You won’t get rich, but don’t oppose Altior and Tiger Roll
Provided it gets the go-ahead, day two of Cheltenham will see two three-time heroes go in search of a fourth Festival success and it’ll rank as a massive surprise if Altior and Tiger Roll fail to oblige. Altior contests the feature, the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase, a race he won in ultimately decisive fashion off the back of a troubled build-up last year.
Things have run far smoother this season, Nicky Henderson’s charge winning the Tingle Creek at Sandown, the Desert Orchid at Kempton, and the Clarence House at Ascot to take his unbeaten sequence to 17, one short of the modern-day record of 18 set by four-time Stayers’ Hurdle hero Big Buck’s.
