Cheltenham Festival 2024 - LIVE!
Today could be the day Willie Mullins brings up 100 winners at Cheltenham as the Irish trainer looks to build on a strong start to the Festival. Mullins and Paul Townend had three winners on Wednesday, as State Man won the Champion Hurdle and both Gaelic Warrior and Lossiemouth eased to victories.
It leaves Mullins on 97 Festival winners and there is every chance that his century could arrive by the halfway point of the week. Ballyburn is a big favourite in the Gallagher Novices' Hurdle, today’s opening race, while Fact to File is well-fancied in the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase and El Fabiolo is the one to beat in the feature race of the afternoon, the Queen Mother Champion Chase.
Delta Work was eyeing a third victory Cross Country Chase, but an inspection on Wednesday morning resulted in the race being abandoned after heavy rainfall on Tuesday. With further showers expected throughout the week, the decision has been made to not reschedule. Follow all the action from the second day of Cheltenham with Standard Sport’s LIVE blog below!
