Statement from Simon Cox, TBA Trustee and Chairman of the National Hunt Committee

"The TBA and its National Hunt Committee welcomes the recent announcement regards the changes to the Cheltenham Festival. We were delighted to have been consulted and the changes have been professionally handled.

 “The Committee are particularly encouraged to see that the mares programme remains intact, and that the removal of the penalty structure to the Ryanair Mares' Novices' Hurdle is a further enhancement which will help to secure the future of the breed.”