CHELTENHAM: Bullish Tizzard issues Cue Card challenge to rivals

Trainer Colin Tizzard has challenged Cue Card’s rivals to take him on from the front in today’s Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

The high-class seven-year-old cashed in on a final-fence mistake by Captain Chris in the Betfair Ascot Chase in February, when he made virtually all of the running to win by six lengths.

Tizzard and his jockey-son, Joe, are likely to employ similarly positive tactics in the Ryanair, which was chosen over the Queen Mother Champion Chase as Cue Card’s Festival target.