WHEN I settled down, after what was an astonishing first day of Cheltenham, I began to reflect on all of the miserable days I suffered over the previous four months.

Aegean Dawn could still make the Cheltenham Festival despite a setback during the week that forced him out of the Paddy Power Imperial Cup at Sandown.

Last season’s Supreme Novices’ Hurdle runner-up Get Me Out Of Here will carry top-weight in The Ladbroke on Saturday – if the meeting survives the weather.