Charlie McCann looks at the main rivals for the BetVictor Gold Cup and decides Le Prezien is good value

Charlie McCann
CHARLIE McCANN
The BetVictor Gold Cup is the feature race of Cheltenham’s three-day November Meeting (formerly Open Meeting) and is the festival that really kicks-off the National Hunt season. There were plenty of festival clues at the corresponding meeting 12 months ago with Thistlecrack, favourite for the Gold Cup prior to his unfortunate injury, winning a novices’ chase and Queen Mother Champion Chase runner-up and subsequent Aintree and Punchestown festival ...