SPEED FIGURES

Mike Francis looks at the top-rated Festival entries

AL BOUM PHOTO looks the one to beat in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The 172 he clocked when winning the race 12 months ago trumps any figure achieved by his rivals this season. He ran at Punchestown in May when second to Kemboy and make a solid comeback when winning at Tramore on New Year’s Day.
We know he is well suited by Cheltenham and this distance with soft and decent ground coming the same to him.
Kemboy unseated at the first in last year’s Gold Cup and was beaten by Delta Work in the Irish versi...