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.