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BUVEUR D’AIR can leave the bookies gasping in the Champion Hurdle (3.30, ITV) as Cheltenham 2018 roars into action today.

JP Mcmanus’s seven-year-old was a stunning winner of the race in 2017 – and none of his rivals has laid a glove on Buveur D’air in three outings this winter.

Barry Geraghty’s mount rates a rock-solid favourite to give Nicky Henderson a record seventh

Champion Hurdle triumph – but eachway players should have an interest in

Elgin (right).

Alan King added the

Elite Racing Club’s six-year-old to the Champion Hurdle field last Wednesday at a cost of £20,000.

Elgin has a few pounds to find but he’s scored three times this term and is one of the few still on the up in the field.

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SEVENTH HEAVEN Buveur D’air can make it seven Champion Hurdle wins for Nicky Henderson