Clarcam in winning action at the Leopardstown Christmas meeting© Photo Healy Racing
Gordon Elliott believes Clarcam has "a massive each-way chance" in the Arkle at Cheltenham.
A decent hurdler, Clarcam has excelled over fences this season, winning a Grade One at Leopardstown over Christmas, beating Vautour in the process.
He was no match for Vautour's stablemate Un De Sceaux in the Irish Arkle, though, and will meet him at Cheltenham on worse terms, but Elliott doesn't believe in being afraid of one horse.
"He's a gentleman, the way he travels and jumps and obviously he's won a Grade One for us. He was travelling very well in the Fred Winter when he came down last year," the trainer told At The Races.
"He didn't run a bad race the last day against Un De Sceaux, I just think he is a very special horse.
"We know he's been to Cheltenham and he handles the track and we're going to run in the Arkle.
"If your man (Un De Sceaux) stands up, he looks unbeatable but you can't be afraid of one horse.
"If you were to listen to everyone you wouldn't run anywhere, but he's in good form and we'll go straight to Cheltenham now and if he can get placed it would be brilliant.
"If he runs the race he ran the last day or the time before, he'd have to have a massive each-way chance.
"We tried to follow Ruby (Walsh) the last day from the second-last and got very tired after the last and shot ourselves in the foot."
