Colm Greaves: looking for the rub of the green at Cheltenham
Punters watch the early stages of the Jack De Bromhead Mares' Novices' Hurdle during day three of the Cheltenham Racing Festival at Prestbury Park on Thursday. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile
The Triumph Hurdle (1.30) was traditionally a big field cavalry charge but the addition of the Fred Winter Handicap for juveniles in 2005 completely altered the look and feel of the race and it is now a much more predictable, high-grade contest.
