Dan Skelton’s The New Lion will look to buck both trends in Wednesday’s opener, the Turners Novices’ Hurdle, against a strong Irish challenge that is headed by Final Demand, a hugely impressive winner ...

Nocturnal landscapes and cityscapes illuminated by silvery, crescent moons, ruined cottages covered in tangles of undergrowth and anxious figures sheltering in shadowy woodlands and bombed-out streets ...