Cheltenham 2024 live - Results and Day Three tips as Mullins lands 100th winner

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That's all we've got time for today. But be sure to join us bright and early tomorrow as we keep you up to date with all the latest from Day Three of the Cheltenham Festival.

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From the Ryanair Chase to the Stayers' Hurdle, our chief racing correspondent David Yates has got you covered.

Check out our Cheltenham Day Three tips in full here!

Mullins reacts after 100th winner

Willie Mullins has been reacting to Jasmin De Vaux's big win - his 100th winner at the Cheltenham Festival.

He said: “It’s a wonderful day, it’s fantastic. As much I enjoy what’s happening, I think of my colleague and fellow trainer Nicky Henderson and what’s happened with his yard this week.

“That’s always a worry that we have in the two or three weeks coming up to Cheltenham, that something will come in and bite you from outside. As much as we’re enjoying it, I don’t know how he must be feeling.

“You want competition and it must be gutting for him. You’d like good opposition to have fun with because I’m sure he would have beaten us a few times this week.”

Jasmin De Vaux wins!

Jasmin De Vaux has won the Champion Bumper to make it 100 Cheltenham festival winners for trainer Willie Mullins.

Romeo Coolio battled hard but was pipped in the final furlongs by Jasmin De Vaux, who wins the final race of the day.

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Champion Bumper - latest odds

Jalon D'oudairies - 10/3

Jasmin De Vaux - 4/1

You Oughta Know - 13/2

The Yellow Clay - 7/1

Cantico - 10/1

Bill Joyce - 10/1

Fleur Au Fusil - 12/1

Teeshan - 14/1

Argento Boy - 20/1

Royal Infantry - 20/1

C'est Ta Chance - 22/1

Romeo Coolio - 22/1

Sixmilebridge - 25/1

Quebecois - 50/1

Sounds Victorious - 66/1

Fishery Lane - 80/1

Stavvy - 100/1

Union Avenue - 150/1

Dirty Den - 150/1

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NEWSBOY’S 1-2-3: 1 JASMIN DE VAUX, 2 JALON D’OUDAIRIES, 3 TEESHAN.

Jasmin De Vaux has plenty going for him as he seeks to extend Willie Mullins’ record in the race to 13.

Stuart Crawford trained the five-year-old when he had his sole start on the point-to-point at Loughanmore in Co Antrim last April.

Jasmin De Vaux won by five lengths that day, and had moved to Closutton - and into the ‘double green’ ownership of Simon Munir and Isaac Souede - when contesting a 12-runner bumper at Naas at the end of January.

Punters who backed Patrick Mullins’ mount into 4-11 barely had an anxious moment as Jasmin De Vaux came home a yawning 15 lengths to the good of His Nibs, impressing the clock watchers with his finishing effort.

Mullins jnr has opted to keep the partnership intact - he has the choice of nine stablemates - and, with any amount of progress to come on his second outing under Rules, Jasmin De Vaux is expected to vindicate that choice.

Jalon D’Oudairies , impressive in landing bumpers at Fairyhouse and Leopardstown, has a significant ‘up’ side, as have You Oughta Know , Romeo Coolio and Teeshan .

Unexpected Party wins the Grand Annual!

It's another winner for Dan Skelton as Unexpected Party beats the field in the Grand Annual.

Libberty Hunter finished in second with Path D'oroux taking third place.

Grand Annual - here we go!

We are about to get underway in our penultimate race of the day. Who will join over previous victors in the winner's enclosure come 5pm...

Grand Annual - latest odds

Saint Roi - 5/1

Sa Fureur - 11/2

Libberty Hunter - 5/1

Madara - 6/1

Unexpected Party - 9/1

Maskada - 10/1

Path D'oroux - 11/1

Solness - 14/1

Harper's Brook - 18/1

Hardy Du Seil - 16/1

Calico - 28/1

The King of Prs - 28/1

Triple Trade - 33/1

The Folks Tiara - 33/1

Frere D'armes - 33/1

Gemirande - 40/1

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NEWSBOY’S 1-2-3: 1 SOLNESS, 2 MADARA, 3 MASKADA.

