Cheltenham Festival Favourites Back Or Lay: "She is the lay of the meeting wherever she goes"

• Back or Lay Ten Cheltenham Favourites

• Daryl Carter says it's finally Jonbon's time

• And Gordon Elliott's Mare is the LAY of the meeting

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Supreme Novice Hurdle - Kopek Des Bordes 1.981/1 - BACK

"He jumps like a wardrobe!"@DarylCarter7 and @kevinblake2011 disagree on whether Kopek Des Bordes will win the Supreme at Cheltenham.

Are you backing him or laying him? #HeatedExchange pic.twitter.com/GLIojAyPVa

-- Betfair Racing (@BetfairRacing) February 28, 2025

Surely, no one in the correct mind is thinking of laying the stand-out novice of the year. He is a very speedy horse with stamina to boot and arrives on the most convincing and destructive novice performance of the season.

He is a must-back if you want to get off to a winning start at the Festival.

Arkle - Majborough 1.635/8 - BACK

He has a big engine and the way he quickened between the second last and final flights at Leopardstown marked him down as a potential star.

Betting in the running could be the answer here if something takes him on for the lead and puts his jumping under pressure, but would I lay him before the race? No.

Champion Hurdle - Brighterdaysahead 3.4549/20 - LAY

She is the lay of the meeting wherever she goes. She was very good at Leopardstown, but that race was set up to run a big number, and the form is woeful, really.

She dogged it in the Mares Novice last year by cocking her head at the final hurdle, and I can't have a tactical race as the excuse. I'd be against her all day.

Turners Novice Hurdle - Final Demand 3.39/4 - BACK

He has been wrongly described as slow. He hit 36mph at Limerick in a bog and clocked the fastest time on the card at Leopardstown from the last to the line.

He has The Yellow Clay as his most significant danger, but that's about all.

Brown Advisory - Ballyburn 2.568/5 - BACK

He is back, back and back some more. He is the class act in the field, and we are only going to see the best of him now his stamina is drawn out. No negatives for me.

Champion Chase - Jonbon 1.9520/21 - BACK

😢 "The road to the Queen Mother Champion Chase is paved with the blood and tears of favourite backers"

The curious case of Jonbon is the subject of the latest 🔥#HeatedExchange between @DarylCarter7 & @kevinblake2011 pic.twitter.com/SAoZpms12T

-- Betfair Racing (@BetfairRacing) March 2, 2025

Back him. It's his time to shine, and he is harshly criticized for his Cheltenham runs. He will be a very fair price on the day, and I can't wait to be a Jonbon backer finally.

Stayers Hurdle - Teahupoo 2.226/5 - LAY

Lay him until the cows come home. The horses he beat in last year's race are nowhere to be seen, and he has a multitude of new hungry challengers this year.

Triumph Hurdle - East India Dock 3.39/4- LAY

Lay. Despite holding all the time figures, I think he may have reached a ceiling, and Lulamba is a proper one.

Gold Cup - Galopin Des Champs 1.654/6 - BACK

Back. However, if I had Bandbridge and Inothewayurthinkin (which needs supplementing) running for me, this might be a different answer.

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