Agree ERL. It has already been an incredible season for the Skelton team and will be even more so if they break the £5 million barrier.
I have mixed feelings about the way Skeltons manage to get their horses so well handicapped but I suppose they can’t really be blamed for gaming a system which allows them to get away with it.
Mullins will continue to dominate Cheltenham for a while yet but I doubt he will even think about the Championship again if Skelton maintains this sort of standard.
At least Henderson had two Cheltenham winners but Nicholls looks to be miles off the pace now. He might slip even further behind now he is losing his prime asset to McManus.
I noticed Jonathan Burke has split from Feargal O’Brien. It made me wonder if he might take over at Ditcheat.