Cheltenham Results: The story of day two on Betfair as Blackmore wins big

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17:30 - Champion Bumper - 100 up for Mullins

Winner: Jasmin De Vaux

The Story: The day ends as it began with Willie winning another race - second favourite Jasmin De Vaux landed the Champion Bumper to give Willie Mullins his 100th Festival win. Congrats from us at Betfair, Willie!

Day two's potential winners for Willie include Facile Vega and Jade De Grugy.

The places went to Romeo Coolie, Jalon D'oudairies and Sounds Victorius, a 66/1 recommendation for Daryl Carter in his day two tipping column.

16:50 - Grand Annual - Skeltons score a second

Winner: Unexpected Party

The Story: It's another Festival win for Dan and Harry Skelton as Unexpected Party comes home first in the Grand Annual following Langer Dan's victory earlier in the day. That double was backed to win just shy of £10,000 by one Betfair punter!

There will be an Unexpected Party tonight

On 18th Feb a @Betfair punter placed this bet:

Langer Dan @ 8/1
Unexpected Party @ 40/1

£25 each-way double £9,810 #CheltenhamFestival pic.twitter.com/zU8Hj4qMfg

-- Betfair Racing (@BetfairRacing) March 13, 2024

Betfair were paying five places on the race which were filled by Libberty Hunter, Path D'oroux, Sa Fureur and Gemirande.

15:30 - Champion Chase - Blackmore victorious as Fab fails

Winner: Captain Guinness

The Story: It's big race glory for Rachael Blackmore once again as she brings Captain Guinness home first in the Champion Chase. Willie Mullins' El Fabiolo went off as the heavy odds-on favourite but smashed through the fifth fence and was swiftly pulled up. That opened the race up for Rachael's runner and she duly landed the spoils.

El Fabiolo pulled up

£4million of the £4.6million traded on the Champion Chase was on the favourite.

Matched as low as 1.25 #CheltenhamFestival

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-- Betfair Racing (@BetfairRacing) March 13, 2024

The win means Betfair will pay another £10,000 into the Serial Winners Fund pot which will go to injured jockeys charities in the UK and Ireland as we double our contributions throughout the Festival. The pot now stands at a stunning £205k.

Gentleman de Mee finished runner-up.

14:50 - Coral Cup - Dan does it again

Winner: Langer Dan

The Story: Langer Dan wins a second Coral Cup for the Skeltons to stem the flow of Irish winners. Betfair Ambassador Rachael Blackmore again finished second.

Betfair paid six places on Coral Cup bets which were filled by Ballyadam, Shanbally Kid, Lucky Place, Franciscan Kid and Black Bamboo.

14:10 - Brown Advisory Novices' Chase - Win #99 for Mullins wins again

Winner: Fact To File

The Story: And it's another victory for Willie Mullins, his 99th in total and his fifth at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival with odds-on favourite Fact To File doing the business. Betfair Ambassador Rachael Blackmore chased the winner home aboard Monty's Star to land the Superboost for Betfair customers - we paid even money for a top three finish on Henry de Bromhead's chaser.

Go collect

Today's Rachael Blackmore Superboost is a winner https://t.co/Cn3xUAKpBj

-- Betfair Racing (@BetfairRacing) March 13, 2024

The Betfair Exchange Beacons were on show pre-race with Fact To File showing flames and Stay Away Fay ice. The latter was pulled-up.

Fact To File is 7/2 from 7/1 for next year's Gold Cup.

13:30 - Gallagher Novices' Hurdle - Willie wins again

Winner: Ballyburn

The Story: Another Willie Mullins winner as Ballyburn cruises home in the Gallagher with consumate ease. The winner never being backed higher than 1.330/100 in the run. Runner-up Jimmy De Seuil showed you can win without backing at short prices, landing the place money at 66/1. The second placed horse was also trained by Mullins who trained the first four home in this seven runner race.

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