Punchestown tips for Saturday: 16-1 and 14-1 fancies for Johnny Ward

To win a big handicap at the Cheltenham Festival, you generally need to avoid trouble in running, and this horse's trip was pretty much as bad as any horse endured at the Cheltenham Festival, yet he still finished fifth of 24 in the BetMGM Cup.

He is really intriguing reverting to fences here, even if his jumping is a slight concern. However, at the 14-1 available, we can put faith in Henry de Bromhead to work his magic.

The Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle is one of the highlights of the week, in my opinion, and one needs a price on Bartholomew on bare form, but 16-1 allows us to speculate, given his trainer's regard for him, and the fact he demolished a rival who ran OK in the Fred Winter when scoring at Cork last time out.

This is only his third start for the wily Martin Brassil, and I'm taking a chance on him.