Paul Nicholls runs the rule over his seven main hopes for the Cheltenham Festival

Paul Nicholls runs through some of his major Cheltenham Festival contenders:
Paul Nicholls runs the rule over his seven main hopes for the Cheltenham Festival
Thu, 25 Feb, 2016 - 00:00

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“He ran OK in the Hennessy off a big weight on ground that was quite testing. He ran over hurdles at Christmas, but didn’t run any sort of race.

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