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Cheltenham Festival news: JCB Triumph Hurdle entries

Peace and Co ridden by Barry Geraghty (left) jumps the last with Zarib ridden by Harry Skelton (right) on their way to victory in the JCB Triumph Hurdle Tr
Image: Peace And Co (left): Warm favorite in the ante-posts lists for the Triumph Hurdle

Red-hot favourite Peace And Co is one of 70 entries for the JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on March 13.

Unbeaten in three races, he showed a different side to his game at Cheltenham last Saturday when victorious in a Triumph trial.

As well as the ante-post favourite, trainer Nicky Henderson has other realistic hopes in Top Notch, in the same ownership as Peace And Co, Hargam and Bivouac.

Paul Nicholls numerically has the strongest entry with seven possibles, while Willie Mullins only has four but his team includes Kalkir and Dicosimo.

The Gordon Elliott-trained Vercingetorix and Nigel Twiston-Davies' Bristol De Mai are also prominent in the betting and, like Peace And Co and Top Notch, are owned by Simon Munir and Isaac Souede.

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Fiscal Focus and Karezak are others among the bumper entry to have shown worthwhile form.

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