Put the Kettle On, Honeysuckle, Ravenhill and JP McManus' Epatante take honours at Cheltenham

In victory, Put the Kettle On became the first mare to win the Arkle in 40 years, a notable achievement on the part of the 16-1 outsider.

Day three of the Cheltenham Festival is designated as Ladies Day but the memo evidently didn’t reach everyone as the fairer sex instead opted to turn on the style on the opening day of the 2020 extravaganza.

The tone was set as early as the second race when the brilliantly-named mare Put the Kettle On got the Irish on the board when winning the Racing Post Arkle for Waterford trainer Henry De Bromhead and Cork-born jockey Aidan Coleman.