Cheltenham placepot picks: Paul Kealy has a pop at the £250k guaranteed pool

If day two of Cheltenham goes ahead we'll probably still need to wait a while before knowing the final line-up for the opening Triumph Hurdle trial (12.05) as half the field are entered in the other Triumph trial at Doncaster, which is also under threat due to the weather.

They include Nusret and Scriptwriter, who are the first two in the betting but have their stated first preference at Doncaster.

My two here would be , who needs to learn to jump better but is talented, and debutant , who comes over from the shrewd John McConnell yard with connections having forked out €200,000 for him.

will be very hard to beat in the next (12.40) if he runs, so I'll bank on him in the knowledge that if he comes out I'll end up on the favourite, which will be Kissesforkatie at a similarly short price.

is very well handicapped if the wind op has worked and he's first on the list for the third (1.15), with , not disgraced when second to course specialist Paint The Dream at Newbury, second in.

is a fairly strong fancy for the December Gold Cup (1.50), but with 15 runners and only three places it makes sense to have at least one more and , who has long been crying out for a crack at 2m4f, gets the nod.

Nicky Henderson's Epatante and are the selected pair in the International Hurdle (2.25), while I'll stick with two in the last (3.00) as well, that pair being the strong-staying and .