Cheltenham results

Excitement is sweeping the Cotswolds ahead of the four-day equine extravaganza at Prestbury Park.

IN-PLAY 16:10 Cheltenham - Mares' Hurdle He added: "It's a fairytale ending isn't it? It's what you dream of happening and more often than not it doesn't but today it has and it means a lot to all of us. She's a credit to everyone and it's brilliant." An amazing few years." Metamorpheous - is actually closely related to Flat star Frankel and is respected given Paul Nolan trained one of the first winners of this race. Bad has a first start for Ben Pauling and as a winner in France, he should have few issues with the conditions. Perseus Way has been consistent throughout his career with Gary Moore. Not the easiest of races to get a handle on and the early money upon confirmation of weights was for Tekao - who looks to have been laid out for this prize. PREVIEW: 16:50 Cheltenham - Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle IN-PLAY: 16:50 Cheltenham - Boodles' Juvenile Handicap Hurdle RESULT: 16:50 Cheltenham - Boodles' Juvenile Handicap Hurdle

The Champion Hurdle is the big attraction on the opening day, aptly named Champion Day, and Constitution Hill is aiming to secure his status as one of the all- ...

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Day one was a memorable one for Irish horses, trainers and jockeys, in particularly Henry de Bromhead and Rachael Blackmore.

Runners are on their way to post for the penulitmate race. Honeysuckle and Love Envoi jumped the last upsides but Honeysuckle was not to be denied. Once O'Sullivan got a hold of him at the back of the last he had a very willing partner and they powered up the hill to win in a thrilling finish. That left the race in the lap of Chemical Energy who took the lead. He jumped the last a few lengths down but stayed in strongly to win cosy at the line. Jazzy Matty travelled well into the straight but was headed by the Willie Mullins trained Risk Belle jumping the last. El Fabiolo got the dream run up the rail turning in and was not to bet in the Arkle. Corach Rambler got back to winnings ways, winning back-to-back renewals of the Ultima. After Mahler Mission departed at the second last, Mullins was left with Chemical Energy to catch. Without doubt the highlight of the day was Honeysuckle going out in style winning the Mares' Hurdle with her partner Rachael Blackmore. Constitution Hill gave odds on backers very little moments of doubt throughout the race and ran out an impressive winner. Proceedings got underway with the Barry Connell trained runner Marine National sparkling in the Supreme giving Michael O'Sullivan his first Festival winner and he did not have to wait long to get his second the board.

All the results you need to know from day one of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival, including the feature race Champion Hurdle, on an exhilarating day.

Fastorslow 7-1 - (FR), J. Marine Nationale 9-2- (IRE), M. Celebrate the biggest racing week of the year- the Cheltenham Festival. J. M. You can find the full results from the first day of the Cheltenham Festival below:

Constitution Hill wins the Champion Hurdle with a memorable performance to triumph by nine lengths at the Cheltenham Festival while Honeysuckle lands the ...

The first eight home were trained in Ireland. We know Jack is always with us and I'm sure he was here on Rachael's shoulder. "It's just a massive result. Racecards, live text, results & reports on the BBC Sport website & app She's just an amazing mare," said De Bromhead. Another loss in the Irish Champion Hurdle seemed to indicate her star was on the wane, but she delighted the Cheltenham crowd with her fourth victory at the Festival, having also won the Mares' Hurdle in 2020.

El Fabiolo will win the race, but as regards to having a bet I'd prefer Saint Roi each-way at 8/1 with the nine runners. With Dysart Dynamo in there, the three ...

With Dysart Dynamo in there, the three of these are going to go hard and there’s no way the three of them are going to keep going and I think Saint Roi will come and pick up the pieces.” Facile Vega had looked well placed but just couldn’t quite kick on up the final straight. “Unbelievable,” O’Sullivan says to ITV. “I put my neck above the parapet about six months ago when I said this horse was a weapon,” trainer Barry Connell says. He’s a future star.” “El Fabiolo has shown us he can clout one and knows exactly how to save himself, so you’d have to be with that.

Edwardstone, last year's Arkle winner, looks to be the biggest threat to the double. The first race is the Novices' Hurdle (1.30pm), for which Impaire Et Passe ...

I don’t think the horse understands how good he is, to be honest." "He was good and brave. He added: "I was surprised myself how I was over the last two fences. He has that bit of class, you could run him over two miles, two and a half miles. He has that bit of speed when you want it." "It just worked out, he gave him a brilliant, cool ride.

The Cheltenham Festival enters its second day with Energumene and Edwardstone facing off in the day's feature race, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, ...

