IT will not be long until the final fields are confirmed for the first of what are four of the most important days of the jumps racing calendar.

The day one line-up for the Cheltenham Festival will be known by tomorrow morning and, whilst Constitution Hill will be one notably absent ex-point-to-pointer following the decision of connections to favour a flat campaign for the two-time festival winner, the influence of the pointing sphere will still be particularly evident across those four days.