WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY

Peter Scudamore

IT WOULD be wrong to say I am confident that AHOY SENOR will win today’s Boodles Gold Cup but I am as confident as I can be that he will run a very big race.

Last year’s winner A Plus Tard is probably the best horse in it, but he has hardly had an ideal preparation, having not run since a poor effort in November.

The Gold Cup is run over three-and-aquarter miles and it is the last quarter-mile which sorts out the men from the boys. Don’t forget it was a step too far for brilliant horses such as Florida Pearl and one Man. I am sure Ahoy Senor will stay the distance. He is in fine shape and his form has improved throughout the season. He has got his game head on!

He is the best horse my partner Lucinda Russell and I have trained and we believe we have a genuine chance of winning this great race. 1...................................AHOY SENOR 2...................................A PLUS TARD 3...................GALOPIN DES CHAMPS

Lizzie Kelly

WE STARTED the meeting with a superstar performance from Constitution Hill in the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday and we can round it off with a stellar run from another outstanding horse in Galopin Des Champs.

A winner over hurdles at the 2021 Festival, the only time Galopin Des Champs has not won in six steeplechase starts was at last year’s meeting, when he fell at the last while apparently heading to certain victory in the Turners Novices’ Chase.

He did enough when winning last month’s Irish Gold Cup to prove he has the required stamina and we know he has speed.

I am really excited to see what he can do this afternoon. 1...................GALOPIN DES CHAMPS 2..................................A PLUS TARD 3...............................PROTEKTORAT

Mick Fitzgerald

I’M WILLING to trust trainer Henry De Bromhead will have A PLUS TARD ready to go after a disappointing season. Last year’s Gold Cup winner could be the forgotten horse in the race.

1...................................A PLUS TARD 2.......................................STATTLER 3...................GALOPIN DES CHAMPS