Try a drop of Whisky

Last Tuesday you had to wonder whether Hurricane Fly continued to be blessed with four legs.

The manner in which he was drifting for the Champion Hurdle was quite alarming, as players on Betfair began to fall over themselves to lay the horse.

And then the high street bookmakers started to follow suit and we were left with offers of 5-2, something that would have been unthinkable a week earlier.