MCMANUS GETS YOU THINKIN'

Side with JP's late play

- Mark winstanley

IN the JCB Triumph Hurdle run over two miles and a furlong at Cheltenham, the unbeaten HELLO NEIGHBOUR (1.20) looks a corking each-way wager around the 9-2 perch.

A winner of a brace of races on the Flat to earn a rating of 97, Gavin Cromwell's horse has taken to hurdling like PSG to Anfield, with victories in Grade One and Two events at Leopardstown this winter. This talented animal doesn't do a tap when he hits the front and his yard saddled the second in the juvenile handicap hurdle on Tuesday.

LARK IN THE MORNIN (2.00) bolted up in the Fred Winter when rated 122, so he must improve to repeat the trick in the William Hill County Hurdle run over two miles and a furlong off a perch of 132. But he hated the heavy ground when scoring last year and he will enjoy faster conditions this time.