Commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, feature races Radio 5 live. Racecards, live text, results & reports on the BBC Sport website and app. Racing's showpiece Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday with one man set to dominate at the four-day meeting. Irish trainer Willie Mullins has the favourite in many of the 28 races and needs six victories to become the first person to have 100 Festival winners.
Bargain buy Hewick, who cost just £800, will be among the rivals in a contest which boasts prize money of £625,000.Around 250,000 spectators are expected at the Gloucestershire track this week although ticket sales have been slower than recent years with rising prices and the cost of living cited as factors. Jump racing fans have also complained of uncompetitive top-level races this season with small fields dominated by a handful of trainers. Much of that will be forgotten as the Cheltenham crowd gives its traditional roar at the start of the opening Supreme Novices' Hurdl
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