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Cheltenham Festival 2016: From The Horse’s Mouth Day One round-up

| 15.03.2016
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Sam Barnard, Assistant Sports Editor | March 15, 2016

The 2016 Cheltenham Festival got off to a ferocious beginning on Champion Hurdle day with some top-class horse racing action. Here’re the best Tweets and videos.

Pre-race second-favourite Altior (4/1) won the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle to get the 2016 Festival off to a winning start for Nicky Henderson ahead of the more-fancied Willie Mullins-trained Min (15/8).

Peter Crouch glances his unknowing eyes over the Festival…

Mullins gained his first winner of the day, though, in the Arkle Challenge Trophy at 14:10, as Douvan lived up to his heavy 1/4 odds-on price with Coral to hold off Sizing John (9/1).

Golfing star Lee Westwood at the Races!

Coral’s own jumps racing ambassador Tom Scudamore rode Un Temps Pour Tout (12/1) home to claim the Ultima Handicap Chase. Favourite Our Sam (7/1) finished way down the field, while dual Festival winner Holywell (9/1) came second.

Face of Coral Carly Baker enjoying the occasion…

After falling in the Mares’ Hurdle while leading at the last in 2015, to the despair of many, 5/2 favourite Annie Power smashed home to land the Champion Hurdle – setting a new course record along the way.

Andy Carroll wasn’t racing today was he?

Vroum Vroum Mag lived up to her 4/6 odds-on favourite tag to win the Mares’ Hurdle to hand Mullins a hat-trick of victories on the day. Our own Simon Clare called it!

Loyal Coral customers certainly profited from our offer today after Mullins’ triple success!

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Sam Barnard

Sam has been writing for Coral since January 2014, and is the assistant editor of the news site. As well as the main betting sports, football, tennis and cricket, he covers the likes of golf, F1 and darts too, the latter of which has become a particular favourite. Sam enjoys playing as much as writing about sports, but niggling injuries have limited his participation in recent years, so is happy to mainly watch the pros such as Manchester United, Yorkshire CCC, Raymond van Barneveld and even Gibraltar national football team instead.