Silverburn can strike gold

TODAY’S featured Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase at Cheltenham is typically competitive for a race of its nature but there’s no doubt that the Nicholls-Walsh partnership will be centre of attention once more as they team up with favourite Silverburn.

Whether your reason for supporting the gelding is - purely for the fact that he’s from the Ditcheat stable or simply because he’s a brother to Gold Cup winner Denman, there’s no denying the fact that Silverburn’s form is progressive and makes a compelling case in his favour.

On just his third outing over hurdles he won the Grade 1 Tolworth at Sandown and, after a fourth placed finish in the Sun Alliance Hurdle and a forgivable defeat at Aintree, he embarked on a chasing career.