Now's the time to back Galopin Des Champs for Cheltenham glory

The great champion has raced stuffily first time out in recent years and he is likely to improve massively for his Christmas retun

ENCOURAGING RETURN: Paul Townend onboard Galopin Des Champs after the Savills Chase at Leopardstown last month.  Picture: Tom Maher/Inpho

Contestants on some of the fancy-dan TV cookery competitions often believe that ‘deconstructing’ traditional dishes will shorten their odds of winning the whole thing. 

For instance, for a seafood chowder they might serve up a bowl of shellfish beside a boiled potato, a darne of salmon, streaky bacon dressed with a sprig of parsley and a jug of warmed double cream to pour over it all. They learn to their cost that life doesn’t need to be that complicated, to keep it simple, stupid.