh and Robbie Power's Cheltenham tips Updated / Wednesday, 10 Mar 2021 13:41 Ruby Walsh and Robbie Power look ahead to the main races at next week's Cheltenham Festival. Listen to Tuesday's special episode of Game On above, or grab a cuppa and read the lads' tips for next week below. DAY ONE - TUESDAY Appreciate It could get the Irish off to a great start  Ruby Walsh: Appreciate It found Ferny Hollow too good for him last year in the Champion Bumper. Ferny Hollow quickened by him through the wings at the last hurdle and it looked like Appreciate It then would want to be going a...

Ante-post market The key storylines In one of the clashes of the week, expect a new chasing star to be crowned. This could prove the coronation of Shishkin, with the Nicky Henderson-trained seven-year-old out to follow in the footsteps of Seven Barrows superstars Altior and Sprinter Sacre in lifting this star-studded prize. As with his two former stablemates, it has been a quiet yet tried-and-tested route to Cheltenham this season with Shishkin. Last year's Supreme Novices' Hurdle winner destroyed inferior opposition on his chase debut at Kempton and in two Grade 2s at that track and, most re...

CHELTENHAM PREVIEW: Our man runs the rule over the runners and riders Cheltenham 2021 kicks off on Tuesday, March 16 Reporter: ');  '); Spectators are such a big part of Cheltenham but the famous roar as the tape drops for the Supreme Novices Hurdle on Day 1 will have to come from our own front rooms. The festival will take place behind closed doors due to Covid-19 restrictions but Irish horses will be able to travel and they will present formidable opposition for the UK charges. Currently, Willie Mullins trains half of the ante-post favourites across the 28 races of the festival for 2021....

By Adam Hughes Rebecca Curtis is delighted with the performance of Lisnagar Oscar, pictured leading at Haycock Park, going into the last hurdle. PEMBROKESHIRE racehorse trainer Rebecca Curtis could take plenty of heart from a strong run by Lisnagar Oscar at Haydock Park - and all roads now lead to the defence of the Stayers' Hurdle crown at Cheltenham next month. Lisnagar Oscar, ridden by Sean Bowen of Little Newcastle, at 6-1, was ahead at the final fence, but finished a close second to Hughie Morrison's seven-year-old Third Wind, w...

Gold Cup contender makes a surprise entry into Stayers' Hurdle Gold Cup challenger Champ made a surprise entry in the 51 inclusions for the Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle Chase at Cheltenham Festival. After securing the RSA last campaign, the nine-year-old now holds an entry ahead of the Gold Cup with his trainer Nicky Henderson, who claimed he had considered sending the horse to a conditions hurdle as prep. The race may turn out to be left for Thyme Hill and 2019 victor Paisley Park, who ended up second behind his rival in the Long Distance Hurdle but emerged as the victor in the Long Walk Hu...