JLT has its place and has thrown some very good winners during its brief tenure on the calendar.
It doesn’t look a vintage Arkle at this stage, but it’s very early days in the season, and too early to be writing the race off, I reckon. Regardless, it’s not a reason to yank the JLT, which is a legitimate event in its own right, and whose runners would likely be also-rans in the main, over the minimum-trip.