Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle: Cheltenham Festival 2021 Preview and Tips

Exclusive preview and tips for the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival brought to you by the team at Star Sports. Won in the past by greats such as three-time winner Inglis Drever and four-time winner Big Buck’s, this year’s renewal looks hotly contested.

PAISLEY PARK was not himself when seventh in this last year, but he has returned right to form this season in two great tussles with THYME HILL in the Long Distance and Long Walk Hurdles. Paisley Park’s extra stamina managed to pull the Long Walk out of the fire but there was only a head between them and the two should be close as ever at the Festival. ROKSANA, an impressive winner of the West Yorkshire Hurdle, was a close third at Ascot in the Long Walk Hurdle before brushing aside her FLOORING PORTER has shown huge improvement to take a big handicap hurdle at Navan and then the Leopardstown Christmas Hurdle when leaving THE STORYTELLER and SIRE DU BERLAIS well behind, and he must be respected in what’s looking like a great renewal.

OUR CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL PANEL PREVIEW THE RACE WITH TIPS:

Davy Russell – Top jockey and Star Sports Brand Ambassador

Alastair Down – Racing journalist

Billy Aprahamian – Assistant Trainer to Nicky Henderson

Bill Esdaile – City AM Racing Editor

Luke Tarr – starsports.bet head of PR

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