The curtains close on 2022/2023 jumps season this Saturday with the final fixture being staged at Sandown Park. Traditionally champions will be crowned, and horses have one final opportunity to show their talents before the summer break.

Paul Nicholls will head to Sandown on Saturday safe in the knowledge that a 14th trainers’ championship is already in the bag as he seeks to break his own prize money record.

The reigning champion Energumene will have an opportunity to defend their title in the Grade 1 Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase (3.30) on Wednesday.

The second day of the Cheltenham Festival promises to be an exciting one with some of the best horses in the world set to compete in the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase and Ballymore Novices' Hurdle.

Paul Nicholls, the 13-time champion trainer and joint record-holder of six Champion Chase successes, is confident his 33-1 shot Greaneteen can outrun expectations in the upcoming Cheltenham Festival.