Cheltenham Horse racing festival – 1 month to go!

Theatre Guide

He's running on Saturday at Kempton (BetBright Chase) and is in good form. He works with Cue Card every morning and Jackpot Bet Online got a little bit closer to him in their latest piece of work. This season he came second in the Hennessy and he's been third in the race in the past so he's obviously a good horse and very talented on his day. Take (wide-margin winner) Smad Place out and you're looking at Theatre Guide as a Hennessy winner.

We'll see how he is after the weekend, where the track at Kempton should suit him, then have a look at the handicap options at Cheltenham.

Golden Chieftain

It was three years ago he bolted up by 10 lengths at the Cheltenham Festival and I've always said he'd never done anything like that before and he'll never do anything like it since. Having said that, like so many of ours he's been right back to form this season, winning the Somerset National at Wincanton in January.

He was clear in front when falling in a veterans' race at Exeter earlier in the month and will head back for Jackpot Bet Online the same race he won at Cheltenham, unless he doesn't get in and then we'll have to think about the Kim Muir or Jackpot Bet Online maybe just wait for the Midlands National at Uttoxeter on the Saturday after the Festival.