A racecourse spokesperson said: “Sadly Malinello sustained an injury in the final race of the day. It was a fairytale start for Rachael Blackmore on day one thanks to her victory with Honeysuckle in the Mares' Hurdle. Paul Townend is once again booked in for some big rides today, taking the saddle of both Sir Gerhard and Energumene. Here is a run through of the racecard. It wasn’t the strongest of races. He has been impressive at home and his win at Punchestown was very good in terms of the manner of how he won. One of the most prestigious National Hunt Meetings of the calendar is not to be missed…and we’ve got a bumper week of amazing content and great reader offers. He's a classy horse, and he deserves to take his chance in a race like this.” That was then followed by a [fairytale swansong for Honeysuckle](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/cheltenham-festival-honeysuckle-rachael-blackmore-29458121) and Rachael Blackmore in the Mares' Hurdle. Celebrate the biggest racing week of the year- the Cheltenham Festival. There might not be an obligation to be dressed up in your finest, but thanks to long-time tradition it’s a chance to don your very best outfits at one of the finest racecourses around. It looks to be a perfectly matched battle between Britain and Ireland.

Edwardstone and Energumene could get the pulses racing as they face off in the Champion Chase, which takes centre stage, on the second day of the Cheltenham ...

Captain Teague, Harry Cobden Greaneteen, Harry Cobden Elsewhere on day two there is still plenty for punters to get stuck into as two Gordon Elliot charges go head-to-head in the Cross Country Chase at 4.10pm. Hermes Allen, Harry Cobden Defending champion Energumene will face six rivals, including Alan King’s Edwardstone, as he hopes to repeat his efforts when he shone last year for Willie Mullins. Those two storylines undoubtedly got people excited in what was an electric start to the four-day festival.

“Patrick Mullins may well have got it right and I'd be with Fact To File.” Chris Wilson15 March 2023 12:55.

She puts her head down, ears back and she just wants it. I just about had it in her. Spanish Harlem is near the back as the halfway marker arrives and looks to be struggling. Imagine is well placed too on the outside. This is going to be a heated finish. He ups the pace and storms to victory!

The 2023 Cheltenham Festival continues this afternoon with seven more races. The Champion Chase is the feature contest on day two and sees the Willie ...

The writing was on the wall along way from home as Energumene jumped his way to the front three out and never came out of fourth gear. The final race on the card went the way of the John Kiely trained runner, A Dream To Share. He travelled strongly through the race and once he hit the front the only danger was the fences ahead of him. Once he got safely over that fence there was little doubt in the result. The second last of the day is the Grand Annual Handicap Chase. A superb round of jumping put his rivals to the sword early in the race and he had just enough reserved in tank to hold on. Galvin went on to finish second with Franco De Port a distant third. Thyme White looked like he was going to play a big part in the finish before coming down two out. The races complexion changed at the second last as Thyme White came down and Dinoblue made a terrible mistake, that being said they would have had a big task on their plate to beat the mare. Take a look at the Energumene travelled strongly throughout and besides a slight scare at the third last, favourite backers had very little to worry about. Racing got underway with the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle.

Honeysuckle (9/4) beat Love Envoi and Queens Brook to win the Close Brothers Mares Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on her final career start for Henry de ...

"It's been a really tough year and to finish like that with her is just incredible. Rachael was brilliant on her and she jumped brilliantly. She knew where she was and she read the script.

Blackmore followed up her Cheltenham success by winning Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle on board Honeysuckle. The Irish jockey entered this year's competition ...

Or I presume it is the ending!" "She was unbelievable," Blackmore remarked after the victory, "the way Henry has produced her every day is phenomenal. It was a great day one at The Cheltenham Festival as the Irish were victorious thanks to a Michael O'Sullivan and Rachel Blackmore masterclass.

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He had it right and the horse loved the ground and jumping. It was his third win from three starts at the course. He was just brilliant on the day and Paul was just brilliant on him.” “He wanted to be away fast and that is the way the race worked out. That ended up in the bookmaker’s pocket when Douvan finished seventh, tame and lame. Bloom is a punter with the Midas touch.

The opening day of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival sees Constitution Hill bid to cement his status as the best in the business in the Champion Hurdle, while there ...

We’ve also got exclusive columns from the likes of ITV Racing expert Matt Chapman and former jockey Mick Fitzgerald, who rattled in five winners on the first day of last year’s Festival. You can also visit our snazzy Results page for the full breakdown. We move onto the final day and the Gold Cup as Galopin Des Champs bids to justify the hype.

The 2023 Cheltenham festival got off to an incredible start. Here are your Cheltenham results from the second day of the racing.

What a day for the 23-year-old. [Killenaule's Rachael Blackmore gave the horse a heroic ride](https://www.balls.ie/horse-racing/honeysuckle-mares-hurdle-cheltenham-2023-546447) and after the race paid tribute to Jack de Bromhead, the late son of Honeysuckle's trainer Henry de Bromhead ( [she also got a nice dig in to Matt Chapman](https://www.balls.ie/horse-racing/rachael-blackmore-honeysuckle-cheltenham-546462)). Jack passed away in September in a freak riding accident and his father [paid an emotional tribute to him after the race](https://twitter.com/RacingTV/status/1635684753906053126). Check out the rough finish below. Cork's D.J O'Keeffe on Maskada takes first for Henry De Bromhead after a race littered with mistakes. Delta Work is just two good for Galvin in a Gordon Elliot 1,2 . They saw out second place Rachel Blackmore on Captain Guinness comfortably The Willie Mullins win makes it a 1,2 for the Irish in today's flagship race and a second consecutive Champion Chase for Mullins. Another tantalisingly close finish in the Coral cup, with a threeway race between Camprond, Langer Dan and An Epic Song to get over the line. - Bronn 50/1 Could Impaire Et Passe be good enough to take on Constitution Hill? This post will be updated throughout the day with all the Cheltenham results. Day Two of the Cheltenham Festival is upon us.

