It felt more like midsummer than mid-November here on Sunday, and the combination of a bright, low sun and unusually quick ground played havoc with the final day of Cheltenham’s second-biggest meeting of the year.
With Edwardstone, last year’s Arkle Trophy winner, scratched from the Shloer Chase, Nube Negra was left with an exercise gallop at odds of 1-10 to land a £57,000 first prize, while three of the eight hurdles were omitted from both the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle and the Supreme Novice Hurdle Trial.
