I BELIEVE we saw a few Cheltenham Festival pointers last weekend, based on the sectional timing data which is now available for all Irish racing and Racing TV’s British tracks.

At Lingfield last Sunday it was fantastic to see L’Homme Presse return to the winner’s enclosure in the Fleur De Lys Chase, and his jumping was pretty flawless considering how long he has been off the track. He gained 3.03 lengths jumping to Protektorat’s 1.26 lengths. He also finished up with a finishing speed percentage of 108.39% compared to Protektorat’s 107.58%, showing that he may be a contender for the Gold Cup but is certainly not short of speed!