Grand National-winning jockey Robbie Power believes Oscars Well represents his best chance of success at the Cheltenham Festival. The Jessica Harrington-trained six-year-old goes to Prestbury Park as a leading fancy for Wednesday's Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle on the back of Grade One wins at Navan and in the Deloitte at Leopardstown.
"We weren't surprised the last day. We've always thought an awful lot of him at home and thought he was capable of that," Power told At The Races.
"It was such a good race at Leopardstown that it was hard to go into it with confidence, but we were hopeful he would go very close. They went a good gallop and he won very impressively in the end and I thought it rode a good race.
"Oscars Well is probably my best chance. He's done nothing but improve all winter and being by Oscar, I'm fully convinced that when he gets better ground, he'll improve again."
Power is also expecting a good run from stablemate Bostons Angel in the RSA Chase the same day, the seven-year-old having already landed two Grade Ones at Leopardstown, the Fort Leney Novice Chase and the Dr P J Moriarty.
He continued: "The RSA will suit him down to the ground. He's a tough horse and he ticks a lot of the boxes in that race. They go quick, which will suit him. You've got to jump and travel and you have to really stay. He'll do all three of them, hopefully."
Power feels the Harrington-trained Roberto Goldback has solid each-way claims in the Ryanair Chase on Thursday. He went on: "He's been running on ground he doesn`t like all year. He ran on decent ground in Fairyhouse and was third, beaten a length and a half, in the John Durkan. I think he has got a good each-way chance."