Cheltenham Festival was a glorious advert for the skills of smaller trainers - it's time more owners put their faith in them
Peter Scargill with a simple proposal to enhance jumping's showpiece
Since the end of last week’s Cheltenham Festival we have all been asking ourselves what can be done to make next year’s meeting even better: a further tweak to the racing programme here, an effective way to stop the overcharging by hotels there.
However, I have an idea for a change that would not only make the festival better, but improve the whole of the jumps season. It is so simple and only requires owners to remove their blinkers, ditch their 'FOMO' and use their imagination a little more than they have done in recent years: trust smaller trainers.
What better example can there have been as to the virtues of a wide range of jumps trainers than this year’s festival?
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