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The Ted Walsh-trained Top Strategy samples the course ahead of his involvement in Wednesday's Coral Cup

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Between 420 and 450 horses will spend time in Prestbury Park's state-of-the-art racecourse stables

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Central House and last year's Champion Hurdle winner Hardy Eustace take part in a dawn workout session

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Irish trainer Noel Meade's horses complete an early morning gallop ahead of the prestigious four-day meeting

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Meade's horses have been out-of-form lately and he will hope that his stable finds form at just the right time

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Sales assistant Sharon Molloy views the Cheltenham Gold Cup displayed in the window of a Cheltenham jewellers

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Two horses wander back to the stables following last-minute preparations for the highlight of the National Hunt season