Andrew Newton on showpiece of Cheltenham’s December Festival

If you love the jumps, then the period leading up to Christmas in December has to be up there with one of the best times of the season. Bundles to look forward to, including the Tingle Creek meeting at Sandown, a top card at Ascot in the middle of the month and, of course, the King George on Boxing Day.
However, a few weeks before the King George it’s back to Prestbury Park for another of their showcase Cheltenham meetings as their ‘twoday’ December Festival gets going from on Friday and Saturday 1...