LOOKING forward to Cheltenham 2017 is as exciting as looking back at the week gone by when you contemplate the clashes that might be on the cards in next year’s championship races. Then look back at the horses that left us salivating in previous years. Faugheen and Coneygree were absent this year but will be back. Other stars in Simonsig, Weapon’s Amnesty, Mikael D’Haguenet, Our Conor, Champagne Fever had all looked to have great futures ahead of them but it never came to be. Let’s hope that every 2016 winner will have the chance to return.

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