LONDON – Jumps racing’s showpiece meeting the four day Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday with the best of the English horses pitted against the best from Ireland.
The annual racing feast will take place without crowds or even owners attending due to coronavirus protocols.
AFP Sport picks out three horses who can raise the spirits:
Tuesday
Champion Hurdle — Honeysuckle
Sweet-sounding by name deadly by nature as her 10 wins from 10 starts attests to.
She has already tasted success at the Festival and won the Irish Champion Hurdle last month in fine style.
Now she must confront last year’s champion and also a mare the Nicky Henderson-trained Epatante bidding to give owner JP McManus a fifth successive win and 10th…
