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SOME say the few weeks before Cheltenham is the calm before the storm, well this weekend bucks the trend as this is the monsoon before the Prestbury Park thunder. For it is the Dublin Festival over the weekend and although there are plenty of short priced favourites set to go to post, there is value hiding in the turf at Leopardstown if you look closely enough.

The Spring Juvenile Hurdle at 1.50 is arguably the most fascinating race of the afternoon as the Irish bid to try to shift Sir Gino from the head of the Triumph Hurdle market.

Storm Heart has been installed as the favourite this week at around the 13/8 mark and you cannot quibble with his timber topping debut when the son of Storm the Stars bolted up at Punchestown by fully 22 lengths. There may not have been much substance to the race but he was quite badly hampered at the fifth hurdle that day, before getting back on an even keel and fairly flying clear under the minimum of pressure.