Olé, Olé, Olé as punters take gold with Brave Inca

OH what a perfect start. Just minutes after the Cheltenham three-day festival began, the Irish were belting out a distorted version of Olé in the winners’ enclosure.

First race and Brave Inca, owned by a Wexford syndicate, cleaned out the bookies when jockey Barry Cash guided the 7/2 favourite to victory and sent the Irish into ecstasy.

Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh was one of the many who celebrated.