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Paul Nicholls: 'I like this horse a lot and I'd say he has a nice chance at 10-1'
The sport's top judges answer the key Cheltenham Festival questions. This time, it's 14-time champion trainer Paul Nicholls . . .
What's your best bet of the meeting?
You won't go far wrong backing Stay Away Fay in the Brown Advisory, but I think Bravemansgame is a massive each-way price at 16-1 in the Gold Cup.
What do you make of the Champion Hurdle now?
With Constitution Hill still in the race, you'd have said everything else had it all to do, but now there's only one horse in it: State Man.
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more inThe Ultimate Cheltenham Preview Night
- 'I could see him being a big, big player' - our Ultimate Cheltenham Preview panellists with their dark horses
- Tom Segal: 'He looks very dangerous on soft ground and the nearer the race gets the more I fancy him to upset State Man'
- 'I think he's got a stone in hand' - our Ultimate Cheltenham Preview panellists give their festival bankers
- Davy Russell: 'I thought I was going to win the whole way until two aeroplanes whizzed past me, so he might win it this year'
- Shark Hanlon: 'Galopin Des Champs didn't impress me at all in the Irish Gold Cup - on that run he's vulnerable'