Mug's Game: Back in the Cheltenham hunt with forgotten bet

Am I sorry that I didn't cash out that lucky 15 when it was far more profitable than it turned out to be? Not in the least. 

BACK IN THE GAME: Stellar Story finishing second to Lecky Watson in the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase sparked some hope for your correspondent. Pic: David Davies for The Jockey Club/PA Wire.

Yesterday’s column, you may recall, was filed from Middle Ireland rather than Benidorm. Seems yourselves and meself were among the few poor eejits stuck in this part of the world. The Guardian, knowing a good idea when they see one, despatched a crack operative to the Alicante municipality to give us the lowdown on Cotswolds-on-Benidorm.

Turns out that for many of the hotels and bars there Cheltenham week is nothing less than “the most lucrative date in the calendar”. There’s even a pub that doubles as a bookie’s and less than an hour after opening on Tuesday morning the betting slips had run out. In another bar across the road a group had been in since 8.30am, six hours before the Supreme Novices Hurdle, to bag the best table.