Cheltenham Day One: Our tipster gives his selections
The going is good to soft as the runners and riders go through some last-minute preparations for day one of the Cheltenham festival, .
The Champion Hurdle tops the bill as 12 contenders vie to take the crown in the absence of recent champions Annie Power and Faugheen.
Irish Examiner columnist Ruby Walsh will be hoping, rather than expecting, that Footpad can prove an able deputy at long odds and deliver a third title in a row for the Walsh-Willie Mullins combination.
Tommy Lyons of the Irish Examiner, like Walsh, is convinced that Yanworth could be the beneficiary in a wide-open field, for trainer Alan King and jockey Mark Walsh.
Check out Lyons’ tips for all today’s races…
Melon
Crack Mome
Altior
Royal Caviar
Un Temps Pour Tout
The Druids Nephew
Yanworth (nap)
Buveur D’Air
Limini
Vroum Vroum Mag
Edwulf (nb)
A Genie In Abottle
Tully East
Powersbomb
