Lynch the hero of the hour in Champion

The more you think about the two-mile champion Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday, the more you realise that Andrew Lynch emerged as the hero of the hour.

It really was a mess, literally from start to finish, and only for Lynch finally making the correct decision, to swerve the last fence aboard Sizing Europe, this would have descended into complete farce.

We know there were three dolls placed across the obstacle originally and then they were all moved to one side in an effort, apparently, to offer maximum protection to the stricken Richard Johnson.