Gordon Elliott has put forward Death Duty as his best handicapped runner at the Cheltenham Festival, after the weights for the nine handicap races were revealed today.

Cheltenham Racecourse hosted a press conference this afternoon to reveal the weights,and speaking on the phone, Elliott, was has saddled 32 Festival winners, said: “I’ve just had a quick look at the weights and I suppose the best handicapped one I’ve got is probably Death Duty in the Ultima - he’s down 1lb. Most of my others are up around 4-6lbs and I understand that the handicapper has a job to do, but Death Duty is the one who’s dropped a bit.