IRISH-trained horses won 17 of the 28 races run at the Cheltenham Festival last year. In 2017, they won 19. In 2016, they won 15. So in each of the last three years, there have been more Irish-trained Cheltenham Festival winners than British-trained Cheltenham Festival winners. So you can understand why the market is skewed in favour of Irish-trained horses again this year.

But the market may be skewed too much.