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Cheltenham Festival Day Four

Friday 15 March 2013

Race 1: Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) And the winner is ... Our Conor ridden by Bryan Cooper 15 March 2013	Race 2: County Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) The Alan King representative, the Wayne Hutchinson ridden Manyriverstocross, finished a very creditable 3rd. 15 March 2013
Race 2: County Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) And the winner is ... Ted Veale ridden by that jockey again, Bryan Cooper 15 March 2013	Race 3: Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The runners are at the start 15 March 2013
Race 3: Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) At Fishers Cross (right), African Gold (centre) and Inish Island (Ruby Walsh) fight out the finish 15 March 2013	Race 3: Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) And the winner is ... At Fishers Cross ridden by AP McCoy 15 March 2013
Race 5: Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup A change of scenery for the next 15 March 2013	Race 5: Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup Over the second fence ... the grey is Chapoturgeon; 22 orange is That’s Rhythm; 15 pale blue is Keenan’s Future 15 March 2013
Race 5: Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup One circuit to travel ... 10 yellow and pale blue is Doctor Kingsley; 9 mid blue and yellow is Divine Intavention; 7 red and black is Current Exchange; and the grey Chapoturgeon. 15 March 2013	Race 5: Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup Oscar Delta leads over the last, from Salsify ... but fate intervenes and jockey Jane Mangan is unseated when her mount jinks on the run to the line, leaving the latter to claim the prize for the second year running 15 March 2013
Race 6: Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle One circuit to go ... Double Ross (Adam Wedge) leads from Stopped Out (Lucy Alexander) 15 March 2013	Race 6: Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle Salubrious pulls away to win by 7 lengths at the line; the only winner at this year’s Festival for trainer Paul Nicholls 15 March 2013
Race 6: Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle The Martin Keighley trained Havingotascoobydo returns unscathed having been pulled up after two out 15 March 2013	Race 6: Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle Winning jockey, Harry Derham, is congratulated by Travelling Head Girl, Donna Blake 15 March 2013
Race 7: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap) Kid Cassidy (Jeremiah McGrath) heads to the start 15 March 2013	Race 7: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap) A favourite of mine, Kumbeshwar; ridden by Wayne Hutchinson 15 March 2013
Race 7: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap) Oh Crick (Mr Joshua Newman), Kumbeshwar and Anquetta (David Bass) canter to the start 15 March 2013	Race 7: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap) Petit Robin ridden by Mr Nico de Boinville 15 March 2013
Race 7: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap) The runners approach the fourth fence 15 March 2013	Race 7: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap) Alderwood (AP McCoy) and Kid Cassidy (nearside) fight out the finish 15 March 2013
Race 7: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap) Oh Crick returns having finished 10th of the 23 runners 15 March 2013	Race 7: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap) Rody (Paddy Brennan) and Petit Robin return, having finished 13th and 5th respectively. 15 March 2013
Race 7: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap) Kumbeshwar is fine following a fourth fence fall; the winner, Alderwood, is in the background 15 March 2013	Race 7: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap) Alderwood and AP McCoy return to the Winners’ Enclosure having won the final race 15 March 2013
Race 7: Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase Challenge Cup (Handicap) Smile please. With this win, it’s Ireland 14 UK 13 15 March 2013	Goodnight! The 2013 Festival has drawn to a close ... now time for the long and tiring journey home. I’m hoping for a better ‘everything’ next year. 15 March 2013