LISTENING to the pre-race analysis on Racing TV on Thursday and one of the presenters describe a bumper runner as “he’s not a big elephant”, this coming after a comment last Sunday that “a horse is not a dog”, could all leave you very confused over this sport of ours!

I’d never seen or heard of Matt Zarb-Cousin, founder in Britain of Gamban, which campaigns for blocking access to online gambling sites and apps, but he almost got as much attention as the Cheltenham handicaps did in online discussions early this week, following an appearance on Luck On Sunday.