Take two for My Drogo at a meeting with illustrious festival roll of honour
The December meeting at Cheltenham is often a key dress rehearsal for the festival in March and among the biggest names to have put their best foot forward at this fixture was popular chaser Frodon.
He won the feature Caspian Caviar Gold Cup, now sponsored by the Racing Post, before claiming the Grade 2 Cotswold Chase and putting the cherry on top in the festival's Ryanair Chase under Bryony Frost.
Since 2008, 11 winners at this meeting have struck at the festival the following March and Dan Skelton will hope My Drogo, who runs in the 2m4½f novice chase (12.40), is capable of doing the same.
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