Cheltenham Festival 2022 day three tips including winners for Ryanair Chase and Stayers Hurdle

We're halfway through Cheltenham now but there are plenty more thrills and spills still to come.

Day Two saw a shocker as two-time Grand National winner Tiger Roll bowed out with defeat.

But there is much more to follow in the final two days as the famous festival draws to its crescendo.

Our man Garry Owen has picked out his bets and selections for Day Three right here.

FLOORING PORTER (3:30) can retain his Stayers’ Hurdle crown on Day 3 of Cheltenham. Gavin Cromwell’s horse went into last year’s renewal as the most exciting young three-miler around. And he fully fulfilled his lofty reputation with a spectacular pillar-to-post defeat of Sire Du Berlais .

The gelding was definitely feeling the effects of that effort when flopping at Punchestown next time. The seven-year-old endured another bad day at the office when falling on his comeback at Navan. However, he appeared back on track when an unlucky second to Klassical Dream at Leopardstown. This has always been the race that mattered so the superstar can turn the tables on his old rival. GALOPIN DES CHAMPS (1:30) can deny Bob Olinger in the trappy Turners Novices’ Chase. Willie Mullins’ horse handled this track well when slamming Langer Dan in the Martin Pipe Hurdle.

He then shrugged off the promotion to Grade 1 company when bolting up at Punchestown in April. Despite those triumphs, the strapping six-year-old’s future clearly lay over the larger obstacles. And he totally confirmed that impression with a brilliant debut win at Leopardstown in December.

The gelding was even better when routing Master Mcshee in a Grade 1 back at the Foxrock venue. The son of Timos looks a future superstar so he can jump and gallop a strong field into submission. The C