IT is a real shame that Riders Onthe Storm is not running in today’s Caspian Caviar Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

A really progressive horse last season for Tom Taaffe, he looked good in winning on his first run for Nigel Twiston-Davies at Aintree, and it would have been interesting to have seen how he would have fared today off a 13lb higher mark. We’ll just have to wait a little longer.