‘Queen of Cheltenham’ Lossiemouth cruises to Champion Hurdlerevealed at 17:54 GMT 10 March
Champion Hurdle (16:00)
Charlotte Coates
BBC Sport Journalist at Cheltenham Festival
Lossiemouth was labelled a “star mare” after cementing herself in Cheltenham Festival folklore with a dominant victory within the Champion Hurdle.
With 2023 champion Constitution Hill not operating having switched from jumps to Flat racing, the sector was extensive open.
But it was Lossiemouth, the 2024 and 2025 winner of the Mares’ Hurdle, who justified her standing as 7-5 favorite.
With Paul Townend on board, the mare completed in entrance of Gordon Elliott’s Brighterdaysahead and Dan Skelton’s The New Lion.
Trainer Willie Mullins informed ITV: “She’s a star mare. To come back four years in a row, let alone win, that is incredible.
“When I put her cheek items on her I believed, wow, that is the previous Lossiemouth.”
Jockey Townend added: “It’s simple once they have as a lot capacity as she does. She turns up and he or she does her enterprise.”
