Ruby Walsh: Majborough impossible to oppose but there's real value in Saint Baco

I think the bookies will get a result, so going back to November time, when the geese start to become swans on the Closutton gallops, Saint Baco stood out to me.

BIRTHDAY CHEER: Groom Katie Young and owner JP McManus after Saratoga won the McCoy Contractors Juvenile Handicap Hurdle on day one of the Cheltenham Festival. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

SOLVING day two puzzles at the Cheltenham Festival is no midnight run. It begins as yesterday did — a novice hurdle followed by a novice chase, with even bigger fields to contend with than on day one.

For some unexplainable reason, I have drifted off No Drama This End in the opener. I really like him and think he will be a star of the future but I don’t believe today will be his day, and the volume and quality of the Irish challenge will overpower him.