Storm Bram brought torrential rain and strong winds to the UK on Tuesday meaning runners at Cheltenham's Christmas Meeting on Friday and Saturday will need to act in the mud

Storm Bram brought 12mm of rain to Cheltenham overnight on Monday into Tuesday and turned the going soft all round on the New Course.

Here we pick out five mudlovers who can make their mark at the newly-named Christmas Meeting...

Kim Roque - Support The Hunt Family Fund December Gold Cup Handicap Chase (1.50), Saturday

Joseph O'Brien's charge has lots of form on easy ground in France for Daniela Mele. Now running in the Ronnie Bartlett silks, the five-year-old started out for the season in a Novices' Limited Handicap Chase on the Old Course. With Richie Deegan riding, the gelding impressed with the way he trave

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