Dun yer money!

SO, the world didn’t stop turning then.

For a while there, that seemed to be one of the more absurd consequences if Dunguib didn’t do what we all expected and romp effortlessly to victory in the opening Supreme Novices Hurdle.

Life goes on - for the punters who had backed him so heavily, for Paddy Power who stood to lose £4m had he won and for Brian O’Connell, the jockey who will swap Cheltenham for Down Royal today.

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