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Djakadam and Ruby Walsh

Noel Fehily believes Djakadam could go one better this year on soft ground

  PICTURE: Alain Barr (racingpost.com/photos)  

 By ANDREW KING 6:33PM 9 MAR 2016 

NOEL FEHILY believes next Friday’s Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup is between Don Cossack, the highest rated chaser in Britain and Ireland, and last year’s runner-up Djakadam – where underfoot conditions will prove pivotal in deciding which one comes out on top.

The jockey, who partnered the 3-1 favourite Silviniaco Conti in last year’s Gold Cup, says the Gordon Elliott-trained Don Cossack would be best suited by good ground.

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In softer conditions, however, Fehily nominated the seven-year-old Djakadam as the likeliest winner, despite his fall when last seen in the Grade 2 BetBright Trial Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham in January.

“If the ground came up good I would certainly like to be with Don Cossack, as he seems better in those conditions,” said Fehily in Thursday’s Racing Post, in which several leading riders were canvassed for their opinions on the eagerly anticipated day-four feature.

Fehily added: “If the ground was slower, I think I’d ride Djakadam as all his best runs have been with some cut and he was still travelling well enough when coming down at the Trials meeting.”

Decisions for Walsh and Cooper

If Fehily is correct, it would contradict what bookmakers believe will be the choices made by Ruby Walsh and Bryan Cooper as to who to ride in the richest race of the festival.

Walsh is odds-on to favour King George VI Chase runner-up Vautour, who will be bidding for a third consecutive Cheltenham Festival success, following wins in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and JLT Novices’ Chase.

Cooper, meanwhile, will have the choice of Don Cossack and Don Poli, as well as Road To Riches and Valseur Lido, and while he has insisted he will make the call based on ground conditions, he too is odds-on to side with last year’s RSA Chase hero Don Poli.

Ground update

The heavy rain that changed the ground at Cheltenham to soft all round may impact Cooper’s decision, but officials are expecting the deluge to be the last of the significant wet weather before the start of the festival on Tuesday.

After 24mm fell through Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, clerk of the course Simon Claisse said: “We’ve been mostly dry through the day – we’ve maybe had another millimetre – and the track has taken it well.

“The encouraging thing is the outlook is predominantly dry and getting milder through the rest of this week with at the moment only the odd shower forecast during festival week.”

When asked what ground he expected for the start of the festival, Claisse replied: “Based on the current forecast a combination of soft and good to soft, but I’m not sure which will be predominant.”

Good to soft was hardened as the 4-11 favourite to be the official going on day one, while good was pushed out to 5-1, the same price as soft.

Read more from Noel Fehily, as well as Tom Scudamore, Brian Hughes and Jamie Moore in Thursday’s Racing Post as we canvass the weighing room on a thrilling Gold Cup – on iPad from 8pm

 

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