Colm Greaves: Long road to the fantasy Gold Cup

Another huge day of racing is in store at the Cheltenham festival on Thursday.

LEADING THE WAY: Weatherbys Champion Bumper, John Gleeson on A Dream To Share celebrates winning. Pic Credit ©INPHO/Tom Maher.

Two days later the dust has yet to settle on the emotional rollercoaster that was Tuesday and what Ruby Walsh described as “simply the best 40 minutes I have ever seen in horse racing.” 

While Honeysuckle heads off to motherhood the plans for Constitution Hill are still unclear. He has three options. Stay hurdling, go novice chasing or bypass a novice campaign altogether and go straight for the Champion Chase as a prelude to an assault on the Gold Cup the following year. If by some magic Nicky Henderson chooses the latter, and he probably won’t, Thursday's two Grade One chases could be harbouring a couple of future Gold Cup foes.