Solness is capable of giving a good account of himself at rewarding odds.

To get his head in front today, Joseph O’Brien’s six-year-old must reverse Leopardstown running with Madara and Path D’Oroux , who finished ahead of him in the two-mile, one-furlong handicap chase at the Dublin Racing Festival.

But there are reasons for thinking Solness, who was beaten six and a half lengths by the winner, can gain his revenge. For a start, JJ Slevin’s partner enjoys an 8lb swing with the winner, and is 4lb better off with the runner-up.

A mistake at the fifth-last didn’t help the usually sound-jumping gelding’s cause, but Solness, who had raced on the wide outside for most of the way, came home well and still has more to give on his ninth attempt over fences.

Maskada won this race 12 months ago and can’t be dismissed from 8lb higher in the weights, while Sa Fureur and Dancing On My Own also merit a second look.

Captain Guinness wins the Champion Chase

Captain Guinness has won the Queen Mother Champion Chase.

The red-hot favourite El Fabiolo was pulled up after an early mistake paving the way for Captain Guinness, ridden by Rachel Blackmore, to take the glory.

A stunner in the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase!

An early mistake from El Fabiolo sees Captain Guinness and @rachaelblackmor take full advantage for @HenrydeBromhead #ITVRacing | #CheltenhamFestival pic.twitter.com/TG6gEt5VQg

— ITV Racing (@itvracing) March 13, 2024

Champion Chase odds

El Fabiolo - 1/4

Edwardstone - 7/1

Captain Guiness - 8/1

Gentleman De Mee - 25/1

Elixir De Nuts - 40/1

Funamble Sivola - 50/1

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The Champion Chase is about to get underway...

We're nearly ready to go in the Champion Chase.

El-Fabiolo comes into the race as the favourite, but can he get the job done...

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NEWSBOY’S 1-2-3: 1 EDWARDSTONE, 2 EL FABIOLO, 3 CAPTAIN GUINNESS

Edwardstone needs to continue his career refurb to figure - but can do just that.

A four-and-a-half-length supremacy in the Arkle Challenge Trophy of two years ago appeared the springboard to great things for the Alan King-trained 10-year-old. Edwardstone reappeared last season with a nine-length victory in the Grade 1 Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown Park nine months later - but then things went awry.

A mid-race unseat as the 2-5 favourite for the Grade 2 Desert Orchid Chase won by Editeur Du Gite at Kempton Park that Christmas was followed by a head defeat to the same rival in the top-level Clarence House Chase at Cheltenham in January 2023.

Edwardstone came home a tailed-off last of five finishers in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at last season’s Cheltenham Festival and had no excuses with seconds to Jonbon in the Grade 2 Shloer Chase at Cheltenham and back at Sandown when defending his Tingle Creek Chase title on his first two outings this winter.

A move up to two and a half miles at Kempton Park in mid-January didn’t work but Edwardstone roarded back to form with an all-the-way, 40-length humbling of Funambule Sivola in Newbury’s Grade 2 Game Spirit Chase last time out.

The form of that race is vulnerable to close inspection - Boothill and Amarillo Sky set out but didn’t finish - but Edwardstone is given the chance to build on it and atone for his no-show last March.

El Fabiolo has earned his red-hot favourite’s status but won’t always get away with taking the odd liberty at his fences.

Langer Dan wins the Coral Cup

Langer Dan has won the Coral Cup, becoming the first horse to ever win the race for a second time!

Rachael Blackmore finishes second on Ballyadam, followed by Shanbally Kid and Lucky Place.

Coral Cup begins

And the Coral Cup is underway...

