Thistlecrack should win but…

Welcome to the most exciting weekend of the National Hunt season this side of the Cheltenham Festival.

A bumper nine-race card at Cheltenham today features some of the biggest names in the game, there’s quality action from Doncaster while tomorrow sees the eagerly awaited return of Faugheen at Leopardstown. It promises to be epic.

The headline horse this afternoon is obviously the mighty Thistlecrack and it will rate as a seismic shock if he doesn’t maintain his unbeaten record over fences by taking the BetBright Trial Cotswold Chase.