Cheltenham

Inothewayurthinkin has raised his game significantly to win at the Cheltenham Festival in each of the last two seasons and last week's market support has dropped a firm hint that he may well repeat that trend now that he is wearing first-time cheekpieces. He won this race by 6l last March and it will take a very big performance to beat him if he rediscovers that dazzling form, but he has been sorely disappointing this season and this time a transformation is needed if he is to win again. Irish-trained contenders have won nine of the last ten runnings, with Native River being the anomaly in 2018, and the Welsh National may once more prove the source for a British-trained winner today. HAITI COULEURS (nap) defied a big weight in the Chepstow marathon in December and has since made it 6-8 over fences with an authoritative win in the Denman Chase at Newbury. Today's stiff test will be right up his street, especially if any rain puts greater emphasis on stamina. The Jukebox Man, Gaelic Warrior and Jango Baie are very closely matched on their rousing clash in the King George and are all entitled to respect this afternoon, but Jango Baie may be the one who derives most benefit from today's longer trip and more demanding track, and he could be the main threat to Haiti Couleurs ahead of Inothewayurthinkin.[Ben Hutton]