Laura Lambert

AS THE sell-out crowd piled in for the last day of the Cheltenham Festival, no one could have predicted how the day would pan out.

Live text updates of the last day of the 2014 Cheltenham Festival. The big race of the day is the Betfred Gold Cup, which goes off at 3.20pm.

Live updates of Day Three from the Cheltenham Festival, including the feature race of the day, the Ladbrokes World Hurdle.

Nicky Henderson finally got the winner he needed, but perhaps not in the race or with the jockey that people would have expected.

DAVID Howell will be hoping for a better round at the Trophee Hassan II today after finishing his opening round in Morocco on level par.

It was a nail-biting finish in the RSA Chase, not least for Alan King, whose brave chaser Smad Place was battling it out up the hill with O’Faolains Boy.

Live updates from Day Two of the Cheltenham Festival, including the feature race of the day, the Queen Mother Champion Chase.

LAMBOURN-BASED Jamie Snowden’s dreams hung in the balance after the last race on day one of the Cheltenham Festival yesterday, as the stewards took an agonising length of time deliberating over the result.

Live updates from Day One of the 2014 Cheltenham Festival, including the big race the Stan James Champion Hurdle

Aside from some obvious nerves, Nicky Henderson would normally be quietly confident at this time of year.