REMEMBER when Sizing Europe travelled like a dream down the hill in the 2008 Champion Hurdle, Andrew McNamara still as a church mouse on his back as he touched 4/5 in-running (yes, we had betting exchanges then) before he got injured?

The net conclusion among the masses after that race was that Ann and Alan Potts’ horse was soft, that he didn’t come up the Cheltenham hill. This despite the fact that his back problems were widely reported.