Latest odds

Ballyadam - 9/1

NON-RUNNER

De Capo Glory - 22/1

Beacon Edge - 28/1

NON-RUNNER

Might I - 14/1

Brazil - 22/1

Finest Evermore - 100/1

Mark Of Gold - 28/1

Langer Dan - 8/1

Jigoro - 12/1

Sa Majeste - 11/2

Western Fold - 25/1

Built By Ballymore - 4/1

Benson - 66/1

Franciscan Rock - 50/1

Lucky Place - 20/1

Guard Your Dreams - 22/1

Shambally Kid - 12/1

Lombron - 50/1

Doddiethegreat - 9/1

Rambo T - 28/1

NON-RUNNER

Black Bamboo - 14/1

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NEWSBOY’S 1-2-3: 1 BUILT BY BALLYMORE, 2 DODDIETHEGREAT, 3 BRAZIL.

Built by Ballymore is an improving hurdler who looks up to making a winning start in the handicap sphere.

There wasn’t much to write home about in the son of Flemensfirth’s first two attempts over hurdles - they resulted in down-the-field finishes at Leopardstown and Naas.

But my selection made it third time lucky in emphatic style with a 12-length margin in a Limerick maiden hurdle over Christmas.

And Built By Ballymore went in by the same margin in a novice event at Punchestown a month later.

More is needed from a rating of 139, but it will be a surprise if trainer Martin Brassil can’t burnish this six-year-old’s raw talent for a good while yet.

The application of cheekpieces is the right move for a horse who can race lethargically, and Built By Ballymore can ease the pain of An Epic Song’s narrow defeat for the same connections 12 months ago.

Threats come from every corner in a wide-open Coral Cup, with Doddiethegreat , Ballyadam , Brazil and last year’s winner Langer Dan just four horses capable of having a say.

Mark Walsh speaks

"He jumped and travelled so well, he took me down the hill, I didn’t want to go too soon," winning jockey Mark Walsh told ITV. "This is a class horse now. The decision to go straight to fences was class. Hopefully we have a good one on our hands."

Fact To File wins the Novices' Chase

Fact To File has won the Novices' Chase, with Willie Mullins getting his second winner of the day!

Monty's Star finishes second, while Giovinco is third.

Novices' Chase begins

And the Novices' Chase is underway...

Latest odds

American Mike - 7/1

Fact To File - 8/13

Giovinco - 40/1

Monty's Star - 13/2

Sandor Clegane - 14/1

Stay Away Fay - 13/2

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NEWSBOY’S 1-2-3: 1 STAY AWAY FAY, 2 FACT TO FILE, 3 AMERICAN MIKE.

Stay Away Fay looks sure to go well in his quest for a second Cheltenham Festival success.

The Paul Nicholls-trained son of Shantou, who relished the soft ground to lift the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle 12 months ago, got the job done as the 5-6 favourite for a novice chase at Exeter in November, and doubled up at Grade 2 level at Sandown Park in December with a length-and-a-half margin from Giovinco.

My selection lost his unbeaten record over the larger obstacles when stepping into open company for the Grade 2 Cotswold Chase on Cheltenham’s Trials Day card at the end of January, going under by three and a half lengths to Capodanno, with The Real Whacker splitting the pair.

That defeat shouldn’t be held against Stay Away Fay - the front pair are contenders for Grade 1 honours in the second half of the week - and, now fitted with cheekpieces, tHarry Cobden’s mount should relish this test.

Fact To File , a warm order after recording a good time in finishing alone for the Grade 1 Ladbrokes Novice Chase at Leopardstown last month, is feared, ahead of Monty’s Star and American Mike .

Paul Townend speaks

"He's blown them out the water," Townend said after riding his fourth winner of the festival. "A lot bigger than what I thought he was capable of. He jumped brilliant."

Paul Townend (Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Ballyburn wins the Novices' Hurdle

Favourite Ballyburn has won the Novices' Hurdle in dominant fashion!

Jimmy De Seuil finished second, while Ile Atlantique came third.

Novices' Hurdle begins

Day 2 of the festival has now officially begun with the Novices' Hurdle underway...

