THE accompanying table summarises what it has taken in terms of my ratings to win the non-handicap races at the Cheltenham Festival in recent years, and where the leading contenders stand in each division at present.
It hopefully underlines that Cheltenham is at least as much a meeting at which champions are discovered as crowned. In the novice events, in particular, horses are likely to have to improve on already substantial achievements to come out on top.
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