MQ: Superb from Tiger Roll. I was calling for him to be retired after the last race. Delighted to be wrong.

1 Sky Pirate (Nick Schofield) 14-1

2 Entoucas (Mark Walsh) 7-1

3 Ibleo (Charlie Deutsch) 9-1

4 On The Slopes (Tom Cannon) 16-1

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A third Festival win for Nick Scholfield, who tells ITV Racing: "The horse is a star and I'm grateful for the opportunity. I'm riding for good people and great horses so I am just so grateful. The race went perfectly for us."

Trainer Jonjo O'Neill adds: "“It’s great for Nick and Martin the owner. I am delighted for everyone really."

Andrew Thornton
Former Gold Cup-winning jockey on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

All the hard work that Nick Scholfield has put into recovering from a broken leg has been rewarded here.

He has scrapped the paint all the way round, he saved every inch of ground, and he needed a little bit of luck but he got the gap at the top of the hill. He needed to be patient and Nick is a very patient rider.

It is absolutely fantastic for him.

Charlie Poste
Former jump jockey on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

That is a fantastic performance from Sky Pirate. The drop back to 2m this season has made him looked like a reformed character. You did worry about whether he'd just gone up too much in the handicap, and he was entered in the Arkle yesterday, but this now looks like an inspired choice.

Sky Pirate wins the Grand Annual!

Pressure from Entoucas late on but Sky Pirate dug deep to win it by a head.

Favourite Embittered falls at the sixth! Rider and horse are OK.

Us And Them and Cappucimix are battling it out at the front.

Moonlighter and Capuccimix contest the lead in the early stages.

Ibleo the back marker at fence number five.

The Grand Annual is under way!

Keith Donoghue, the winning jockey on Tiger Roll, talking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "It means everything to me - he has been a brilliant horse for me, Lisa O'Neill and Davy Russell, to give so many people the biggest day of their career, he is just an unbelievable horse.

"He was better than ever today, with Easyland in the race, that was one of his best ever races. He was unbelievable and I am just speechless.

"There's no better horse coming up the hill, I knew he was going to stop.

"I run 80 or 90km a lot, I don't go out too much or eat much, but it is worth for days like today. That is why I got emotional when I pulled up because it means the world to me."

Chosen Maten is back to defend his crown after winning this race last year, but there are a number of horses that appeal in an intriguing-looking Grand Annual.

Ibleo comes into this one in form having won his two races in January, while Entoucas has caught the eye on a number of occasions this term and has long been a fancy for this race,

Embittered ran an impressive race to finish third in last year’s County Hurdle. With the last 10 winners of this race officially rated between 138 and 150, Embittered offers appeal at 146.

Glorious weather at Cheltenham now as we head into the penultimate race of the day...

Frank Keogh
BBC Sport at Cheltenham

What a special brew that Champion Chase was - Put The Kettle On sure does like it round Cheltenham.

This was the seven-year-old's fourth course and distance victory. Tasty.

Put The Kettle On won last year's Arkle Chase at the Festival and completes a championship double for trainer Henry de Bromhead after Tuesday's Champion Hurdle triumph with Honeysuckle.

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Davy Russell, who has won the Grand National twice on Tiger Roll, talking to BBC Radio 5 Live: "The house was lifted off the ground! I don't care what you say, you can have your Champion Chases but that was outstanding stuff. The horse is in everybody's hearts and he is just a legend. To see a horse rise from the ashes like that, imagine what the crowd would have been like. It's heartwarming. I'm sure people around the world are just screaming at the TV. It is brilliant for connections.

"The festival has come alight for me now."

Charlie Poste
Former jump jockey on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Keith Donoghue is a huge part of the stable. It is well known that he has big weight issues - 11st 4lbs would have been difficult - but he won't mind that he's missed a few meals now he's got to partner up with Tiger Roll. This is a very special moment among a litany of moments we've had this week.

John Hunt
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra commentator

On today's evidence Tiger Roll would have been really well handicapped at Aintree for the Grand National.

It is a bit of mess.

There is nobody in the world who could argue he was given an unfair weight for the Grand National. On this evidence you could argue he was thrown in.

Andrew Thornton
Former Gold Cup-winning jockey on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

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Tiger Roll has done it in every sphere and he is just as hard as nails.

Will they regret pulling him out of the Grand National? They pulled him out because he was near the top of the weights but based on that performance he'd have looked particularly well in.

Don't let that take away from this afternoon, though. The drying ground and sun on his back has brought the best out of this hole.

Charlie Poste
Former jump jockey on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

The sport needed a shot in the arm, John, and this is more than anyone could have hoped for so far.

John Hunt
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra commentator

It is fantastic. We're not even at the end of the second day but it feels like we've had a week's worth of joy and highlights.

Winning jockey Keith Donoghue, speaking to ITV Racing: "Unbelievable to come and do it again. I am speechless. Without this horse I would not be riding. Simple as that. Never underestimate Tiger, a lot of people keep underestimating him but we've always had faith. He loved it out there, that's the Tiger we've been seeing at home. He's just a legend."