Previous winners of the Arkle Trophy have a great record in this race.
Of the last 12 winners who returned the following season to compete in this race all have finished in the first 3 (five winners, five second-places and two third-places).
Henry De Bromhead's Sizing Europe will be bidding to keep up the trend this time round, and it would be folly to ignore his chances.
*Previous Festival form is vital as 19 of the last 26 winners haing won or finished placed at the meeting in the past.
*By far the best prep race has been the Tingle Creek Chase, which has thrown up 8 of the last 10 winners. This year it was won by by Paul Nicholls’ Master Minded who would become only the second three-time winner of the race if successful.
*Eight of the last nine winners had previously won a Grade 1 race
