'There's a bit of expectation going into Cheltenham now - but that means something's been going right'

As he lines up at the start for the Arkle on the first afternoon of the Cheltenham Festival, Harry Skelton's sole focus will be on engineering victory for L'Eau Du Sud in one of the showpiece races of the meeting. Majborough will be in his sights, the rest of the field in his peripheral vision, the win his sole motivation, as it will be throughout the week.

Away from the big stage, however, there's far more going on in the 35-year-old's head than might meet the eye.

Young son Rory, fast approaching his first birthday, is never far from the front of his mind, but probably doesn't quite grasp the importance of the week at this stage, so perhaps he can safely be left to do whatever it is that babies do.