February gets underway with the fantastic two-day Dublin Racing Festival fixture at Leopardstown, in which there will be countless Cheltenham Festival clues on offer.
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The second month of the year is normally the weakest for top-class racing and with no entries for the Dublin Racing Festival available at the time of writing and with the Cheltenham Festival around the corner you have to delve deep to find any racing of substance to preview. The Newbury Handicap Hurdle (formerly the Betfair and way before that the Schweppes) stands out.