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Cheltenham Festival Day Three

Race 4 – The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1)

Thursday 16 March 2017

Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Preparing for the pre-race parade; Agrapart, Ballyoptic, Clondaw Warrior and, in the foreground, Cole Harden 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Preparing for the pre-race parade; Zarkandar (foreground), also Nichols Canyon, Shaneshill, Snow Falcon and Unowhatimeanharry 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Preparing for the pre-race parade; West Approach (left), Unowhatimeanharry (centre) Snow Falcon (right), also Lil Rockerfeller and Nichols Canyon 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The Pre-race Parade; Agrapart (right) (T: Nick Williams: J: Lizzie Kelly) and Ballyoptic (T: Nigel Twiston-Davies; J: Sam Twiston-Davies) 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The Pre-race Parade; Clondaw Warrior (foreground) (T: Willie Mullins: J: Ms Katie Walsh) and Cole Harden (T: Warren Greatrex; J: Gavin Sheehan) 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The Pre-race Parade; Cole Harden (foreground) (T: Warren Greatrex: J: Gavin Sheehan) and Jezki (T: Jessica Harrington; J: Robbie Power) 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The Pre-race Parade; Jezki (foreground) (T: Jessica Harrington: J: Robbie Power) and Lil Rockerfeller (T: Neil King; J: Trevor Whelan) 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The Pre-race Parade; Nichols Canyon (right) (T: Willie Mullins: J: Ruby Walsh) and Shaneshill (T: Willie Mullins: J: Paul Townend) 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The Pre-race Parade; Snow Falcon (right) (T: Noel Meade; J: Sean Flanagan), also Unowhatimeanharry 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The Pre-race Parade; Unowhatimeanharry (T: Harry Fry; J: Noel Fehily) 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The Pre-race Parade; West Approach (T: Colin Tizzard; J: Tom Scudamore) 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The Pre-race Parade; Zarkandar (T: Paul Nicholls; J: Harry Cobden) 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Cantering to the start; Agrapart (T: Nick Williams; J: Lizzie Kelly) 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Cantering to the start; Cole Harden (T: Warren Greatrex; J: Gavin Sheehan) 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Cantering to the start; Jezki (T: Jessica Harrington; J: Robbie Power) 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Cantering to the start ... or should I say trotting; Lil Rockerfeller (T: Neil King; J: Trevor Whelan) 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Cantering to the start; Unowhatimeanharry (T: Harry Fry; J: Noel Fehily) 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Cantering to the start; Zarkandar (T: Paul Nicholls; J: Harry Cobden) 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The runners congregate at the start; Agrapart is on his toes (far left) 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The runners mill around at the start 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) One circuit still to travel and Cole Harden leads the way 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The finish; As Unowhatimeanharry and Lil Rockerfeller fight their own battle, Ruby sneaks up the nearside rail aboard Nichols Canyon to snatch the prize (far left) 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The runners return; 4th-placed Cole Harden (T: Warren Greatrex; J: Gavin Sheehan) and 9th-placed Agrapart (T: Nick Williams; J: Lizzie Kelly) 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The runners return; 8th-placed Jezki (T: Jessica Harrington; J: Robbie Power) 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The runners return; Runner-up Lil Rockerfeller (T: Neil King; J: Trevor Whelan). The connections were absolutely thrilled. 16 March 2017	Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The winner returns; Nichols Canyon (T: Willie Mullins; J: Ruby Walsh) 16 March 2017
Race 4: The Stayers’ Hurdle (Grade 1) The winner returns; Nichols Canyon (T: Willie Mullins; J: Ruby Walsh) ... so that’s now 3 winners today for Ruby 16 March 2017