This is always tricky to unravel and this year is no exception
Our ante-post series continues with the Ryanair Chase and Sam Twiston-Davies joins the team to ask whether or not Un De Sceaux can be the first horse to retain since Albertas Run. Maddy Playle hosts alongside Nick Watts while Paddy Power's Rob Catter...
Some effort - he has quirks, but no denying his talent as Great Field runs from the front and doesn't see another rival in a devastating performance in the Grade 1 Ryanair Novice Chase at the Punchestown Festival.
Extraordinary - bidding for victory after a sparkling performance in the JLT Novices' Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, Yorkhill returns to more errant ways in the Grade 1 Ryanair Gold Cup Novice Chase at the Fairyhouse Easter Festival.
Tom Segal is among the panellists seeking out the value in the Ryanair
Grey stamps Champion Hurdle claims with a fine performance
Douvan - Ryanair Novice Chase (Grade 1) - 2016
Kylemore Lough - Ryanair Gold Cup Novice Chase (Grade 1) - 2016
Listen to our panel discuss the Ryanair in which Tom Segal (Pricewise) puts up a big contender at 25-1
Nichols Canyon - Ryanair Hurdle (Grade 1) - 2015
Brilliant Arkle winner Un De Sceaux found this slightly harder than many expected on quicker ground. However, victory never really looked in doubt for the 1/10 shot.
This was a famous victory for AP McCoy, who won on the very game Gilgamboa, who relished the step-up in tripin this Grade 1 contest at Fairyhouse.
