RAIN, rain, and yet more rain, led to the cancellation of racing at Cheltenham on Friday, but Saturday’s and Sunday’s cards survived, albeit on ground that was somewhere between soft (more so on Saturday) and heavy.

Some horses coped with it better than others, and Defi Du Seuil coped with it very well indeed in winning the Shloer Chase from last season’s Queen Mother Champion Chase runner-up Politologue.