Irish must gird their loins in support of fancied raiders

IRISH punters could have been forgiven for thinking that Cheltenham bankers are a bit like London buses — you wait an age for one and then two pop up at once.

Irish must gird their loins in support of fancied raiders

Irish eyes were were green with euro signs after 3-1 shot Back In Front's runaway win in the first, the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, and half an hour later Azertyuiop - with Ruby Walsh aboard - swelled wallets further after landing a mammoth one-million-pound gamble in the Arkle Chase.

J.P. McManus' Youlneverwalkalone also landed a minor gamble and finally delivered the sort of big prize he's often promised but never delivered as the opening day of three day extravaganza swayed this way and that.

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