This isn't the Breeders Cup for heaven's sake . The CGC would never be the last race for the reasons reet identifies. After the 2008 gales blew away the Wednesday card for some reason Edward Gillespie decided that it was better for the feature race to be the fourth rather than the third race on the card . That was and always has been an error as it means that on every day except the Thursday there is a drop off in quality for the third race on the card before the fourth .
In my view , the feature race should return to being the third - we would get that Big Bang of the Supreme, Arkle Champion again for a start . On the Friday that would allow the County Hurdle to return to its traditional spot as the last race on the card . I would shove the Martin Pipe up the card to follow the Gold Cup so everyone could have a drink or a cup of tea , then end Foxhunters, the Plate and the County Hurdle and move the Grand Annual to Thursdays card which has too many 2m 5f chases already.