Emmet Mullins honoured to win race named after his late grandmother

Corbetts Cross, trained by Emmet Mullins, won the final race on day one of the Cheltenham Festival.

Winner Corbetts Cross, with Derek O'Connor up, left, and Embassy Gardens, with Patrick Mullins up, who finished second, after the Maureen Mullins National Hunt Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Novices' Chase at Cheltenham. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Trainer Emmet Mullins took the race named in honour of his late grandmother as Corbetts Cross was much the best in the Maureen Mullins National Hunt Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Novices' Chase at Cheltenham.

A 15-8 chance under Derek O'Connor, the chestnut travelled well throughout and let Mr Vango and Gina Andrews make the running.