Paul Nicholls Cheltenham Festival Day 3: Regent's Stroll has a big chance of winning the Jack Richards

• Four runners for Paul on Day 3 of the Cheltenham Festival 2026

• Regent's Stroll has a great chance of winning the Jack Richards

• Absolutely Doyen still improving and has e/w chance in Pertemps Final

• Both runners in the Kim Muir need to prove they stay the trip

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Paul Nicholls on his Thursday runners at Cheltenham

14:40 - Jack Richards Novices' Hcp Chase: Regent's Stroll

He's fine, he'll like the better ground as he doesn't want it too soft. He's had a good preparation with no drama, he just needs some luck and everything to go right, he must have a great chance.

It's a very competitive race as it always is, but let's hope we get the same result as last year when Caldwell Potter won. I couldn't be more happy with him.

16:40 - Pertemps Network Final: Absolutely Doyen

He's very well, he keeps on improving, he's gone from 113 to 135 after winning five in a run and he won nicely the last day. This has always been our target for him and he won't mind the ground either, so hopefully he's got an each-way chance. We just don't know how good he can be, but we'll know tomorrow.

17:20 - Kim Muir Challenge Cup: Il Ridoto

He loves Cheltenham, he'll love the ground, the track, but it's a bit of a shot in the dark stepping up in trip. I've always thought, and his jockeys have always said that he wants three miles, and I know this is a bit further than three miles but we'll ride him as though he stays.

If he does stay he'll run very well, if he doesn't stay he'll finish halfway or something like that but he's in really good shape, he was second the last day at Cheltenham, he loves the track, he'll give Olive Nicholls a great ride.

17:20 - Kim Muir Challenge Cup: Insurrection

Gina Andrews takes the ride, she's a great jockey booking. He ran very well at the festival last year but like Il Ridoto he needs to prove he gets 3m2f which I've still got a slight doubt about, but we'll know tomorrow.

He needs to step up on his last run. He ran very well on his debut this season but then was very disappointing the last day up at Musselburgh, it looked like they went too fast for him, so perhaps a step up in trip will suit him very well.

Paul Nicholls on his Tuesday runners

Both Quebecois (Ultima) and Pourquoi Pas Papa (Fred Winter) ran really well yesterday, I wouldn't say Quebecois was unlucky as he ran an absolute blinder, put everything into it, led all the way, he just got chinned three quarters of a length. He had a little bit of an idle halfway up the run-in and then stayed on strongly again, he ran a blinder.

He's still a novice, so for a novice it was a fantastic run, we were thrilled with that. We thought he'd nearly win it beforehand so we weren't far wrong.

Pourquoi Pas Papa also ran a blinding race, he was flat out all the way but stayed on strongly to finish fourth suggesting he'll get two and a half miles, and Bibe Mus ran very well to the last until he just got a bit tired having run on Saturday, but he run a cracking race so we were pleased with him.

Tutti Quanti was obviously a massive disappointment in the Champion Hurdle, I don't know what got into him, he's never shown us anything like that before, he's nothing but 100% genuine. He got to the start, didn't want to look at the practice hurdle and then there was no way he wanted to line up. The tapes went up, he missed the start and it was game over before we got to the first.

You sometimes wonder what gets in their heads, whether it's the occasion or whatever it is, it was just very odd and as I say the race was over before we got to the first, but that's racing. We'll have to make a plan, I suppose he could go to Aintree over two and a half miles, or the only other option is the Scottish Champion Hurdle.

Paul Nicholls on Lossiemouth

She's an amazing mare isn't she, she was very good, fair play to Willie Mullins for getting her right, it was good for racing for everyone to see her win, it was a good result.

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