Dunguib has a Supreme chance

JOCKEY Brian O’Connell has described Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle hotpot Dunguib as a “once in a lifetime horse” ahead of today’s opening race of the Cheltenham Festival.

Philip Fenton’s seven-year-old will be attempting to emulate the exploits of Montelado, the last horse to win the Champion Bumper at the meeting and follow up in the Supreme 12 months later.

O’Connell was in the saddle for his ultra-impressive bumper success last year when he was still an amateur, but turned professional before Dunguib ran in the Grade One Royal Bond Novice Hurdle in December.