Each year the Cheltenham Festival gets underway with the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, a race greeted by the famous roar from the crowd that tells us that four days of exhilarating horse racing action has finally begun.

Raced at a distance just over two miles the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle is run at a frantic pace and it almost always gets the Festival off to a bang. A big field will tackle the race and some future stars of the hurdling and chasing world will be in action.

This year’s renewal looks set to feature ‘Festival banker,’ Dunguib, the highly-regarded Irish raider who became one the most impressive Cheltenham winners of all time in last year’s Champion Bumper.

He is 11/10 to land the Grade 1 showpiece and Ladbrokes believe that he is biggest challenge will come from Menorah (8/1) and Rite Of Passage (14/1).

Supreme Novices Hurdle - Ladbrokes
2m, Cheltenham Festival, March 2010
11/10 Dunguib, 8 Menorah, 14 Rite Of Passage, 16 Bellvano, 16 Loosen My Load, 20 General Miller, 20 Ghizao, 20 Oscar Whisky, 20 Pepe Simo, 25 Salden Licht, 40 Judge Roy Bean, others on request (1/4 odds 1,2,3)