Facile Vega 5-4 for Supreme after stunning hurdles debut

15:40 - Nikini 16:15 - Facile Vega 16:50 - Tekao 17:25 - Energumene 18:00 - Predators Gold 18:35 - Classic Getaway 19:45 - Ninth Loch *All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change. I'm going to go with Nikini over Night And Day, even though Paul Townend is siding…

15:40 - The Model Kingdom 16:15 - Facile Vega 16:50 - Fils Doudairies 17:25 - Energumene 18:00 - Muskerry Rock 18:35 - Sir Gerhard 19:10 - Vital Island 19:45 - Rainbow Lily *All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change. The five-day Punchestown Festival starts on…

Energumene bids to cement his status as the king of the two-mile division over fences by securing back-to-back victories in the William Hill Champion Chase on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival. The nine-year-old provided Willie Mullins with a first victory in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham last season before putting the…

Michael O'Sullivan produced an ice-cool ride aboard Marine Nationale to register a famous victory for trainer Barry Connell in the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. O'Sullivan was still in college when Constitution Hill was winning the Festival opener 12 months ago, while his only previous taste of the Prestbury Park…

THE big one is finally here - after 51 weeks of waiting Cheltenham Festival is back! And what a four days of action it promises to be, with the likes of Constitution Hill, Galopin Des Champs and Facile Vega all in action. Not to mention the 250000 punters who will pour into Prestbury Park to watch the best equine talent on the planet strut their…

Facile Vega was the Champion Bumper hero at the Cheltenham Festival in 2022 and went unbeaten last season. Ever since, he has been seemingly fated to return to the Cotswolds course and win over hurdles, emulating his mother, the six-time Festival winner Quevega. Already got a bet365 account? Take a look at our comprehensive list of free bet offers…

Barry Connell is quietly confident Marine Nationale can land the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle, the opening race of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday. A winner of two bumpers, a maiden hurdle and the Grade One Royal Bond at Fairyhouse, he remains unbeaten for the Kildare handler. The famous Cheltenham roar will be heard at the start of the…

Barry Connell is quietly confident Marine Nationale can land the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle, the opening race of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday. A winner of two bumpers, a maiden hurdle and the Grade One Royal Bond at Fairyhouse, he remains unbeaten for the Kildare handler. The famous Cheltenham roar will be heard at the start of the…

The Cheltenham Festival gets underway on Tuesday 14th March, with the Supreme Novices' Hurdle kicking everything off. As we embark on yet another year at Cheltenham, the unbeaten Irish star Marine Nationale heads the market as one of the betting favourites to win the first race of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. The first race of the 2023 Cheltenham…

The Cheltenham Festival gets underway on Tuesday 14th March, with the Supreme Novices' Hurdle kicking everything off. As we embark on yet another year at Cheltenham, the Willie Mullins trained Facile Vega heads the market as the betting favourite to win the first race of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. Ahead of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival, Willie…

The Cheltenham Festival curtain-raiser is the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, a race that is greeted by the traditional Cheltenham roar that heralds the start of another Festival. Willie Mullins has won this race more times - seven - than any other trainer, and it provided him with his maiden success at the meeting when Tourist Attraction triumphed in…

Cheltenham Festival is now just over a month away and with 28 races to watch there will be a few favourites that justify the hype. In fact there were 12 favourites that won last year and 2023 might have a similar rate. With betting options open for one of the biggest weeks in horse racing there's still value to be had. In previous years many of the…

Dan Sheridan/INPHOWillie Mullins at Cheltenham. # much to ponder Donn McClean: Willie Mullins facing some of life's nicer quandaries ahead of Cheltenham It's unlikely that Mullins himself knows at this point how he will divide up his novice hurdlers in March, writes Donn McClean. Donn McClean EMBASSY GARDENS WON the WT O'Grady Memorial Irish EBF…

Blue Lord and Facile Vega recorded Grade One wins at Leopardstown for Willie Mullins on an afternoon when the perennial champion trainer saddled a six-timer at the Dublin circuit. Mullins said: "It's been an extraordinary day. Our planning department at home deserves all the credit for this, putting the horses in the right races and having them…

Willie Mullins was once again fulsome in his praise of Facile Vega after seeing his star youngster stamp his class on the Paddy Power Future Champions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown. he outstanding performer in the bumper sphere last season with wins at the Dublin Racing Festival, the Cheltenham Festival and the Punchestown Festival, the…

The outstanding performer in the bumper sphere last season with wins at the Dublin Racing Festival, the Cheltenham Festival and the Punchestown Festival, the five-year-old made a smooth transition to the jumping game at Fairyhouse earlier in the month. Returning to Grade One level, the son of Walk In The Park and six-time Cheltenham Festival…

Blue Lord emerged as a potential threat to Queen Mother Champion Chase-winning stablemate Energumene following an impressive success in the Paddy's Rewards Club Chase at Leopardstown. The seven-year-old was in the top rank of novice chasers last season for Willie Mullins, with Grade One wins at Leopardstown and Punchestown sandwiching a third place…

Only one of Willie Mullins' seven Supreme Novices' Hurdle winners have won this Grade 1 contest en route. That was Appreciate It in 2020, who was sent off 8-11 favourite for the festival opener and Facile Vega is likely to go off at even skimpier odds in March should he make it six from six in impressive fashion here. The five-year-old has been…

Facile Vega maintained his unbeaten record with a foot-perfect display on his eagerly-anticipated hurdling debut at Fairyhouse. As a son of six-time Cheltenham Festival heroine Quevega, the Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old carried all before him in the bumper sphere last season - winning each of his four starts including big-race triumphs at…

Facile Vega maintained his unbeaten record with a foot-perfect display on his eagerly-anticipated hurdling debut at Fairyhouse. As a son of six-time Cheltenham Festival heroine Quevega, the Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old carried all before him in the bumper sphere last season - winning each of his four starts including big-race triumphs at…

Alamy Stock PhotoNoble Yeats triumphed at Aintree today. # Racing Noble Yeats wows at Aintree, Facile Vega in cruise control at Fairyhouse Grand National hero storms to victory in Many Clouds Chase. GRAND NATIONAL HERO Noble Yeats made a spectacular return to Aintree in claiming the Boylesports Many Clouds Chase. Emmet Mullins' Irish raider was a…

Facile Vega maintained his unbeaten record with a foot-perfect display on his eagerly-anticipated hurdling debut at Fairyhouse. As a son of six-time Cheltenham Festival heroine Quevega, the Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old carried all before him in the bumper sphere last season - winning each of his four starts including big-race triumphs at…

Facile Vega maintained his unbeaten record with a foot-perfect display on his eagerly-anticipated hurdling debut at Fairyhouse. As a son of six-time Cheltenham Festival heroine Quevega, the Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old carried all before him in the bumper sphere last season - winning each of his four starts including big-race triumphs at…

We bring you day two of the Punchestown Festival as Allaho waltzes away with the Grade 1 Punchestown Gold Cup (5.55). In a cracker of a race which pits all-conquering Cheltenham Festival winner Allaho thumped Clan Des Obeaux and Al Boum Photo by at least eight lengths leading all the way. This followed Willie Mullins also winning the staying novice…