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After a frustrating spell of cancelled jumps fixtures, we are back with a bang as we are treated to nine top-class races at Cheltenham. The home of jump racing stages the rearranged Grade 1 Clarence House Chase, alongside a pair of prestigious Grade 2 contests in the Cotswold Chase and Cleeve Hurdle, live on ITV. Doncaster joins the terrestrial television coverage with three eagerly awaited events, too, including the always competitive Sky Bet Handicap Chase over three miles.

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Three horse racing tips for Cheltenham Trials day on ITV

The Clarence House Chase looks a cracker and slight preference is for Edwardstone (1.20 Cheltenham), whose unseat at Kempton last time was a rare blip for a normally brilliant jumper. Tingle Creek winners have a phenomenal record in this race, with nine wins and three seconds from 12 runners, and Arkle winners are three from three also.

Protektorat (2.25 Cheltenham) was superb in the Betfair Chase and has developed into a high-class staying chaser. That, along with his excellent fourth in last season's Gold Cup, is the best form on offer here and he looks to be improving with every start.

Paisley Park has a 6lb penalty to content with and Dashel Drasher (3.00 Cheltenham) might be able to take advantage. The versatile jumper showed he can stay this sort of trip with a second to Noble Yeats at Aintree in December and only Marie's Rock got past when he attempted to make all over hurdles last time out.

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