Cheltenham Festival tips: Which short-priced horses are ‘good things’, and who to oppose?

Some Cheltenham Festival hotpots will enhance already lofty reputations this week, while for others the bubble will burst. As ever, the challenge is to work out who to trust and who to oppose

TASTE OF VICTORY: Paul Townend celebrates after steering Monkfish to victory in last year’s Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle. Monkfish is arguably the biggest certainty of this year’s Festival. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Appreciate It (Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Tuesday)

The first Willie Mullins-trained ‘shortie’ of the week runs in the very first race of the meeting with Appreciate It setting the standard in a race that looks short on depth. The Jeremy gelding was considered one of the Irish bankers at last year’s Festival but couldn’t match the finishing kick of stablemate Ferny Hollow in the Champion Bumper.