Cheltenham Festival 2023 Tuesday results in full including the Champion Hurdle

14 March 2023 , 11:00

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Cheltenham Festival 2023 Tuesday results in full including the Champion Hurdle

Constitution Hill stole the headlines as the biggest week in the horse racing calendar arrived -2023 Cheltenham Festival.

With celebrities and punters alike descending to Gloucestershire the sport's most prominent owners, trainers, jockeys and horses were there to put on a show and they didn't disappoint. The undoubted star was Constitution Hill who showed he belonged in a league of his own yet again with an incredible victory in the Unibet Champion Hurdle.

On what was his sixth run over obstacles, Constitution Hill won the admiration of everyone once more as the hottest priced favourite of the week coasted clear of Irish Champion Hurdle winner State Man to win by nine lengths.

Quite simply he made brilliant horses look very ordinary as Ruby Walsh, working for ITV Racing, exclaimed: “This could be the greatest horse of all time.”

But that wasn't the only brilliant story of the day as Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore completed the fairy-tale ending by winning the Mares' Hurdle. Blackmore told ITV after Honeysuckle's victorious swansong: "She was unbelievable. The way Henry has produced her every day is phenomenal. As a jockey I'm so grateful."

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There was plenty more action throughout the day with electric crowds throughout the day, and it looks set to be the same tomorrow for Day Two. You can find the full results from the first day of the Cheltenham Festival below:

1.30pm Supreme Novices Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m 87y

1. Marine Nationale 9-2- (IRE), M. J. M. O'Sullivan

2. Facile Vega 9-4 F - (IRE), P. Townend

3. Diverge 25-1 - Mr P. W. Mullins

2:10pm Arkle Challenge Trophy (Grade 1) 1m 7f 99y

1. El Fabiolo 11-10 F - (FR), Paul Townend

2. Jonbon 2-1 (FR), Aidan Coleman

3. Saint Roi 11-1 (FR) Tongue Strap, Mark Walsh

CHELTENHAM, ENGLAND - MARCH 14: Paul Townend riding El Fabiolo clear the last to win The Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices' Chase during day one of the Cheltenham Festival 2023 at Cheltenham Racecourse on March 14, 2023 in Cheltenham, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

2:50pm Ultima Handicap Chase (Grade 3) 3m 1f

1. Corach Rambler 6-1 JF - (IRE), Derek Fox

2. Fastorslow 7-1 - (FR), J. J. Slevin

3. Monbeg Genius 6-1 JF - (IRE), Jonjo O'Neill Jr.

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Around 65,000 fans are expected to attend on day one (Sportsfile via Getty Images)

3:30pm Champion Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m 87y

1. Constitution Hill 4-11, Nico de Boinville

2. State Man 7-2 (FR), Paul Townend

3. Zanahiyr 66-1 (IRE), Davy Russell

Nico de Boinville celebrates winning The Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy on Constitution Hill (David Davies/PA Wire for the Jockey Club)

4:10pm David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m 3f 200y

1. Honeysuckle 9/4, Rachael Blackmore

2. Love Envoi 11/1, Jonathan Burke

3. Queens Brook 16/1, Davy Russell

Trainer Nicky Henderson is hoping Constitution Hill can win big in the Champion Hurdle

4:50pm Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) 2m 87y

1. Jazzy Matty (FR) 18-1, Michael O'Sullivan

2. Byker (IRE) 6-1, Philip Byrnes

3. Risk Belle (FR) 10-1, Luke Dempsey

5:30pm National Hunt Chase (Grade 2) 3m 5f 201y

1. Gaillard du Mesnil (FR) 10-11, Patrick Mullins

2. Chemical Energy (IRE) 8-1, Jamie Codd

3. Mister Coffey (FR 11-1), Derek O'Connor

Fraser Watson