Cheltenham Races - Day 1 Preview

A potentially vintage renewal of the Champion Hurdle is the highlight on the opening day of the 2019 Cheltenham Festival. The Nicky Henderson-trained Buveur d'Air is aiming to become the first horse since the great Istabraq to win the race three-years running. Gordon Elliott's Apples Jade is expected to go off favourite, however, under jockey Jack Kennedy. That goes to post at 3.30. The day's action gets underway at Prestbury Park with the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, for which the Willie Mullins-trained Klassical Dream is set to go off favourite at half-past-1. Looking ahead to the action is George McDonagh

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Day 1 selections:

1.30 Itchy Feet e/w

2.10 Hardline

2.50 Vintage Clouds

3.30 Sharjah e/w

4.10 Benie Des Dieux

4.50 A Plus Tard

5.30 OK Corral (NAP)