Let's Dance can show the right moves

He won the Neptune Novices' Hurdle at the meeting a year ago and will be bidding to make it three from three over fences. He's come here in great order and there are no fears about the ground or the trip. He does jump to the left but that shouldn't be a major issue going left-handed today. He's gots loads of ability and he has to have a serious chance in a race we’ve won with Sir Des Champs, Vautour and most recently Black Hercules a year ago.

He has gone up a lot in the weights since winning one of the Irish qualifiers at Leopardstown early last month. A lightly-raced ten-year-old, he's shown improved form this season and will probably need to improve again if he is to succeed what is always a very hard race to win. With luck in running, he could be in the money.

He has shown his liking for Cheltenham in the past and we're hoping he can score for the second time at the festival. He's stepping up in trip but that isn't a concern as he won at the distance over hurdles and we think he stays quite well. It looks a good renewal but Un De Sceaux is a good jumper and he pulls out plenty at the end of his races, so we're very hopeful that he will come out on top and give us a second win in the race which we won with Vautour a year ago.

Ruby Walsh rides as the seven-time Grade 1 winner bids for a first festival success on his third appearance at the meeting. Third in the Neptune in 2015 and the Champion Hurdle last year, he hasn't been at the top of his form this season. We gave him a break after his fall in the Irish Champion Hurdle in January and we're happier with him now. Two of his Grade 1 wins have been over 2m4f and he did run well on his only previous attempt over 3m, when third in a Grade 1 in the US in May, so we're hopeful he'll get the break.

He will be running at the festival for the fourth time and while he hasn't won at the meeting, he has performed very well, finishing runner-up in the Bumper, the Supreme Novices and the RSA Chase in consecutive years. It will be great if he could go one better. He seems in very good form.

We switched him to the staying division this season and his performances in his three starts over the trip have been good, considering the ground hasn't been ideal for him. The better ground will suit and every ray of sunshine we get will increase his chances of delivering a big performance.

We run three in the race and she's probably our best chance. She's got a lot of experience having competed well in good company, without winning, last season. She's done very well this season, winning all four of her starts and she's in very good form. Her last two wins, both at Leopardstown, were over 2m4f and we're hoping for plenty of pace to bring her stamina into play.

She's had a fantastic season, surpassing our expectations when winning the Grade 1 Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse in December. She's never been beaten in seven starts. As she had a busy time of it in the first half of the season, we gave her a break and this will be her first race since her Fairyhouse win. She has kept improving and we're hoping there might be more to come from her today. She stays and we're happy with her.

She has been let down by her jumping, falling at Thurles and Fairyhouse on her last two starts. She was running well on both occasions and she has the ability to have a place chance, if she gets her act together.

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