CHELTENHAM’S November meeting is one of the high points of the jumps season in Britain, and it served up some excellent racing again last weekend, but the weekend just gone reminded us that the lessons which were meant to have been learned through previous administrative failings are not being heeded, and that needs to change.

Yet again, a photo finish was almost certainly called incorrectly in the listed mares’ bumper at Cheltenham’s fixture, and leading trainer Alan King called the ground at jump racing’s premier venue “diabolical”.