“Pat Kelly is a genius of a trainer but he’ll have to work some magic if he is to get Presenting Percy to win the Gold Cup with no run over fences.”

So said Gordon Elliott at the Cross Guns Cheltenham preview night in Castletown, Co. Meath last night, the first of a marathon of Cheltenham preview nights in the next few weeks. The topic of Presenting Percy will be by far the most interesting point of discussion.