Fit and firing Kennedy delivers when needed most 

Another broken leg ruled him out of last year’s Festival so Kennedy will have been a relieved man just to get to Cheltenham in one piece this year.

RIGHT SIDE OF THE COIN: Gordon Elliott and Jack Kennedy after Teahupoo won the Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle (Grade 1). Pic: Healy Racing.

Cheltenham is both a magical and a brutal place, a reality Jack Kennedy knows better than most.

The Dingle jockey was only 17 when he first tasted Festival glory, steering the quirky Labaik to a shock victory in the 2017 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. Hello bigtime.