A couple of Gordon Elliott inmates have taken Richard Mann’s eye ahead of the Ultima Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.
Jury Duty and The Storyteller and are a couple with live claims and are Richard Mann's Ultima Handicap Chase tips.
Elliott won the top trainer award at last years’ Cheltenham Festival and he looks set to enjoy another good week with his exciting battalion of horses.
Jury Duty appeals as being on a nice mark over fences if pointed towards this race, his defeat of Shattered Love in Grade Two company back in November looking a particularly strong piece of form.
The seven-year-old ran another fine race when just run out of things late on in deep ground at Naas most recently and given he was forced to shoulder a penalty that day, he emerged with plenty of credit.
A good jumper who travels well through his races, his placed finish in last season’s Pertemps underlines that this track will hold no fears for him and the 14-1 available with the non runner no bet concession makes a fair amount of appeal.
Stablemate The Storyteller is another who could be worth having on side at 16/1 though, like Jury Duty, he holds other entries at the meeting and must be backed non runner no bet.
Ultima Handicap Chase entries racecard and form
He created a favourable when making a winning chasing debut at Fairyhouse in December and was far from disgraced in a Grade One at Leopardstown last time, suggesting there is a decent pot in him once getting back on decent ground.