THE Placepot on this Cheltenham card paid well over £8,000. That was hardly surprising as Wolf Of Windlesham won the first at 12/1 and Vicente the second, a four-runner affair, at 16/1.

The Grade 2 JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial provided the perfect example of ‘big’ stables dominating the market. Paul Nicholls’ Romain De Senam started at 5/6 and Alan King’s Oceane 11/4 in a five-runner race but neither made the first two.