Harry Skelton riding Protektorat bemoans the ante-post odds stacked against battered punters

With the turn of the year ahead, all thoughts quite unnaturally will turn to the Cheltenham Festival, mind you that has been the case for many since the end of the third week of March 2024!
Most punters feel that the ante-post markets are dead and offer little or no value, but the situation is wider, deeper and highly more worrying than just pigeon-holing that one category of betting.
Firstly, even within the industry, betting is frowned upon and the layers lead the way! Yes we all know that chec...