The first selection on the final day of the Cheltenham festival comes in the Grade One JCB Triumph Hurdle and the horse we have sided with is the Willie Mullins trained Vauban.
Being bought by Rich Ricci from France after four decent runs on the flat, he was given to Mullins and made his hurdles debut around Christmas time.
He took on the ex John Gosden horse Pied Piper and went down by half a length in heavy ground, but the Gordon Elliott Juvenile has since gone on to bolt up in a Grade Two at Cheltenham.
Vauban also franked the form last time out when taking the Grade One Spring Juvenile Hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival and if improving again could be very tough to beat looking to have bags of pace.