Lostintranslation is expected to run a big race in the Gold Cup, but there are other contenders to watch
Colin Tizzard’s stable has been more cold than hot at the Cheltenham Festival in recent seasons. The final afternoon in 2018, when Tizzard saddled Kilbricken Storm and Native River to win the Albert Bartlett Novice Hurdle and the Gold Cup in consecutive races, was probably the crowning moment of his career. The stable drew a blank in both 2017 and 2019, however, and that double supplied the only winners from Tizzard’s last 67 runners at the meeting.
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Exeter: 2.00 The Jitterbug, 2.30 Fortescue, 3.00 Ballybreen (nap), 3.30 Jack Valentine, 4.00 Celma Des Bois, 4.30 Demopolis.
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