Our expert tipsters pinpointed ante-post winners at 14-1 and 12-1 last year
Tiger Roll
Cross Country Chase, 6-1 generally (7-1 with William Hill and Betfred)
It's glaringly obvious, is it not? Tiger Roll shouldn't be 7-2, never mind 6-1 or 7-1.
Last season he won his third cross country, and landed a fifth festival success, after an utterly shocking campaign. He was last of six in the Boyne Hurdle, beaten 65 lengths, and was pulled up on his previous visit to Cheltenham for the November meeting. He had been beaten 29 lengths into sixth in a Flat maiden at Navan before that. Yet, when he arrived at Cheltenham in March he came into bloom. Same as it ever was.
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