Tbh I don't think you'll win any medals for bravery with those opinions Tan. If your someone who has a desire to be right the majority of the time then you go the right way about it. Saying Call Me lord won't win a champion hurdle your 1/40 at least to be right I think when Des put up Saphir de rheu for the GC the other week you also said that wouldn't win a mere 1/66 shot.
I wouldn't say the Champion Hurdle will be a walk over it never is Boover as I like to call him looks solid and his price reflects that but as for the rest I don't think there is that much to be afraid of in truth and your list tried an tested is as much proof as one would need to try and find something unexpected to emerge as a solid challenger.
Faugheen last seen pulling up even your Call me sid would have beaten him on that occasion.
The New One currently on course for the Stayers Hurdle if NTD is to be believed so irrelevant.
My Tent or yours certainly tried and tested and has come up short every year every chance if nothing else emerges that he will place again but that's at best.
Melon fair enough I suppose and a reasonable chance.
Defi- Beat by staying hurdlers when last seen not a great sign.
Remembering a fair few of those should clash in the Irish Champion hurdle and there can only be one winner the rest won't look so promising once beaten.
I'd agree the Kingwell isn't normally a strong trial that's fairly obvious. Katchit the last one to do the double was also a 5yo in other words still able to improve. I think just off the top of my head Hors la loi did the double too. So if that's 2 winners in the last 20 years oh that's terrible stats but I dare say if you could have backed all Kingwell winners for the last 20 years at 40/1 for the champion hurdle ante-post then your a poor sod for backing 18 losers
I have no desire to be right all of the time when your backing horses on a regular basis from 20/1 to 100/1 you get used to losing, being wrong and looking foolish most of the time. Call me a lord turns out to be a donkey, I just brush myself off and move onto the next project but I very much doubt I'll lose money on this one either way given NRNB.