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Cheltenham Festival, Wednesday
Diamond Jubilee National Hunt Chase 4m, 5yo+
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TEAFORTHREE got favourite backers off to a winning start on day two of the Cheltenham Festival when he produced a strong staying display to land the Diamond Jubilee National Hunt Chase.
Trained by Rebecca Curtis, who was enjoying her first festival success, Teaforthree was given a positive ride by JT McManamara and stuck on well to beat Harry The Viking.
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Cheltenham, Wednesday
Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m5f, 4yo+
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NICKY HENDERSON created history by becoming the winningmost trainer at the Cheltenham Festival as 2-1 favourite Simonsig gave him his 41st winner at the meeting, eclipsing Fulke Walwyn's record of 40 wins.
It was an impressive victory for the six-year-old, vindicating Henderson's decision to go for the Neptune rather than the Supreme, although he was left in isolation after Cotton Mill attempted to run out with two flights remaining, unseating Denis O'Regan in the process
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Cheltenham Festival, Wednesday
RSA Chase (Grade 1) 3m½f, 5yo+
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BOBS WORTH added to a red-letter day for Nicky Henderson with a battling and impressive victory over First Lieutenant, as hot favourite Grands Crus faded disappointingly from the home turn.
Henderson's 42nd Cheltenham Festival winner was returned at 9-2 as he scored by two and a half lengths, with runner-up First Lieutenant the same price. Call The Police (20-1) was 11 lengths back in third.
Grands Crus, sent off at 6-5, was in between the eventual front two rounding the turn but went out like a light and trailed home a well-beaten fourth, 18 lengths behind the winner.
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Cheltenham, Wednesday
Sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase (Grade 1) (Class 1) 2m Old, 5yo+
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FINIAN'S RAINBOW gave trainer Nicky Henderson and jockey Barry Geraghty a third win on the afternoon as he edged out reigning champion Sizing Europe in a dramatic running of the Champion Chase.
Front-runner Wishfull Thinking crashed out at the fence in front of the stands with a circuit to go, taking out a photographer, and with nobody certain as to what was going to occur at the final fence Andrew Lynch on Sizing Europe looked like jumping it before changing his mind at the last moment when spotting the chequered flag.
Both Sizing Europe and Finian's Rainbow came close to each other but it was Geraghty's mount who was a lengthand a quarter to the good crossing the line, scoring at 4-1 from the 4-5 favourite. There was 15 lengths back to the third horse home Biz Zeb.
The photographer was being treated for cuts after the race, while Richard Johnson, who was taken to an ambulance on a stretcher after parting company with Wishfull Thinking was stood down for the rest of the afternoon.
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Nice to have a winner but lets hope the jockey and photographer are okay.