Cheltenham 2023 Stable Tour - Gordon Elliott Festival Runners

We knew something was amiss after he ran so poorly at Christmas and we found out afterwards he had a fibrillating heart. It was much more like it last time in the Irish Champion Hurdle and he wasn't beaten too far. We have to decide now whether to try to be placed in a Champion Hurdle or have a go at the County Hurdle.

We liked him as a juvenile and again last year, but he's really come into his own over longer trips this season. Jack Kennedy was brilliant on him in the Hatton's Grace and he wasn't stopping at the end of the Galmoy when we upped him to three miles. He obviously handles plenty of ease in the ground but I think he'll be fine on spring ground over a trip in the Stayers' Hurdle.

He has won the Pertemps Final twice and was brilliant in the Grade 1 at Aintree last year when getting the better of Flooring Porter. He always seems to come alive in the spring and hopefully he'll do so again this year.

He deserves to take his chance in the Gold Cup after what he did at Leopardstown over Christmas. That was as good as he's ever been. His jumping was good and he travelled beautifully through the race. He's a very, very good horse on his day and I can see him running a big race. I wouldn't underestimate him.

He is a seriously good horse on his day and hopefully he'll be on a going day in the Ryanair. He would have been second in the Irish Gold Cup but for making a mess of the last and he looks to have a big chance in the Ryanair now that Allaho is out. It looks the perfect race for him.

He had a really good blow after his run at Navan the other day and he badly needed that run. I had been minding him so I'm taking the positives out of it and feel there will be a lot more to come from him.

Wasn't beaten far by two very good and more experienced horses in the Red Mills Hurdle on Saturday. We'll see how he comes out of the race before making a plan for him. He's nice.

He's in the Ballymore but I have a feeling he'll wait for Aintree or Fairyhouse and then head on to Punchestown.

He needs another run to qualify for a handicap and I'm not sure we have the time to get another into him. We'll see, maybe something will pop up. The Albert Bartlett would look the most likely option at this stage. I like him.

I was pleased with the way he ran in the Grade 1 at Leopardstown and he now has the option of the Martin Pipe or the Albert Bartlett. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go well in either. He’s coming along nicely.

He'll either run in the Albert Bartlett or the Martin Pipe and no definite decision has been made yet. He's kept progressing all season. I know his last few wins have been on really soft ground but I'd be hoping he'll handle better ground.

A thorough stayer who'll relish every yard of the trip in the Albert Bartlett. He kept galloping at Fairyhouse and he will do the same at Cheltenham. He should go very well and he's got some good form against decent novice hurdlers.

He would have learned loads at Clonmel the other day. That will bring him on leaps and bounds and set him up for a crack at the Albert Bartlett.

A lovely filly who impressed me with the way she won at Naas. She wasn't beaten far by Ashroe Diamond last time and I think the New course will suit her.

I actually thought she should have won that handicap hurdle at Leopardstown the last day. She was too far back and had to do too much running to get into contention. I'd give her an each-way squeak in the mares' novice.

She looked the likeliest winner for a long way at Punchestown and ran really well. She's in the Mares' Novices' Hurdle and could show up there. She certainly wouldn't be out of place in it anyway.

Jamie Codd loves him. I know he was beaten the first day for us but there were excuses for that and he couldn't have done much more last time at Fairyhouse. The Champion Bumper has been the plan ever since and he's working well.

We fancied him to run a big race at Leopardstown over Christmas but he disappointed us. He wasn't right and scoped dirty afterwards. He's much better than he showed there and goes straight to the Champion Bumper.

He bolted up at Down Royal and that was more than enough to book his ticket to the Champion Bumper. He's a horse we think has got a decent future.

I liked the way he won his point for Colin Motherway and he made a winning start for us in a Leopardstown bumper over Christmas. He's on the Champion Bumper team and is coming along nicely at home.

He has more pace than people think – he's even surprised me as I thought he wanted a trip initially. He's had his wind tidied up since you saw him at Christmas and he's working well. He goes straight to the Arkle and could run well in it.

He's been brilliant all season and I couldn't ask for him to do any more than he has. The Turners Novices' Chase is the right race for him and that's where he's going. I know people are questioning his run in the Supreme last year but he was immature back then and once he made a mistake it was lights out. He's strengthened up a lot and we always knew fences would be the making of him. He's definitely one of our best chances of the week.

