Cheltenham flaw: Like Liverpool and Real Madrid playing Europa because better chance of winning it than Champions League

Three things we will learn on Thursday at Cheltenham.

Wodhooh and Jack Kennedy win for owners The Sundowners Partnership and trainer Gordon Elliott. Pic: Healy Racing

Intermediate Distance races – yes or no?

The Ryan Air Chase, or the Festival Trophy to give its formal title, comes of age today when it celebrates its 21st birthday with an interesting duel between the increasingly lovable Jonbon and last year’s winner, Fact To File. Jonbon, a younger brother of the great Douvan, rarely puts a in a bad shift at the office. Now a ten-year-old he has won twenty races and been placed in the other seven, collecting the guts of €2 million in prizemoney along the way.