CHELTENHAM 2025 once again highlighted just how crucial a role the point-to-point sphere plays within the wider National Hunt racing sector. When the two juvenile races were excluded, the point-to-point sphere accounted for 35% of the runners in Prestbury Park last week.

It is a significant statement to be able to say that over a third, or one in every three horses, that ran at the biggest festival for jump racing, had previously run between the flags on these shores.