Talking Horses: The Real Whacker can get back to winning ways at Cheltenham

Irish raider Noble Yeats can put himself in the Stayers' Hurdle picture by landing the Cleeve Hurdle

COURSE SEPCIALIS: The Real Whacker enjoyed his finest hour when winning the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase at Cheltenham last March. He can get back to winning ways at his favourite venue on Saturday. Picture: Healy Racing

On an afternoon likely to provide a host of Festival clues, the Grade Two Paddy Power Cotswold Chase provides a decent opportunity for The Real Whacker to bounce back to winning ways.

Patrick Neville’s charge boasts a fine track record at Cheltenham, winning three times there last season, the hat-trick completed when he held off a late surge from Gerri Colombe in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase at the Festival.