Cheltenham Festival Review: Gold for Gaelic, the British Fightback, Future Stars & Farcical Starts!

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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