Cheltenham report card: A for drama, room for improvement elsewhere

The Festival retains its magic and ability to thrill but there are obvious areas of weakness
Cheltenham report card: A for drama, room for improvement elsewhere

SMART PROSPECT: The New Lion and Harry Skelton win the Turners Novices' Hurdle from The Yellow Clay. Picture: Healy Racing 

On-course drama 

Solid A, if only for the most extraordinary running of Tuesday’s Champion Hurdle in living memory. The odds-on Constitution Hill’s departure at the fifth drew the biggest gasp of the week from the stands, while State Man’s fall at the last with a second successive title within sight prompted the biggest groan. 

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