Epatante delivers another Champion Hurdle for record winners

She also became a 60th Festival winner for JP McManus, who celebrates his 69th birthday today.

Epatante became the fifth mare to win the Grade 1 Unibet Champion Hurdle when routing the opposition in the feature on the opening day of the 2020 Cheltenham Festival.

Nicky Henderson and JP McManus were already the leading trainer and leading owner respectively in the race’s history, and she became an eighth for her trainer, and a ninth in the famous green and gold silks. She also became a 60th Festival winner for McManus, who celebrates his 69th birthday today.