Simon Nott spends time on the rails at Cheltenham and Towcester

TALES FROM THE BETTING RING
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL TRIALS DAY 27TH JAN 2018
It looked a bit thin at Cheltenham early on, as well as cold and wet, or was that because of? At least that was the pessimistic view. By the first race what we’d always known became apparent, National Hunt fans are a hardy lot and started teeming out of the bars impervious to the weather.
Sadly, the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle wasn’t a scintillating betting heat with Apple’s Shakira a prohibitively hot favourite to all but the seemi...