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It's the only race in the Cheltenham Festival to not run on the main Cheltenham racecourse. Hello and welcome to Sportsmail's live blog for day two of the Cheltenham Festival. The Queen Mother Champion Chase is regarded as the most prestigious two-mile chase in Britain and Ireland. He disappointed in the Savills Chase but the prospect of better ground on the X-Country course should suit. I was impressed with him and he looks a value bet in the Brown Advisory contest. This season’s Paul Nicholls-trained winner Hermes Alle n looks well up to that standard and he can prove that in the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle. It was a performance that told you this six-year-old gelding had the talent to win at the biggest festival of all. Last season, Sir Gerhard was an impressive winner of the Ballymore and he made a winning debut over fences. It was great to finally get a Champion Chase last year and I think in the Clarence House he just needed the run over those different style of fences. This is my first ride at the Festival and it's all a bit surreal.' It is a teaming up of the generations. The ground then was good to soft in places and with rain expected every day between now and Friday.

Read how it all unfolded as Constitution Hill justified all the hype in the Champion Hurdle and Honeysuckle left the stage after an emotional victory.

A full look at the race card for day one of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival, including the Champion Hurdle.

2nd: Fastorslow 2nd: Jonbon 2nd: Facile

Wednesday's feature event is the Champion Chase but there are another six races on the Festival's second day. Get live updates with Tony Paley.

Jazzy Matty, in the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle, is the only winner at double-figure odds so far, and the Coral Cup (2.50) and perhaps the Grand Annual (4.50) probably offer the layers the best chance for an upset today. Picks for the five races on ITV today are There is even a little bit of football rivalry thrown in ahead of the M23 Derby at the Amex Stadium tonight, as Energumene is owned by the Brighton chairman, Tony Bloom, while Editeur Du Gite runs in the red and blue colours of Steve Preston, a lifelong Crystal Palace fan. The feature event, in fact, is the only race on the second afternoon at Cheltenham in which British-trained runners are in the majority, with five out of seven. But they may not have many better chances than today, when Edwardstone, the narrow market leader in the Queen Mother Champion Chase, is likely to be the only British-trained favourite on the card and Ireland will supply around 60% of the runners. back in 2004 when Cheltenham also clashed with that prime Westminster event it caused quite a bit of controversy … Neither horse’s form has reached the level of Gerri Colombe’s, however, and nor do they look quite so likely to improve for this extended three-mile trip. An unbeaten favourite at odds-against could well prove irresistible for many punters here, as Gerri Colombe, who is seven-from-seven under Rules, steps up to the three-mile trip which his latest win in the Grade One Scilly Isles Chase suggests he is screaming for. Well that was interesting in the light of Paul Nicholls’ comments before the first race. There has also been a fairly even split between British- and Irish-trained winners, which makes it even more difficult to narrow things down, with five apiece over the last 10 years, although Ireland have had 98 runners in that time against the home team’s 159. With all due respect to the outsiders of the seven-strong field, it looks very much like a three-horse race for the two-mile chasers’ championship event, and thus a repeat of the Clarence House Chase in January, which switched to Cheltenham after being frozen off at its traditional home at Ascot. It also teed up the magnificent Tiger Roll for his Grand National wins in 2018 and 2019, and almost provided him with the perfect send-off when he was touched off by his stable companion, Delta Work, 12 months ago.

The Champion Chase is the feature contest on day two and sees the Willie Mullins-trained Energumene defend his crown after his victory in the race 12 months ago ...

Camprond had a handy lead turning into the straight but a slow jump at the last gave Langer Dan and An Epic Song a chance. The writing was on the wall along way from home as Energumene jumped his way to the front three out and never came out of fourth gear. He travelled strongly through the race and once he hit the front the only danger was the fences ahead of him. Once he got safely over that fence there was little doubt in the result. [#CheltenhamFestival] [pic.twitter.com/IQOpg5iXj8] [March 15, 2023] [#CheltenhamFestival] [pic.twitter.com/AcyhXNRGQ1] [March 15, 2023] Snow Leopardess leads with Delta Work within striking distance back in third. [#CheltenhamFestival] [pic.twitter.com/Q7RwxqedIh] [March 15, 2023] Galvin went on to finish second with Franco De Port a distant third. [#CheltenhamFestival] [pic.twitter.com/4dpESjEZve] [March 15, 2023] A big field set to head to post. The second last of the day is the Grand Annual Handicap Chase.