Ruby Walsh: Barring bad luck, Constitution Hill will be the new Champion Hurdler

ALMOST THERE: Henry De Bromhead’s horses make their way off the gallops ahead of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival at Prestbury Park on Monday. Pic: David Davies/PA Wire

The roar will rise off the stand as usual when the Supreme runners file through the start shortly after 1.30pm on Tuesday afternoon, and another Cheltenham Festival will finally be underway.

The built-up pressure will be released from the riders lucky enough to have a ride in the first, and the thinking will switch to reactions and instinct. The scenarios of how they envisaged the shape of this race will unfold, but everything won't go right for them all.