The jumps season proper starts at Cheltenham, and Storm Austen is doing its best to spoil it. In the first Racing Brief Podcast, Tom and Jack go through Friday at the Showcase race by race: Handlethekettle and Cosmos d'Ainay, the two standout IQ ratings on the card; Planters Punch and a wide-open Sharp Novices' Hurdle; Calico going back for the race he won last year; and a first look at Lord Byron on Saturday.

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