Cheltenham Festival tips: No reason to take on Monkfish in Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase

He has always looked a potentially special chaser in the making, has done nothing this season to dispel that notion, writes Tommy Lyons

Monkfish is a very warm order to extend his winning sequence over fences in the Grade 1 Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase, the second day of the 2021 Cheltenham Festival, and there seems no reason to take him on.

He has always looked a potentially special chaser in the making, has done nothing this season to dispel that notion, and anything other than a victory will be somewhat disappointing. At the price, though, he is one many punters will be happy to leave alone.