Biggest fancy so far for Cheltenham

My big fancy would be Big Zeb too. I think he is a serious beast who is improving. I think we might see something really special from Hurricane Fly too, I have a feeling he's gonna be a multiple winner. But we'll only find that out on the day.


Also Kauto will love the slow ground at kempton RC, he's a big slowboat these days. Don't want him outpaced by younger quicker horses. Between IC and Kauto in the Gold Cup imv. And as yet no race has left it's mark on him. Especially this far from the festival.

Time for Rupert RSA for me.

Only doubt is if thats the route he takes

Think your right Willie.

Hard to see anything beating him.

Toss up between TFR,BZ and Finians Rainbow.If Pushed would say TFR.

problem with HF is none of us know how good he is.Bit like most of his opposition!!

think hf is real dael but when you look keeps beating the same horses in ireland.

HF could be very special but the CH does look a really hard race this season. There are at least 4 could win it. HF, Menorah, Peddlars Cross and Binocular and thats before looking at Dunguib, Kyber Kim Oscar Whiskey. It is goona be the race of the meeting.

Quevega to do what she does in the mare's race biggest fancy - well, her and Big Bucks (obvious I know - wonder what the double pays?).

Biggest fancies in terms of having most confidence about them winning.

Hurricane Fly,convinced this is the best for some time.

That is a fair shout orion.

BIG BUCKS (6/4, 5/4, 11/10. EVS, 10/11, 4/5, 4/6 ANTEPOST)WIN WIN THE WORLD HURDLE (BANKER OF 2011 ALONG WITH FRANKEL IN THE 2000 GUINEAS). TIME FOR RUPERT WILL RUN AND WILL WIN THE RSA CHASE.MASTER MINDED ON GOOD//SOFT GROUND WILL WIN THE CHAMPION CHASE.

Agree with said tipsters. Cue Card - worst value. Strong traveller but looked a little one dimensional in the last race. It's a shame he hasn't run against anything decent novice wise to give a steer on his novice form. But Menorah went past him like he was stationary last time, in a race that didn't play to Menorah's strengths and Silviniaco Conti was unfancied that day. It makes his form look much better than I think it really is. Surely going to get done for toe by something - perhaps we haven't even seen it yet but i reckon there's something quick lurking in a stable somewhere where there are green fields.

Best value/bet - Not 100% decided yet but Binocular should still be favourite for the Champion Hurdle, one mediocre run behind very good horses first time out maketh not a faded champion. Just look at the time he clocked last year :-0 astonishing. Also like Dare Me for Neptune (or Supreme, but preferably Neptune), can be backed at massive win prices and trainer has won both races with unflashy types.

That just shows how over rated the bula win for Menorah is rather than anything else imv.

Backing short priced favs for the supreme. Not a chance in hell. I'd rather play one ew thank you very much.

If you insist CV

Still not convinced with Cue card either. It's form with Menorah does indeed read well, but last years bumper form is beginning to look a little iffy with Megastar and Al Ferof proving bitterly disappointing so far. As for Menorah, it has not yet proved he is in the same league as Binocular, Kyber Kim, Peddlars Cross and Hurricane Fly.

While I'm not a Cue Card backer, to crab his credentials based on the exploits of those behind in the Bumper seems a little harsh- it's not as if he was all out to beat them by half a length, in which case I'd understand that the form of those behind might have a bearing on Cue Card's actual ability. It was quite the opposite, he blew them away and was clearly vastly better than anything else.

agree about menorah beating two novices, may well be high class, but still novices and then was suddenly ch fav, seems silly to me.

Go back 12 months and look at Dunguib - His bumper worked out pretty well (Right of Passage/ Quel Espirit/ several other 140+ horses in behind) and he couldn't get it done in the Supreme (ok he didn't jump amazingly and the ride he got was questionable) although imo he is a vastly superior horse to Cue Card at bumper and novice hurdle stages of his career .

Don't think the bumper is a viable form guide for the Supreme at all, there's bits and pieces of form from in behind (Dare Me, Megastar [both bumper and hurdles runs since] with Shot from the Hip, Hidden Universe and Made in Time winning maiden hurdles), but nothing at all in graded hurdles from any of them bar Megastar (beaten). So although he slammed them, does that superiority translate into 5/2 over an entirely different bunch of horses in the Supreme considering what he has done over hurdles? The only reason he is quite so strong in the market is that there isn't a novice yet that has done anything to usurp him - but there will be.

And just a note on the form with Menorah, who clocked a time vs. Cue Card (on the other course) relatively 3s slower than he did in the Supreme with 3lb less on his back on similar ground. This is not detriment to Menorah, who in this case didn't have the race run to suit (clear evidence that he runs best off a very strong pace, having been beaten in slowly run novice hurdles twice last season and best ever run in strongest pace he's faced), more that the 4 1/2l Cue Card was beaten by isn't a fair reflection of the superiority Menorah has over him. But then again does this year's Supreme have horses like Menorah and Dunguib in it? At the moment, clearly not.

Medermit for the ankle( hopefully thats the route they take)it looks to be a poor year for novices so far