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THIS was the sensational 'scoreline' after the final day of the Cheltenham Festival saw a 659/1 four-timer seal a record haul of winners for the Irish.
Bobs Worth his weight in Gold for punters as bookies take battering
Bookmakers were battered on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival as punters piled into another feature-race winner.
Another masterful showing by relentless Irish raiders
A day that threw up an absorbing Gold Cup and the last quartet of a record 14-strong haul of Irish winners couldn't disguise the searing injustice of what happened to JT McNamara when Galaxy Rock fell on Thursday.
Class Cooper comes of in style of a champion
Bryan Cooper may have been disappointed to be overlooked for the ride on Gold Cup runner-up Sir Des Champs, but he still managed to depart the Cheltenham Festival as the riding find of the week.
AP McCoy to ride Sir Des Champs in Gold Cup
AP MCoy will ride Sir Des Champs in today's Betfred Gold Cup after Davy Russell suffered a punctured lung and was ruled out of racing.
Blog: Cheltenham 2013 - Day 4
Re-live Day 4 of Cheltenham with all the views and results from our blog.
Fairytale of New York as Irish buddies steal show
There are Cheltenham dreams and there are New York fairytales and both were realised joyously for Irish buddies Aidan 'Red' Shiels and Niall Reilly when their horse, Benefficient, romped home.
St Patrick's Thursday at Cheltenham
Amateur jockey to face surgery after race fall at Cheltenham
AMATEUR jockey JT McNamara will have surgery today after suffering a serious fall at the Cheltenham Festival.
Day of glory for novices as charity race winner proves banker material
A PINT of Guinness was the only reward sought by the Irish chartered banker who landed the Cheltenham charity race in style.
Joy for Jonjo as enigmatic Holywell shines for McLernon
CORK jockey Richie McLernon broke his Festival duck last year and he doubled his tally as Holywell broke his run of second places in the Pertemps Final.
Bobs aiming to prove his Worth for Henderson
IN a Festival week rendered unforgettable by the mesmeric powers of Sprinter Sacre, his understated stablemate Bobs Worth gets his chance in the limelight in today's Cheltenham Gold Cup. He is set to become the race's 29th winning favourite.
Great white hope can claim Gold for Mullins
THE final day and there's bleary eyes all around Cheltenham, but with the Gold Cup to come, there's no one going home just yet.
Flat caps fade into folklore
Twenty-three years ago this week, a little-known Welsh farmer called Sirrell Griffiths rose early to milk his cows and then motored off to Cheltenham to win the Gold Cup with one of the three horses in his care. Norton's Coin, which beat Desert Orchid into third, was a 100/1 chance.
Punters left reeling as long shots romp home on third day
BOOKMAKERS were hailing the third afternoon of the Cheltenham Festival as one of the best days they could remember after a string of big-priced winners left the punters reeling.
Same difference strikes Festival gold
NIGEL Twiston-Davies landed his second winner of the week when Same Difference (16-1) edged out Super Duty in a thrilling finish to the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup.
Amateur jockey to face surgery after race fall at Cheltenham
AMATEUR jockey JT McNamara is in a coma after suffering a serious fall at the Cheltenham Festival.
Veteran Carberry guides Solwhit to glory in the World Hurdle
SOLWHIT arrived late on the scene to deny the Stewart family a fairytale victory with Celestial Halo in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham.
Carrickboy bounds to glory in Byrne
CARRICKBOY made just about every yard to land the Byrne Group Plate at the Cheltenham Festival.
Cue Card hits all the right notes in Ryanair Chase
CUE CARD made all to claim a second Cheltenham Festival success for Colin and Joe Tizzard in the Ryanair Chase.
Davy Russell to miss rest of Cheltenham with punctured lung
DAVY RUSSELL will miss the ride aboard Sir Des Champs in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup after suffering a punctured lung.
Paddy Brennan gets nine day whip ban
PADDY BRENNAN will miss the entire Grand National meeting after being handed a nine-day ban at Cheltenham.
Holywell shrugs off second class as he hangs on for victory in Pertemps final
HOLYWELL broke a frustrating run of second place finishes where it mattered most when holding on to win the Pertemps Final at the Cheltenham Festival.
Benefficient comes up trumps at Jewson's Novices Chase
BENEFFICIENT produced a gutsy performance to land the Jewson Novices' Chase, the opening event on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival.
Cross country gets the all clear
THIS afternoon's cross-country chase at Cheltenham will go ahead as planned after officials cancelled their planned 2.15pm inspection.
Bobs is Worth waiting for, says Barry Geraghty ahead of Gold Cup tilt
JOCKEY Barry Geraghty would not swap Bobs Worth for anything else in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.
Patrick's Day comes early as Cheltenham goes green
IT seems St Patrick's Day may have landed early this year as a sea of green hats, shamrock and a few leprachauns were spotted in the crowds milling around the Cheltenham Racecourse.
John McCririck improving but spends second night in hospital after Cheltenham health scare
JOHN MCCRIRICK'S condition is "improving" after he was detained in Cheltenham General Hospital for a second night.
Cheltenham gets go-ahead after morning inspection
This afternoon's meeting at the Cheltenham Festival has survived an early-morning inspection and goes ahead as scheduled.
Patience pays off for Culloty as throwback stayer Windermere pounces in RSA Chase
If Sprinter Sacre's imperious Queen Mother Champion Chase rout confirmed his status as the quintessential two-mile chaser, there was something apt about Lord Windermere's emergence in embryonic form on the same gripping Cheltenham card.
Willie sheds a tear as son Patrick keeps the focus on Mullins clan
You can keep your Champion and Supreme Hurdles, it was winning the John Oaksey National Hunt Chase with Back In Focus, the fourth of his five winners so far at this year's Festival, which left Willie Mullins a proud father and an emotional wreck.
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