THE ups and downs and glory days of Cheltenham 2025 seem well away now. What made it so brilliant was the unpredictable element, as well as the great success stories.

Willie Mullins was predictably the main man, but even his enviable statistic of having only two beaten favourites from 14 runners sent off at less than 6/4 in the previous three years was smashed, as Majborough, Ballyburn, Final Demand, State Man and Galopin Des Champs were all turned over.