Picture This set for a big run

I’M at Cheltenham today for four rides for Paul Nicholls, on what is probably best described as a low-profile meeting by the high standards of that great track.

I start on Classic Swain, in the opening hurdle, and have to say I’m far more hopeful than confident. He ran a nice sort of race to finish second at Chepstow last weekend and is fit and well, but seems to face an uphill task against Alan Fleming’s Starluck.

He was a particularly smart juvenile last season and I know is regarded as being best on a flat terrain.