After a rough start, the bookies rebounded in style.
After a tough start to the Cheltenham Festival, the bookies are well and truly on top at the end of day one.
Punters' moods were quickly dampened when Majborough conspired to hit every fence in the Arkle Novices' chase to hand Jango Baie the win. Sign up for our Cheltenham Festival news service on WhatsApp Click on this link or scan the QR code to receive the latest Cheltenham Festival news and top stories from the Irish Mirror direct to your phone on WhatsApp. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
“Never mind Constitution Hill falling, but State Man at the last too. You have to keep the momentum up and go forward and Paul Townend would have felt twice as guilty had he sat up and he took a pull and he’d fallen. It’s Cheltenham, you need momentum to get up that hill, so you commit and you go.
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