A mighty mare is crowned champion, a 208/1 birthday double and we bid farewell to a jumping legend: Cheltenham day 1

Lossiemouth wins the Unibet Champion Hurdle on Cheltenham day 1 for trainer Willie Mullins and jockey Paul Townend.The star of the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival was mighty mare Lossiemouth, who joined her stablemate Kargese in the winner’s enclosure. But we also bowed down to legendary hurdler Constitution Hill as he drew a line under his jumping career and we celebrated a British 1-2-3-4 in the first race of the day. […]