Progressive Silviniaco Conti can give Fehily his finest hour

Paul Nicholls is fancied to land a fifth Gold Cup at Cheltenham this afternoon with the progressive Silviniaco Conti.

He is the new kid on the block for a trainer who has previously enjoyed success in the race with See More Business, Denman and on two occasions with the flying machine that was Kauto Star.

All the evidence thus far is Silviniaco Conti has a fair way to go to be mentioned in the same breath as Kauto Star and Denman in particular, but he is gradually getting there.