Dow over the Moon about Arabian's Festival chance

A horse who likes fast ground, a race run at a good clip and likely to go off at a very attractive price is often a handy one to have on your side for the Coral Cup at Cheltenham.

The hurdle, introduced to the Festival in 1993, has fallen to a double-priced runner on seven of its nine runnings, so the huge odds currently on offer about Arabian Moon should not deter his supporters from having a healthy each-way wager, especially as Ilnamar returned the 25-1 winner last year and What’s Up Boys was 33-1 when producing a devastating finishing burst in 2000.