Clare Interest On Opening Day Of Cheltenham Festival

There’s Clare interest on the opening day of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival.

Tubber jockey Derek O’Connor will be aboard one of the leading contenders in the closing race of the day as he partners the JP McManus owned Corbetts Cross in the National Hunt Challenge Cup at 5.30pm.

Newmarket trainer Martin Brassil has a runner in one of the biggest fields of the day as he saddles Ose Partir in the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle at 4.50pm, while the Mag Melody owned Les Loyautes will also be in the field.

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The days racing gets underway at 1.30pm with the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, where Newmarket native Thomas Costelloe partners Asian Master, which is owned by his parents.