Our panel of Emmet Kennedy, Jaime Wrenn and leading bloodstock agent Tom Malone look back on a sensational Cheltenham Festival, analysing the biggest performances from the Grade 1 races across all four days.
It was a remarkable week for Irish-trained horses, who landed 11 of the 13 Grade 1 races and 12 of the 15 Graded contests, while British-trained runners dominated the handicaps, winning nine of the 12 handicap races.
We begin with Gaelic Warrior’s Cheltenham Gold Cup victory, providing a fifth win in the race for Willie Mullins and Paul Townend, who also became the winning-most jockey in the race’s 101-year history.
The panel discuss what Gaelic Warrior could achieve next and who might emerge as the biggest challenger to his crown next season.
🏆 GOLD CUP & CHAMPIONSHIP RACES
We assess the future plans for:
• Gaelic Warrior• Jango Baie• Inothewayurthinkin• Grey Dawning• The Jukebox Man
⚡ CHAMPION CHASE SHOCK
Odds-on favourite Majborough became the seventh odds-on favourite beaten in the last decade as stablemate Il Etait Temps stormed to victory in the Queen Mother Champion Chase.
The panel debate:
• What next for Majborough• Whether Il Etait Temps can defend his crown• Which novice chasers could challenge next year
⭐ CHAMPION HURDLE DOMINANCE
Lossiemouth maintained her perfect Cheltenham record, taking her tally to five wins at the track and landing a fourth consecutive Festival victory with a dominant success in the Champion Hurdle.
Can she win back-to-back Champion Hurdles, and which rising novices might threaten her next season?
🏇 OTHER FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
• Heartwood finally lands a Grade 1 in the Ryanair Chase• Home By The Lee makes history winning the Stayers’ Hurdle at the fifth attempt• Wodhooh wins the Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle for her first Grade 1• Old Park Star leads home a British 1-2-3-4 in the Supreme• King Rasko Grey gives Willie Mullins another Turners Novices’ Hurdle success• Johnny’s Jury wins the Albert Bartlett after joining Jamie Snowden• White Noise lands the Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle• Kargese defeats Kopek Des Bordes in the Arkle• Kitzbuhel holds off Final Demand in the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase
🧠 WHAT WE DISCUSS
• The biggest performances of the Festival• What the results mean for next season’s championship races• Which horses could become the next stars of the sport
• Tom's solution for the farcical starts!
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