'25-1 each-way is a cracking price' - Tom Segal and Paul Kealy on their best bets for the handicaps at the festival

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The Pertemps Final is traditionally one of the toughest punting puzzles to solve at the Cheltenham Festival but tipster Paul Kealy has landed on what he believes to be an "exceptionally well handicapped" 25-1 shot.

Nicky Henderson has pulled a rabbit out of the hat here before, including last year when ten-year-old Doddiethegreat landed the spoils at 25-1 in a one-two for the yard, and Bold Endeavour could be primed to cause a similar upset.

Speaking on the Racing Post's weekly ante-post preview show In The Know on YouTube, Paul said: "He may be a ten-year-old, but he's exceptionally well handicapped. He qualified to run here with a quite eye-catching run behind Ace Of Spades and he's five pounds better off with that one for just four and a half lengths. 

"Ace Of Spades goes here as the third favourite for Dan Skelton but Henderson has good form in this race, he had the first and second last year.

"Bold Endeavour has run four times at Cheltenham and two of those were seconds in Class 2 handicaps, and 25-1 each-way is a cracking price."

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'This will only be his third run of the season off a nice mark'

For the BetMGM Cup Handicap Hurdle, Paul believes he has found the value with another of Henderson's less fancied runners, this time Jingko Blue at 20-1.

The seven-year-old was last seen finishing behind Kabral Du Mathan in the Grade 2 Relkeel Hurdle at Cheltenham and arrives here off a mark of 144.

Jingko Blue is a 20-1 shot at the FestivalCredit: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)

Paul said: “I think Jingko Blue should be way shorter than Iberico Lord [14-1]. He's been unlucky and we haven't been able to see the best of him. He looked really good when he beat Titan Discovery a few years ago and that horse has turned out to be quite useful. 

"Jingko Blue split two horses rated roughly 10lb higher than him last time out in the Relkee and I thought that was a really good run. This will only be his third run of the season off a nice mark."

Alternatively, Tom Segal has gone to the top of the market with the Willie Mullins-trained Storm Heart, who was last seen winning the Grade 3 Red Mills Trial Hurdle.

He said: "I think Storm Heart is a great price at 10-1. He's a Grade 1-class horse and Mullins does well with his top weights. I think he might be better than all of these. There wasn't a bigger eye-catcher at the Dublin Racing Festival last season than Storm Heart, and I think everything adds up here."

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More key insight from In The Know

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Tom has sided with Nigel Hawke's 12-1 chance for the Sun Racing Plate Handicap Chase 

I think Jagwar is the one to beat, I couldn't find anything else massively sexy.
Paul is siding with last season's Plate winner to go and land the Ultima Handicap Chase for JP McManus and joint trainers Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero.

Golden Joy was second to Jacob's Ladder at Leopardstown. I think his form suggests he didn't want that ground last time out and if he gets in off a low weight he could run well.
Paul thinks there is some each-way value in the 50-1 shot for the Grand Annual Challenge Cup

I can't believe she's rated 125 after winning a Grade 2 by 13 lengths without coming off the bridle. I know she was getting some weight but she had her ears pricked the whole way round and the Williams family won the race not long ago.
La Luna Artista has caught Tom's eye for the Fred Winter at 14-1

Watch out for Iceberg Theory. Paul Nolan has a great Cheltenham record, and he beat a horse called O'Toole, who then went and beat proper horses in a Listed race at Leopardstown, and Iceberg Theory whacked him last time out.
Tom fancies a 16-1 chance for the National Hunt Challenge Cup 

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