Friday 15th November
I think that in the context of the weather and ground situation that we are fortunate that the opening day of The Open Meeting at Cheltenham is bookended by a couple of big field handicaps. We will focus on the opening race today as the closing Novice Handicap Hurdle looks like a minefield. There is also a 21 runner Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown for Sean to attack, and as we do these days at Cheltenham, we will split tips between UK and Irish based runners in the tip races.