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‌NEWSBOY’S 1-2-3: 1 BALLYBURN, 2 HANDSTANDS, 3 ILE ATLANTIQUE.

Ballyburn, having established himself as Willie Mullins best novice hurdler this season, will go off at short odds - but is hard to get away from. Unbeaten in two bumpers at Punchestown, the point-to-point winner was outsprinted by Firefox when making his obstacles debut in a two-mile maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse in December.

But Ballyburn thumped seven rivals by 25 lengths and more in a similar event over two and a half miles at Leopardstown over Christmas, before reverting to the minimum trip at the Dublin Racing Festival in Foxrock last month.

Paul Townend’s partner went off the 10-11 favourite for the Tattersalls Ireland 50th Derby Sale Novice Hurdle and gave a brutal display, galloping on mercilessly from the second-last flight to humble Slade Steel by seven lengths.

Mullins’ decision to move back up in distance rather than stay at two miles for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle is the right one, and his opponents are likely to find Ballyburn in unyielding mood once more.

Handstands , Ile Atlantique and Jingko Blue are all going-places rookies who are taken to fight it out for the podium places.

Astonishing Guinness prices

Racegoers at the 2024 Cheltenham festival have been left shocked by the prices of drinks.

The cost of Guinness has been a hot topic every year at the Gloucestershire event, and this year is no different. It's estimated that around 220,000 pints of the dark drink will be enjoyed over the next four days.

The only good news as far as that's concerned is that it hasn't gone up from last year. Even though the price of the Irish favourite isn't a surprise, some have been left upset. While some in attendance are happy to pay the high price, others insist they won't be partaking.

Visitors are expected to pay £7.50 for a pint of Draught Atlantic Pale ale at 4.5% but it's also the same price for Aspall Suffolk Cyder, Madri Lager and Guinness too. Whereas Spirits from whisky to vodka and gin are £7 for a 25ml measure, more premium spirits such as Jameson Irish Whiskey and Cognac VS will set you back £7.50.

Non alcoholic Guinness costs racegoers £6.75 and wine is even more expensive than spirits, with a house glass of red, rose or white costing punters £9.70. For soft drinks, a 330ml can costs £3 and a can of still mineral water is £2.40.

(Nick Murphy)

"Absolute bedlam" complaints

Racegoers complained of “absolute bedlam” at Cheltenham on Tuesday night after their cars got stuck in muddy car parks.

Scenes of car chaos were shared across social media from racegoers who had to wait for a tow before they could get away from the track. Some said they waited hours in the dark to be rescued after heavy rain had left conditions in the grassed areas of the enclosures impossible to drive away from.

Jake Russell said on X: “Racing finished an hour and 1o mins ago. Absolute bedlam in the car park. No cars moving at all, stuck, everywhere with no help. £30 per car. Come racing they say!!!!”

ITV Racing and Sky Sports Racing presenter Matt Chapman replied: “It’s unacceptable for sure. Just puts people off coming.”

(Twitter)

"Lucky" punter banks £35k

A “lucky” punter made the perfect start to the 2024 Cheltenham Festival by going through the card on Tuesday.

The William Hill customer picked all seven winners on day one of the meeting to collect nearly £35,000. Keeping record-breaking Irish trainer Willie Mullins onside was key to the betting strategy.

The Cheltenham Festival’s all-time record holder raced towards a century of winners at the fixture with a first-day treble. He punished bookmakers when a hat-trick of favourites went in Gaelic Warrior, at odds of 5-2, State Man (4-11) and Lossiemouth (4-6).

The four other races fell to horses at bigger odds with Slade Steel winning the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at 9-2, followed by Chianti Classico (11-2), Lark In The Mornin (6-1), with Corbetts Cross (5-2) claiming the last.

From an outlay of £5 the punter’s winnings came to a grand total of £34,825.94.

Fans watch the action on day one of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival (Getty)