THERE is all this talk about what to change, what to tweak. Here’s the simple answer: nothing. We don’t need any more dilution. We don’t need a veterans’ chase that could have taken Cue Card and Carlingford Lough out of the Gold Cup, we don’t need a Grade 1 two-and-a-half-mile hurdle that could have taken Annie Power and Nichols Canyon and The New One out of the Champion Hurdle and we don’t need a mares’ chase. There are only a finite number of top class National Hunt horses to go around, and the thing about Cheltenham is, they race against each other to determine which one is the best.That’s the theory anyway. The more races we have at Cheltenham, the more options the top class horses have to avoid each other.

Yorkill - Arkle Trophy (4/1); Alpha Des Obeaux - RSA Chase (8/1); Killultagh Vic - Gold Cup (33/1); Black Hercyles - Ryanair Chase (8/1).