Gordon Elliott wraps up Cheltenham with three winners after final day double

Elliott’s 203-1 double came up when Better Days Ahead not only gave Danny Gilligan his maiden Festival victory but did likewise for popular owner Noel Moran.
Gordon Elliott wraps up Cheltenham with three winners after final day double

Trainer Gordon Elliott is interviewed after sending out Teahupooto to win the Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle.

Trainer Gordon Elliott, who won Thursday’s Stayers’ Hurdle with Teahupoo, wrapped up the meeting with three winners thanks to a final-day double with Stellar Story and Better Days Ahead, both of which provided a landmark success for their respective rider.

Three miles in heavy ground quite the test for novices but the teak-tough Search For Glory gave young rider Sam Ewing his breakthrough Festival victory in the Grade One Albert Bartlett Novice Hurdle.

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