Jonjo O'Neill believes a rejuvenated Minella Rocco deserves his place in the Foxhunters Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

O’Neill’s classy stayer one of 14 left in Sky Bet Chase

Minella Rocco will head straight for the Randox Health Grand National after sidestepping Friday's Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Everybody has had their fill of Cheltenham previews for this year, via endless panels and paragraphs, and so what better way to start afresh than with the first Cheltenham preview of the 2019 Festival.

Minella Rocco makes his first appearance since finishing second in last season's Cheltenham Gold Cup in the Irish Daily Star Chase at Punchestown on Thursday.