Ante post favourite Cue Card is one of 86 horses that has been entered for the 2011 Stan James Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham.

The 2010 Champion Bumper hero has been the favourite for the race for some time and leading Irish bookmaker Paddy Power are already offering odds of just 9/4 on Colin Tizzard’s Grade One winner making it back-to-back successes at the Festival.

Paddy Power will be looking forward to the first race of the Festival with some anticipation and are offering all new customers a free £100 bet on the race.  If that wasn’t enough, there is also plenty of speculation surrounding their Cheltenham Festival money-back special and it is looking likely that the firm will refund any losing bets if Cue Card wins the opening race of the meeting.

However, while Cue Card is demanding plenty of ante post interest at Paddy Power, he is likely to face formidable opposition in the shape of Grade One winners Minella Class (12/1, Paddy Power) and Backspin (16/1, Paddy Power), while Rock On Ruby has been heavily backed since his second at Cheltenham last weekend.

Irish punters will be interested to hear that Willie Mullins’ highly talented French import Zaidpour is also in the race and punters can back the horse at 8/1 as he looks to bounce back from his odds-on flop last time out.

Head to Paddy Power now to see all the odds for the 2011 Supreme Novices' Hurdle.