Summary

  • Going: Good, Good to Soft in places

  • Sire de Grugy (11-4 F) wins Queen Mother Champion Chase

  • Victories for Faugheen (6-4 F), O'Faolains Boy (12-1) & Whisper (14-1)

  • Balthazar King (4-1), Hawk High (33-1) & Silver Concorde (16-1) also win

  • Akdam is the second horse death of the Festival

  1. Postpublished at 17:49 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    But that is our lot for a day when we have seen outsiders upsetting the odds, a whole host of Royal Family members and sadly a second horse death of the Festival.

    Make a sure you get back here tomorrow when Marc Higginson will be in place to guide you through the action.

    Bye for now.

  2. Postpublished at 17:46 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Tomorrow's action centres around the World Hurdle where the unbeaten Annie Power, rumoured to be the strongest of a star-studded raiding party from Willie Mullins yard, takes on four-time winner Big Buck's.

    Pick the bones out of that one.

  3. Postpublished at 17:32 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Crowd at CheltenhamImage source, Getty Images

    All vantage points occupied right up to the end of the action tonight. It has been another corking day out for those in the Cotswolds sunshine.

  4. Postpublished at 17:22 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Another outsider comes in at a largeish price. Silver Concorde follows Shaneshill up the rails and opens out his stride to go past and hold his pursuer at bay.

  5. Postpublished at 17:21 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Andrew Thornton
    Jump jockey on BBC Radio 5 live at Cheltenham

    "It was fascinating. It's good to see a true run race, it was a very clean one with no hard luck stories."

  6. Resultpublished at 17:21 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    1. Silver Concorde Mr R P McNamara 16-1

    2. Shaneshill R Walsh 7-2 Fav

    3. Joshua Lane B J Geraghty 33-1

  7. Winnerpublished at 17:19 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Silver Concorde wins the Champion Bumper.

  8. Postpublished at 17:18 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Definitly Red and Modus are well inthe mix as they enter the final furlong.

  9. Postpublished at 17:17 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Black Hercules has gone off hard, opening up a lead of three lengths in the first half of the race. Shaneshill is tucked in nicely in fifth with a route to the front open up the rails.

  10. Postpublished at 17:16 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    We are up and running.

  11. Postpublished at 17:16 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Willie Mullins' has several other likely looking prospects with Black Hercules and Killultagh Vic.

  12. Postpublished at 17:14 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Trainer Philip Fenton, facing charges of possessing illegal substances including anabolic steroids, has Value At Risk in the running.

  13. Postpublished at 17:13 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    The final race of the day is the Champion Bumper in which Shaneshill will go off as favourite. Trainer Willie Mullins, jockey Ruby Walsh and owners Andrea and Graham Wylie won last year with Briar Hill and the same team have brought Shaneshill through to bumper wins in Naas and Fairyhouse this season.

  14. Postpublished at 17:07 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Jockey Bryan Cooper has suffered a broken leg in that fall on Clarcam. We are still awaiting news on Clarcam, but unfortunately Akdam, another faller, has been put down after suffering a broken leg.

  15. Get Involvedpublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Matthew Wright: , externalKatgary so unlucky,should really learn to bet e/w & I'd be laughing! Gotta love Chelts. El Namoose in the last to get some back?

  16. Postpublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Clarcam fell while leading late on in the race and the vets are still working to get him back up on his feet. Jockey Bryan Cooper is also injured and has been taken away in an ambulance.

  17. Postpublished at 16:51 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Trevor Hemmings owns not only Hawk High, but Preston North End as well. And probably a lot of other things. He is regular in the Sunday Times Rich List with a fortune of well over £500m.

  18. Postpublished at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Trevor Hemmings, owner of Hawk High, tells BBC Radio 5 live: "I got kisses off the Princess Royal and then Zara Phillips when that won."

  19. Resultpublished at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    1. Hawk High B Hughes 33-1

    2. Katgary D A Jacob 8-1

    3. Orgilgo Bay M J Bolger 16-1

    4. Keltus Nick Scholfield 25-1

  20. Postpublished at 16:46 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2014

    Hawk High streamed past Orgilgo Bay over the last and powered on secure a win for trainer Tim Easterby and jockey Brian Hughes.