Cheltenham Festival Friday Tips | Irish NH Tips

My Friday tips from the Cheltenham Festival begin with this mare who has the perfect six wins from six races over hurdles since joining Gordon Elliott from Sir Michael Stoute. She won a handicap off a mark of 130 over course and distance in December and she had two top Mares in behind her that day in the shape of Take No Chances and Joyeuse, who have both won big pots since and acquitted themselves really well in the mares' hurdle here on Tuesday.

Her trainer Gordon Elliott has a brilliant record in this race winning three of the last eight renewals with multiple other places horses in that period. She jumps and travels well and has plenty experience to draw on here's hoping she can do the business in what is an ultra-competitive race.

This Emmet Mullins inmate runs in the colours of JP McManus and having started out life as an eight lengths winner of a point to point, it took him a number of tries before he got off the mark inside the rails. He won his maiden hurdle on his fourth start before making a winning handicap debut in a very competitive race at the Dublin Racing Festival.

This son of Jukebox Jury runs here off 16lbs higher than his winning mark in Ireland last time but he's a young horse who is improving rapidly and we have no idea where his ceiling lies, he could be anything. With natural progression again having no doubt leaned plenty at Leopardstown again last then he should be even better than ever here if that's the case then he has to go very close.

This daughter of Great Pretender made a taking Irish debut at Punchestown on New Years Eve before disappointing at the Dublin Racing Festival. She ran no race that day having been heavily backed and being the choice of Paul Townend that day she must have been showing something at home. She was on her toes in the parade ring and on the way to the start that day and was miles too free in the early part of the race. She pulled her chance away that day.

But today in a big field where she can be dropped in with loads of cover and given every chance to pick up as many pieces as possible. She went off 7/4 to beat the best of the Irish last time and she runs here at 20/1, and I can easily see her shocking few and I won't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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