IT’S been an odd week at Cheltenham, and I write this at the end of three days, so who knows what twist there will be to the tale – perhaps a Pat Kelly interview, although that may be too farfetched.

Tuesday had an unreal feat to it, with a three-way battle for the Champion Hurdle which everyone expected to be the race of the week turning out to be a romp for a new star with none of the gleesome threesome anywhere to be seen in the finish.