Cracking contests: Eight Cheltenham Festival duels to salivate over

After the pain of the pandemic, the return of racegoers will make this week's Festival extra special. And they’ll have plenty to get excited about with these titanic duels.

Collision course: Cheltenham duels 2022

Henderson v Mullins, Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle (Tue., 1.30).

THE roar that will send runners on their way in the opening race of the 2022 Festival promises to be louder than ever before and it won’t just be because of its pandemic-enforced absence a year ago. This will be a roar in anticipation of what might well prove the race of the week, a Supreme for the ages.