14:10 County Hurdle

This is another of the festival's massive handicaps, with 27 currently due to go to post. That ensures the likes of Sky Bet, Paddy Power and Betway lead out with six places. Avoid shopping at places like Betstars, Sun Bets or Marathon bet, who only offer four places. Bit miserly really.

Time is somewhat against us, so we shall be dispensing with the trends, and going straight to the tips for Friday - trust us when we tell you we've applied the same logic under the hood though.

Three to follow in this one, as we aim for a winner, or at least a couple home in the places, starting with the well fancied Duca De Thaix.

He's a hold-up horse who should benefit from that running style in this one, and while he is unproven on the ground, it isn't expected to be any sort of problem. He has a gear that most in the field don't possess and comes into this ticking a lot of the right boxes.

He's won twice over hurdles previously, and also in a NH flat race, and has performed on all sorts of surfaces.

Flying Tiger comes over for the Irish, and has previously won at Cheltenham and over the distance. He's a solid looking five year old who could well have been thinking about this race for a while, and may be well treated running off 140. He's likely to plod round towards the back and bide his time, and our two picks could be the ones to make their way through the field as they race up the hill, so don't panic if all looks lost after a mile.

Finally, Ben Dundee has won either side of this trip, so looks flexible enough to run a good race, especially as they came on soft ground. He ran a pretty tame race at Leopardstown in February, but can improve from that run as he doesn't look to have reached his peak just yet.

1pt e/w Duca de Thaix at 9/1 Paddy Power

1pt e/w Flying Tiger at 12/1 Sky Bet

1pt e/w Ben Dunee at 11/1 General

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