Earlier this week Cheltenham announced six changes to the race programme for the 2025 Festival as well as moves to enhance the customer experience.
But what was missing? What other changes, if any, would you have made?
Email your thoughts to racingfeedback@sportinglife.com, while the Timeform and Sporting Life team have their say below.
Dan Barber
Cheltenham’s desire to change should be applauded. But did they tackle the race most responsible for drawing big players away from the biggest prizes?
The clash with Punchestown’s equivalent Grade One can’t be ignored, but aim to tempt the best mares to take in a Supreme, Champion or Stayers’ Hurdle at the Festival first while still providing them the option of a Grade One against their own sex a month later by moving the David Nicholson and Dawn Run to the two-day Cheltenham April fixture, with the obvious bonus of bolstering that later meeting with a couple of clear figurehead races …