Gordon Elliott believes Thistlecrack is a worthy favourite for the World Hurdle at next month's Cheltenham Festival.

Colin Tizzard's charge has won each of his three starts this term, including the Grade One Long Walk at Ascot and the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham last weekend.

Elliott has been impressed by his efforts so far this term and thinks that if he were trained by Willie Mullins, he would be much shorter odds for the Festival feature.

He told BoyleSports: "Thistlecrack continues to impress me and he's going from strength to strength. He deserves to be as short as he is for the World Hurdle (6-4). He'll be many people's banker on day three so I'd say take advantage of that 6-4 while you can.

"If Willie Mullins trained him I think he'd be odds-on."