Cheltenham Tips: A 12/1 pick tops Frank Hickey's Gold Cup best bets

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The From The Horse’s Mouth team took a close look at the Cheltenham Gold Cup and top trader Frank Hickey is keeping an eye on Galvin and Tornado Flyer.

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FRANK HICKEY:

“In Galvin’s last nine starts over fences, he’s won seven of them including the Savills Chase and the National Hunt Chase. His defeats were his second in the Novice handicap chase at the 2020 festival and he was second in the Champion Chase at Down Royal. All of his runs at Cheltenham have been on the old course but he has won twice, finished second and was 6th in a Ballymore Novices Hurdle.

“We all know Minella Indo loves Cheltenham. He has won an Albert Bartlett and a Gold Cup and was second in the RSA. He made a fair reappearance at Down Royal when beaten 5l behind Frodon and Galvin. It was a poor run at Kempton when pulled up but plenty of horses haven’t taken to that particular test. He was much better when second in the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup. That should leave him spot on and he is a big player now.

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“Tornado Flyer is a bigger price than Conflated which I don’t understand. Both are unexposed at three miles but it suggests that people think that Tornado Flyer’s win was a bit of a fluke in a race that fell apart. That may be the case but we have very little evidence about his level of ability at 3m plus. He was second in last year’s John Durkan and was third in the Ryanair.

“A Plus Tard was third in a Ryanair the year previous to his second in a Gold Cup. I definitely wouldn’t discount him and think it is dangerous to dismiss him.

“As for Allaho, I won’t change my mind that were he to run here that he would win the Gold Cup.

“I think that Galvin is rock solid but at the prices I would debate taking a chance on Tornado Flyer.”

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