Our tipping experts reveal their outstanding festival selections

Edwardstone
Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle, 33-1

At this stage of the Cheltenham game you are not looking for sure-fire winners – they are mighty hard to find three months out and tend to be prohibitively priced.

Edwardstone (near side) gets the better of odds-on favourite Fiddlerontheroof at WincantonCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)

Rather, you need a horse whose ability seems not to have been fully appreciated by the market, who is still open to plenty of improvement, and whose trip appears cut and dried ruling out a switch to a different race.