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10th Mar 2014 | Cheltenham Festival

Champion Hurdle Tips: My Tent Or Yours

Should be favourite for the race. Very hard to fault his form - he won the Christmas Hurdle, the strongest hurdle race of the season.

The Champion Hurdle is a straight battle between Irish and English form.

Hurricane Fly has been dominant in Ireland, winning all three of his starts this season but at 10 years of age he isn’t getting any quicker.

Last year he was perhaps fortunate that a pace collapse played into his hands but against younger, stronger rivals he will have his work cut out.

My Tent Or Yours and The New One have the best hurdling form after only half a length separated them in the Christmas Hurdle. Both are capable of running to a mark of 170+ but who do you pick?

A winner over 2m5f, The New One has the stamina advantage, which is why Sam Twiston-Davies was so keen on making the running at Kempton. The tactics were sound but he wasn’t able to draw the sting out of My Tent Or Yours and I cannot see the placings being reversed.

You could argue The New One would have won the race but for clattering the final hurdle but the fact is he did – and not for the first time.

He made a similar jumping error in the International Hurdle and although he won the race, he cannot afford mistakes against better horses.

It is very difficult to find a weakness in the form of My Tent Or Yours . The 7-year-old has won six of his eight starts over hurdles, finishing second twice. One defeat came on heavy ground at Newbury, the other was in last year’s Supreme, when beaten by a sectional master class from Ruby Walsh.

Seemingly over last week’s injury scare he is a cracking bet at 4/1, especially with Ladbrokes refunding losing bets if Hurricane Fly finishes in the first two.

Money back if Hurricane Fly finishes 1st or 2nd - Ladbrokes
If Hurricane Fly finishes 1st or 2nd in the Champion Hurdle, Ladbrokes will refund losing bets on all other runners as a free bet up to £25.

2pts My Tent Or Yours to win 4/1 with Ladbrokes
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Odds correct at time of publishing: 15:52 10th Mar, 2014 but subject to change

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