Cheltenham Festival changes: What would you tweak? [Video]

But what was missing? What other changes, if any, would you have made?

Email your thoughts to [email protected], 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 …