Snowden: View ready for battle

The sponsors are unable to split Present View and Oscar Whisky at the five-day declaration stage for the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday.

Jamie Snowden’s Present View, a Festival winner in March, and Nicky Henderson’s former top-class hurdler Oscar Whisky, head the betting at 7-1 for the first major handicap of the new National Hunt season.

Present View made his seasonal reappearance over hurdles last month and looked all over the winner before making a mistake at the final flight and just being caught on the run-in.