This afternoon’s Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase could hardly be more puzzling for punters, the essential difficulty not in reading the form, but gauging/guessing the well-being of the market leaders, Sprinter Sacre and Sire De Grugy.

Willie Mullins warns that Champagne Fever may need the race, but the grey is still the choice to land the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel this afternoon.

Annie Power versus Big Buck’s promises one of the great battles of the week in the Ladbrokes’ World Hurdle at Cheltenham this afternoon.

If there was a massive celebration for Irish punters after the Supreme Novices' then it was a case of desolation after Champagne Fever's defeat by 33-1 shot, Western Warhorse, in the Racing Post Arkle Trophy.