Pop the Champagne corks: Ruby records opening win at Cheltenham

Champagne Fever, trained by Willie Mullins and ridden by Ruby Walsh, won the William Hill Supreme Novices' Hurdle, the first race on day one of the Cheltenham Festival.

Tue, 12 Mar, 2013 - 14:01

Champagne Fever, trained by Willie Mullins and ridden by Ruby Walsh, won the William Hill Supreme Novices' Hurdle, the first race on day one of the Cheltenham Festival.

As expected, Champagne Fever took the field along from his stablemate Un Atout, with My Tent Or Yours third.

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