Gordon Elliott doesn’t make any secret of his love of Cheltenham festival.
The Meath native was crowned the meeting's top trainer in both 2017 and 2018.
He has a strong team for Prestbury Park once again this year and will be hoping to add to his 32 previous winners.
We’ve already taken an in-depth look at his full complement that could make their way to the festival in March.
But here are his best hopes of victory over the four days.
Tiger Roll
The two-time Grand National winner will be aiming at Aintree later in the year in the hopes of emulating Red Rum, but he’ll head to the festival to look for another perfect warmup.
He’s won at four times already, having won the Cross-Country Chase in 2018 and 2019, the National Hunt Chase in 2017 and the Triumph Hurdle in 2014.
It’s the former that we’ll likely see him entered in on St Patrick’s week – and though his form is awful, we’ve seen how good he can be before.
Envoi Allen
Elliott’s best hope of a win in the entire festival will come on day three, when he sends Envoi Allen off in the Marsh Novice’s Chase.
He’s unbeaten so far, winning all three of his chase starts and roared to victory in the Ballymore last year and the Champion Bumper the year before that.
The seven-year-old has won on his last three outings and is in imperious form.
Zanahiyr, Quilixios and Teahupoo
Elliott won the Triumph Hurdle with Farclas three years ago and he has a very strong team for the race this year.
Zanahiyr, Quilixios and Teahupoo are all are unbeaten but they'll have to get the better of Tritonic, who was very impressive at Kempton last weekend for trainer Alan King, at Cheltenham.
Samcro
He knows how to win at the Gloucestershire track, having scooped the Ballymore and the Novice’s Chase.
We’re not 100% on where he’ll end up in two weeks time, but the most likely landing ground is the Ryanair Chase.
There, he’ll face stiff competition in the likes of Melon, Kemboy and Min but Samcro can definitely get the job done.
