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Day Three, Free Bets | Paul Berry | March 16, 2010 at 2:24 pm

Big Buck’s was a very impressive scorer in the 2009 Ladbrokes World Hurdle and he heads the 16 confirmations for the three-mile event this timearound. Trained by Paul Nicholls, the seven-year-old has won on his two outings this season, both at Newbury, and is sure to be a short price to claim a second success in the contest.

Howard Johnson saddled the great Inglis Drever to a record three victories in the Grade One Ladbrokes World Hurdle and the County Durham trainer hopes that the enigmatic Tidal Bay can emulate his illustrious former stable mate with victory in the three-mile hurdling championship at Cheltenham on Thursday. Tidal Bay is acquainted with Festival glory, having triumphed in the 2008 Grade One The Irish Independent Arkle Novices’ Chase.

The nine-year-old, a high-class novice hurdler in his younger days, looked destined for the top over fences but problems with his jumping prompted Johnson into a rethink earlier this year.

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After a below par effort in the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon in December, Tidal Bay reverted to the smaller obstacles in the Grade Two Betfair Cleeve Hurdle over the course and distance on Festival Trials Day, January 30, and landed the spoils by five lengths from Time For Rupert with Katchit back in third.

Johnson revealed today: “I had been thinking about putting Tidal Bay back over hurdles because he wasn’t having a cut at his jumps. He was just backing off a bit.“I was pleased with the way he won the Betfair Cleeve Hurdle, he has a good record round Cheltenham. He’s in good order and as long as they don’t put too much water on and the ground is good, he’ll be fine.

“He’s good but he’s no Inglis Drever, you only get one like him and it was some achievement to win three Ladbrokes World Hurdles. It would be good to win another one with Tidal Bay but as long as he comes back safe and well, that’s the main thing.”

Other possible starters include last year’s third Powerstation, one of seven possible runners from Ireland that also includes the 2006 totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup hero War Of Attrition, who has scored in Grade Two company over hurdles on his last two outings.