THE Coral Challow Hurdle kind of creeps up on you a bit every year, just as you are starting to exhale following the Christmas festivals, in all their depth.

But it’s worth paying attention to it, Grade 1 race that it is, and won by Bravemansgame in 2020 and Thyme Hill in 2019 and Champ in 2018 and Barters Hill in 2015, when he beat Politologue.