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2021 Cheltenham Festival Preview
Trainer Nicky Henderson with his major Cheltenham Festival runners (left to right) Champ, Altior, Shishkin, Epatante, Santini during the visit to Nicky Henderson's yard at Seven Barrows, Lambourn
WITH the Cheltenham Festival next week I will dwell on the weekend action briefly before going through my selections for the four days of the big meeting.
As far as tomorrow is concerned, I make former smart flat performer NATURAL HISTORY (NAP) the best bet of the day in the feature betting event, the Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle at Sandown Park.
He was a progressive middle distance charge on the flat last year culminating in a cracking second to Euchen Glen in the Group Three St Simon Stakes at Newbury.
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