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By Jon Lees Tom Bellamy admits the experience of suffering three narrow defeats on Paisley Park has been “killing me”. But he knows his chances of riding a first Cheltenham Festival winner on the people’s favourite in the Paddy Power Stayers Hurdle are still alive and well And he is determined to prove it when Emma Lavelle’s stable star lines up in the 3m prize for the sixth time. The 29-year-old has ridden the now 12-year-old Paisley Park four times and so far the pair have not quite timed their come-from-behind surge to secure the best result. “It’s obviously a privilege to be riding a horse…

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