This race was new to the 2008 Cheltenham Festival to commemorate the former champion trainer.
As the race is new and has only been run twice there are not as many trends to work from when helping to pick a winner, but the two winners of the race were winners in their previous races. An assistant to David Nicholson called Alan King has made no qualms...he wants to win this race. Previously his runners have done well with places of fifth and fourth. His runners could well be worth a punt for this years race.