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GOLD Cup day kicks off with what looks like an outstanding renewal
of the JCB Triumph Hurdle (1.30pm).Paul Nicholls last won this race in 2011 with Zarkandar who
arrived here having won the Adonis Hurdle at Kempton a few weeks earlier on his
first start for the yard.The 11-time champion trainer will be hoping lighting can
strike twice as Solo has been given exactly the same preparation, yet he was
even more impressive at Kempton.This son of Kapgarde skipped clear up the straight to win by
14 lengths and was immediately catapulted into Triumph favouritism.It was impossible not to be impressed by the display,
although the second favourite Fujimoto Flyer clearly disappointed.Solo looks like he will make a fine chaser in the future and
while he will be a very good horse, I don't think he deserves to be 3/1.Dan Skelton's Allmankind has far more solid form in the
book, having won the Grade One Finale Hurdle at Chepstow over Christmas.He beat Cerberus that day and Joseph O'Brien's horse went on
to go very close in the Grade One Spring Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown last month.Allmankind also won at Cheltenham earlier in the season, so
we know he handles the track, while none of the other 12 runners have ever set
foot at Prestbury Park.The only problem I have with Skelton's horse is that he has
been quite keen in his races and there's a chance some of the others like
Aspire Tower will take him on up front.Henry De Bromhead's son of Born To Sea had made a serious
impression on his first two starts, but he had a battle on his hands when
falling at the last in the Sprint Juvenile.He still has to be respected for an inform team who've
already had a great week, but it's not ideal coming here on the back of a fall.The one I think could be the best of these is Gary Moore's GOSHEN who