Taquin Du Seuil has everything in his favour at Newbury I was very impressed with his last win, at Sandown, where the step up in trip was perfect for him. Prior to that he had been beaten by My Tent Or Yours, a horse I ride later in the afternoon, over two miles at Ascot. Donald McCain's Clondaw Kaempfer is the obvious one to beat. He has been impressive on both starts this season and probably sets the standard. I have mentioned that Easter Day is a nice horse before but, in what is a tight little Grade One novice hurdle, I am quite happy to be on my horse. I start my day with Colour Squadron (1.35) in the novice chase. He was second at Punchestown on his last start over hurdles and before that had some decent form over the smaller obstacles. He has a good chance, but it is his first spin over fences and it would not surprise me if he improved a lot for the experience. Tenor Nivernais looked good winning a little contest at Bangor and is my idea of the main threat. In the Mandarin Chase (2.10) I ride Ray Nacarado, who looks to me like Charlie Longsdon's second-string. Noel Fehily would have had the choice and clearly fancies Pete The Feat more, so let's hope he picked the wrong one. An outsider to keep an eye on is Relax. Finally, My Tent Or Yours (3.50) beat Taquin Du Seuil by a length and three quarters at Ascot last time, so you will have some idea of the value of that form after the 2.45 race. The heavy ground will be far from ideal for My Tent Or Yours, he is not a heavy-ground horse, but it is nearly 2013 and the weather does not look like drying up. He needs the run for the experience and hopefully will have the class to get away with it. Looking back to Boxing Day, I was very pleased with Darlan in the Christmas Hurdle. It did not ride like much of a race because we went so slowly, but that should have been just as disadvantageous for us as it was anyone else. But, in fairness, it would be hard not to like the way he quickened up. He still has to improve a bit to win a Champion Hurdle and, of course, you would hope we will find out a lot more next time he runs. I thought Long Run had the best form going into the King George and Sam Waley-Cohen gave him a good ride. My mount The Giant Bolster did not seem to want to know from the moment we arrived at the start. I would put it down to an off-day and I am sure he will be back and can leave this form behind.