GOLD CUP VERDICT FROM OUR EXPERTS

PETER SCUDAMORE

IT’S AN open Gold Cup and I think Willie Mullins will finally end his hoodoo in the race. Total Recall should go very close but the vote goes to stablemate

KILLULTAGH VIC, who would have been ridden by Ruby Walsh until he got injured.

CAPTAIN HEATH

THE emphasis will be on stamina, the final two furlongs asking questions most of the runners won’t have answers to. That’s a worry for Might Bite, but not 2017 Irish National winner OUR

DUKE, who beat RSA Chase winner Presenting Percy on his last run.

FORMCAST

MIGHT BITE finished last season as the best novice chaser with victories over this course and at Aintree. He then won the King George at Kempton last time and that top-class effort gives Might Bite a very good chance in the Gold Cup.