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

Live Reporting

Mike Henson

  1. Winner

    Whisper wins the Coral Cup.

  2. Photo Finish

    Get Me Out Of Here and Whisper to be separated by the freeze frame. It looks like it could be the latter.

  3. Still Son Of Flicka and Clondaw Kaempfer duelling at the front but it is a crowd scene over the last...

  4. Party Rock is out of the running. Cotton Mill is surfacing at the front of the field.

  5. Son Of Flicka, who won this race two years ago, is still out in front. Yesyoucan is running in third behind Clondaw Kaempfer.

  6. Son Of Flicka is making the early running ahead of Clondaw Kaempfer.

  7. They are away bang on time.

  8. Bayan is an interesting option. Similarly lightly raced, he put in a good showing at Cheltenham in October finishing a clear second to Sametegal.

  9. Frank Keogh
    BBC Sport at Cheltenham

    "Good to see a female trainer winning on Ladies' Day at Cheltenham Festival. Rebecca Curtis scoring at meeting for third successive year."

  10. Dell'Arca is likely to go off as favourite but this two-mile-five-furlong trip is further than he has been asked to travel ever before. He has been lightly raced though so should be fresh and able to cope with a 5lb rise in handicap.

  11. Next on the card is the Coral Cup. And the first appearance from a runner from Philip Fenton's yard.

    Fenton, who is based in Tipperary, will soon face a court hearing over charges of possessing anabolic steroids and other banned substances. Dunguib, along with Champion Bumper contender Value At Risk and Gold Cup prospect Last Instalment, have all been tested and cleared to run by the British Horseracing Authority.

  12. At The Races ‏on Twitter: All jockeys and horses are safe and sound after their tumbles in the RSA Chase.

  13. Frank Keogh
    BBC Sport at Cheltenham

    "Barry Geraghty (30) overtakes AP McCoy (29) in 2nd for all-time Cheltenham Festival wins after O'Faolains Boy. Ruby Walsh top jockey (41)."

    O'Faolains BoyGetty Images

  14. The Prestbury Cup standings, which keep track of whether British or Irish trainers have coached the most winners at the Festival, stand at 5-4 in the 'home' team's favour after O'Faolain's Boy came home for the Rebecca Curtis, based near Newport.

    Last year was the first that the Irish outscored the Brits, thanks in a large part to Willie Mullins' stellar showing.

  15. Duchess of Cornwell and Tom Parker-BowlesGetty Images

    It looks like the Duchess of Cornwall is already on the board. Nice to know she has something to fall back on if the bottom falls out of the posh biscuit market.

  16. Get Involved #bbcracing

    Totum: Still never been to #cheltenham when Ruby Walsh hasn't won the first race of the day. He is a festival machine.

  17. BBC Radio 5 live

    O'Faolains Boy's trainer Rebecca Curtis: "It was amazing, we've seen a lot of this horse and really fancied him today. I know he's got a good turn of foot and he used that at the end. The Gold Cup is a big dream but I hope so."

  18. BBC Radio 5 live

    O'Faolains Boy's jockey Barry Geraghty tells BBC Radio 5 live: "He battled well, he did not travel as well as I thought, but I always felt in the last mile he was warming up. The ground is beautiful."

  19. Andrew Thornton
    Jump jockey on BBC Radio 5 live at Cheltenham

    "Barry just bided his time and it was a polished ride. All the horses have been running on heavy ground, it just goes to show the ground at Cheltenham is perfect."

  20. O'Faolain's BoyPA

    A terrific finish with O'Faolains Boy facing down Smad Place after pulling up alongside him over the last. Another win for Barry Geraghty who guided Jezki to victory in the Champion Hurdle yesterday.