Slade Steel and Blackmore show mettle to reign Supreme at Cheltenham

Slade Steel, ridden by Rachael Blackmore and trained by Henry de Bromhead, won the Supreme Novices Hurdle. 
Slade Steel and Blackmore show mettle to reign Supreme at Cheltenham

WINNER: Slade Steel, with Rachael Blackmore up, jumps the last ahead of Mystical Power in the Supreme Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

“It’s lovely to get one on the board. You definitely breathe a sigh of relief, but we’ve never won that before, so I don’t know this feeling … but it’s good,” said a beaming Henry de Bromhead, after Slade Steel gave him a first Grade One Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.

He’s right, of course, the Festival opener was a gap on his CV, but that winning feeling at this meeting is certainly nothing new to the Co Waterford trainer who was celebrating his 22nd Festival success.

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