'Class horse' Ballyandy is a rock-solid favourite

Ballyandy and Kauto Riko are going to a veterans' event. Bally Sandy won a Grade 1 race at Perth in September. K auto Rika is handicapped to go close off a mark of 137. The winner will be announced on the day. It is a 2m4f race. Nigel Twiston-Davies is the favourite. He has enjoyed plenty of success at this meeting. Elegant Escape is working back from the veterans final at Sandown in January.

Magic Dancer won a novice handicap hurdle at this meeting five years ago. It's his first start over fences at Cheltenham. Kerry Lee's horses have won two wins, a second and a third from seven starts over hurdles at the track. Ballyandy is a rock-solid favourite. 39 per cent of Lee’s runners at. Chelenham have finished in the first three.

Joe Tizzard's Elegant Escape qualified for the veterans' final at Sandown in January. Nigel Twiston-Davies' Ballyandy is a class horse. Tom Gretton's Kauto Riko is looking towards the vets' finals at the same venue. Richard Hobson's Saint Xavier is off a dangerous mark. Peter McCreery's My Manekineko will run in the Irish veterans’ race.