Paul Ferguson has four aces to play when he hears that Festival roar

Kopek Des Bordes
Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
Starting with the obvious. The role as ‘Banker’ in this section could easily have been handed to Galopin des Champs but as his price contracts for the feature, he is making less appeal in that regard, for all that I feel that he will take the world of beating in his bid to land a third successive Gold Cup.
Sir Gino’s defection from the Game Spirit Chase means that, at the time of writing at least, he has had just the one chase start, when taking apart subsequent Grade 1 winner Bally...