If only Annie Power had stayed up!

It has rained overnight. This I construe as good news for Djakadam, my Gold Cup fancy. 

Is he too young at six years of age? Well, Long Run triumphed at the same age so I tell myself he probably isn’t. More pressingly, is winning the Thyestes at Gowran Park any signpost to winning the blue riband of National Hunt racing?

On the face of it no, but the rain means today will be a slog, as three miles at Gowran Park in the depths of January invariably is. Also, Djakadam has Ruby and Willie on his side, which is more or less the same as having God rooting for him. All told, what more could one ask for? Someone Facebooks me from Cheltenham.