Tom Scudamore: “He loves the course and has got to have an each-way chance.”

Coral ambassador discusses his rides on Day Two of Cheltenham Festival

Our man Tom Scudamore looks ahead to his runners on Day Two of this year’s Festival, and previews the Queen Mother Champion Chase.

Cheltenham 15.05 – Queen Mother Champion Chase

Chacun Pour Soi has obviously looked fantastic in Ireland, but I’m not sure this race will be as straightforward for the hot favourite as the market is saying. He is probably the best horse in the race but he will be having his first run at the course, and in a championship race that isn’t easy.

It’s a shame Altior isn’t running as it would have been fascinating to see how the former champion got on, but there’s still last year’s winner, Politologue; Nube Negra, who beat Altior at Kempton; First Flow, who looked so good at Ascot; and Put The Kettle On, who is three from three at Cheltenham, so it’s a proper Champion Chase.

Which of those might beat the favourite, I don’t know, and he might just prove he is the best horse, but it’s certainly a cracking race and one I’m looking forward to watching.

Cheltenham 15.40 – Kingswell Theatre

Kingswell Theatre is a standing dish in the Cross Country races at the track, he normally does well in the handicap versions and then struggles off level weights in this Festival race, but I’m not sure that will be the case this time around.

There are definitely question marks over the trio at the head of the betting, with Easysland off since his fourth behind my horse in November, Tiger Roll disappointing in his two runs this season, and Potters Corner well beaten in his last two.