Bookmakers were battered on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival as punters piled into another feature-race winner.

THE Diary is used to screaming girls as he walks through the streets (ahem), but even this correspondent knew something was up as a posse of women shrieked uncontrollably as he walked past the Arkle bar.

Cheltenham has called an 8am inspection for Friday ahead of Saturday's big Trials Day meeting at the track.

The tremendous run of success enjoyed by Nicky Henderson’s horses at Cheltenham this week has made one of his staff an overnight millionaire.

LONG RUN’S marvellous victory in the totesport Gold Cup ensured the punters were in front at the end of a marathon four-day stint at the Cheltenham Festival.