EVERYTHING’s lined up perfectly for Editeur Du Gite at Cheltenham.
The ground is perfect, he arrives at the top of his game and crucially — there is no El Fabiolo.
What could possibly go wrong? Yes, you guessed it, Jonbon.
You may think we have a tactical advantage, after all, he’s without his regular rider and he had to be rerouted from Ascot.
I pay no attention to the Nicky Henderson mind games — he’s still going to be nearly impossible to beat.
I said the same about Energumene last year, however, so you never know!
The Stayers’ Hurdle was blown wide open with French raider Theleme ruled out.
I’m hoping Botox Has (3.35) can throw his hat back in the ring — he’s fresh and loves the track.
We’re just six weeks away from the Festival — but I’m not worrying too much.
I love having Cheltenham runners, don’t get me wrong, but it’s certainly not the be-all-and-end-all that it is made to be.
There’s plenty of races of the same value elsewhere where you miss all the hustle and bustle — and the 20 Irish runners in every race.
The seemingly endless weeks of preview panels will soon begin and I’m going to save people some time.
I’ll be asked about 50 times in the next six weeks who my best chance is and if the ground comes up soft, it’ll be Salver in the Triumph.
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