Willie Mullins got off the mark for the week at the Cheltenham Festival when Ferny Hollow downed better-fancied stablemate Appreciate It in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper.

The pair flashed past the line almost inseparable, but Samcro rallied when he had to and won by barely a whisker - officially a nose - with admirable veteran Faugheen just a length behind in third.

The 2-1 shot, ridden by Paul Townsend, held off the challenge of Saint Calvados to secure the victory, with A Plus Tard rounding off the top three.

The actress, 45, looked effortlessly chic in a cream coat and pink headband as she cosied up to her banker beau at the races on Thursday, amid rumours they've secretly got engaged.

Monkfish was victorious in the Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham after squeezing through on the line in a thrilling race. Latest Exhibition and Fury Road took second and third spot.

Zara and Mike Tindall beamed and stood with their arms wrapped around each other as they posed for photos at the start of a final day of fun at the Cheltenham Festival.

If anyone doubted whether Paul Townend had the ability and the nerve to take over from the most successful jockey in Cheltenham Festival history, they know now.

Racing Post will temporarily stop publication of their daily newspaper for the first time since its inception in 1986 due to impact on the sport from the deadly coronavirus pandemic.  

The racing event came under criticism at the time for allowing thousands of racegoers to huddle together, risking a spread of the virus. Over 250,000 people attended the Cheltenham Festival.

The world-famous Cheltenham racing festival in Gloucestershire went ahead last month despite fears over the spread of the virus which was then in its early stages in Britain.

IAN HERBERT: Looking back now, those last few innocent days in the Cotswolds seem extraordinary - faintly comical you might even say, were it not for the gravity of all that followed.

It has emerged that Philip Davies and Caroline Nokes received eight tickets between them from sports betting company GVC Holdings, which owns Ladbrokes and Coral, for the event.

Two of this season's successful Cheltenham Festival riders are maintaining their lockdown fitness by partnering some of Ireland's most choicely bred and speediest thoroughbreds.

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