#Captain Christy

Regarded by Gordon Elliott as the best he had trained, Don Cossack looked an exceptional prospect in bumpers, but he spent a couple of seasons in the wilderness, failing to meet expectations over hurdles or in his novice chase campaign, occasionally looking a bit weak in the finish. There can be no faulting his record over his final two campaigns,…

No, Frankie Dettori is not riding and no, you won't find Red Rum on the race card. Racing is the easiest sport to understand - the first across the line wins - but sometimes it has a language of its own that can be pretty tricky to comprehend. Our bluffers' guide to the Cheltenham Festival will stop you looking like a novice if you are off to…