Ruby Walsh: Fact To File is unstoppable, El Fabiolo is too short in the Queen Mother 

The Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase looks a cracker on paper 

GOOD VALUE: Jonbon, who Nicky Henderson is optimistic can give familiar foe El Fabiolo a run for his money when they clash for a third time in the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday. Photo credit: David Davies/PA Wire.

The opening day of the Cheltenham Festival was a wonderful one for Irish horses, winning six of the seven races.

The big ones delivered but I'm guilty of looking at it through Willie Mullins-tinted glasses and when I look at Paul Townend, I just loved what I saw on Tuesday.