In the heel of the Hunt, it’s a problem that doesn’t exist

Jamie Codd and Le Breuil (far side ) on the way to winning the National Hunt Challenge Amateur Riders’ Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham last year. The race now looks like getting a reprieve having looked likely to be axed from the Festival this time last year. Picture: Alan Crowhurst

There is growing commercial pressure to extend the Cheltenham Festival by an extra day and race on the Saturday.