Richard Hoiles: 'It's a clash to savour - but my gut feeling is the price difference between the two is too big'

The sport's top judges answer the key Cheltenham Festival questions. This time, it's ITV Racing's lead commentator Richard Hoiles . . .

What's your best bet of the meeting?

Galvin in the Cross Country. Unlike many of the races at the festival, this normally has a finite number of plausible winners and is a race Gordon Elliott has targeted very successfully in recent years. The baton usually gets passed every couple of years, last time from Tiger Roll to Delta Work and now hopefully to Galvin. Personally, I am happy to take on Minella Indo, who takes a fair share of the market.

What do you make of the Champion Hurdle?

Now Constitution Hill is out, it is at the mercy of State Man, who has consistently shown himself to be the best Irish horse in this division.