Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has entered three for Saturday's Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham...
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls dominates the ante-post market for Saturday's Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham with Chapoturgeon, Poquelin and Tatenen.
Former Paddy Power Gold Cup winner Our Vic heads a list of 25 possibles for this year's race with David Pipe's 11-year-old set to carry top-weight of 11st 12lb should he take his chance.
Nigel Twiston-Davies has a strong hand having left in Knowhere and Ballyfitz, while Alan King's Tarotino and Nicky Henderson's mare My Petra are other interesting contenders.
King's stable jockey Robert Thornton is hoping he can win the valuable prize for the first time on Tarotino having finished third on Kandjar D'Allier in 2005 and second on Il Duce two years later.
"He's been very good at home and although I've not ridden work on him, I've been told that he's been going well," said Thornton.
"Schooling-wise I popped him over six to nine fences the other morning and he jumped very well as he always does.
"Wayne Hutchinson rode him at Bangor (last time out) as I had to go to Punchestown to ride one or two for Alan, but now this fellow's going for a bigger race.
"Wayne was very pleased with him. He should have won his first race for us at Huntingdon, but his confidence has grown from there and hopefully he's still progressing.
"He is definitely up there with Il Duce and Kandjar D'Allier and every bit as good as them.
"Good or good to soft would be ideal and any slower is a minus."
Tranquil Sea, Northern Alliance and Jaamid are the three Irish contenders.
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