Cheltenham bewitched by sheer Mastery

Master Minded successfully defended his Seasons Holidays Champion Chase crown at Cheltenham to become the first horse since Viking Flagship in 1995 to retain the two-mile championship.

The ’wow factor’ of his devastating 19-length romp 12 months ago may have been missing, but the highest-rated horse in training still treated the National Hunt diehards to a master class in jumping.