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Cheltenham Festival day two: Heavy weather for punters but El Fabiolo should make light work of Queen Mother

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Testing conditions will find out plenty of horses at this year’s Cheltenham Festival, with the heavy going expected to stick around all week.

Punters should first be looking for a horse with good stamina if they expect to be holding onto their money.

On day two, the relatively small fields — a total of 22 declared in the Grade One races over supplies three odds-on shots, though it is debatable if they are all worth siding with.

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