YOU know this dilemma that Willie Mullins and Rich Ricci have? Keep Douvan to hurdles and target the Champion Hurdle with him next year, send him there with the reigning champ Faugheen, keep them apart until Cheltenham, or go chasing?

You can plot the respective courses. You could go the 2014/15 route with Faugheen (well, it worked didn’t it?): Ascot Hurdle, Christmas Hurdle, Cheltenham, Punchestown. You could add something in there between December and March if you wanted, something like the Kingwell Hurdle or the Red Mills Hurdle. On the other hand, if it ain’t broke …