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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 bit further. He won his maiden hurdle in Cork beating Master McShee. He turned up at Leopardstown at Christmas and won a grade one over two miles, beating Ballyadam and a few others and he cemented that at the Dublin Racing Festival. It s maybe the weakness in the opposition that makes Appreciate It such a short-price favourite more so that what
Flooring Porter carrying local hopes at Cheltenham tuamherald.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tuamherald.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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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 recently, Doncaster.
However, this is far from a one-horse race and two top-level winners also have solid claims for success.