He's done nothing wrong and we always knew he'd make a smashing chaser. He jumps great and you'd have to love the way he won at Sandown. I'm not sure the ground is as important to him as people seem to think, especially over three miles. He'll be fine on better ground over that longer trip.

He hadn't been seen since October so he would have badly needed the run at Naas and he's come on a ton from that. I wouldn't discount him at all in the National Hunt Chase. It's been his aim all season.

I'm hoping he'll come forward from his run at Fairyhouse the last day as I think he's better than that. All he does is stay so maybe the National Hunt Chase might be the race for him.

You'd like to think he's one of our best chances of the week. He won the race last year and hasn't done a whole lot wrong in banks races this season. Hopefully his run in the Boyne Hurdle will leave him spot on and I've been very happy with him. He's a class act in this discipline.

He schooled brilliantly over the banks the other day and he seems to love it. He's got a touch of class.

Finished second in the Grand Annual last year and we'll probably head back for another go at it. He hasn't set the world alight this season though, so he needs to bounce back.

Had a very good summer and finished fourth in the Galway Plate to Hewick. We've kept him fresh for the spring and we're looking at the Plate for him.

I don't think we've seen the best of him yet. He'll go for one of the handicaps.

She's yet to win but has some decent placed form and hopefully she'll get into the Boodles.

He has the option of the County Hurdle or the Plate. He's rated a few pounds higher over hurdles but he'll like spring ground wherever he goes.

All roads lead to the Kim Muir for him after he was touched off in the Thyestes. He looks made for that race.

He's not been getting home over longer trips so we're going to try something different and bring him back to two miles five for the Plate. That's a race which could really suit him. He's got a touch of class.

The National Hunt Chase is a possibility for him, or else the Kim Muir. We'll decide nearer the time. He was disappointing in the Thyestes but is better judged on his run in the Porterstown at Fairyhouse.

We all know the ability is there and it was great to see him return to something like his best at Navan. He could have a crack at the Martin Pipe now.

He didn't jump well enough at Leopardstown and I expected a better run than that. We'll get him ready for a crack at the Grand Annual now.

Had some solid form in maiden hurdles before getting off the mark at Navan. He deserved that and he goes for the Martin Pipe.

She has plenty of pace and the County Hurdle is on her agenda.

Didn't take to fences the way we were hoping so could run in a handicap hurdle at Cheltenham, maybe the Coral Cup although nothing is set in stone.

He's in the Supreme, the Ballymore and the Albert Bartlett but we'll see what weight he gets in the Martin Pipe. We might go there instead.

He was a bit disappointing behind Sir Allen at Naas but some of his form stacks up well and he'll go for the Boodles.

He seemed to be travelling well when he fell at Navan. He's on the Martin Pipe team.

A nice juvenile who opened his account at Limerick over Christmas. Went down fighting at Punchestown last time and hopefully he'll get into the Boodles.

He's generally been consistent and ran a cracker against Mighty Potter at Down Royal. He might run in the Plate Handicap Chase.

Forget about his run at Leopardstown last time. He got no run at all and wasn't able to show what he was made of. He goes to the Pertemps Final and I'm hoping he's got a big shout. He's done nothing but improve all season.

Didn't run his race in the Thyestes and was hampered as well. He was really good when winning the Porterstown at Fairyhouse, and if he came back to that sort of form he could go well in the Kim Muir.

Has won two of his last three and I'd say he beat a decent enough horse at Thurles the last day. The Martin Pipe is the plan now.

He's coming along nicely and followed up his maiden hurdle win at Punchestown with a gutsy win in a novice hurdle back there. He's Martin Pipe-bound.

He'll go to the Pertemps Final and he did really well last summer, but he's high enough in the ratings for a race like that.

I was delighted he showed something at Musselburgh earlier this month. He had very bad sinus trouble but that seems to have cleared up and he appears to be coming back to himself now.

I thought Davy Russell gave him a brilliant ride to win the big handicap chase at the Dublin Racing Festival. You'd be hoping he'll improve again for the step up to three miles so he goes for the Ultima.

We knew he'd be better over further than two miles. He was just touched off at Naas in November. That was a good run in a competitive race and I'd say he'll run in the Martin Pipe.

He had a problem with his stifles earlier in the season but we've got it sorted now and that was much more like it in the Irish Champion Hurdle. We have the option of the Champion Hurdle or going for the County Hurdle or Coral Cup instead. He could be very interesting in one of those. We all know he's a very good horse.