Bookmakers narrowly avoided a £50 million wipeout yesterday as a fall at the final hurdle saved the men in trilbies from their worst day in Cheltenham history.
With Ruby Walsh seemingly cruising to his fourth win in a row on a favourite, Annie Power’s tumble in the Mares’ Hurdle ruined countless accumulators and cut the industry’s losses on the day from £50 million to less than £10 million.