PEOPLE will look back at this particular Cheltenham fixture and acknowledge that following three of the top stables – Philip Hobbs, Paul Nicholls and David Pipe – offered them a route to a small fortune.

The other two did well but it was Hobbs and Richard Johnson who blitzed the meeting, taking their final tally to six as Garde La Victoire won the valuable Grade 3 StanJames.com Greatwood Hurdle to follow Dunraven Storm’s victory in the Arkle Trial.