Cork's Jody Townend keeps up family tradition with first Cheltenham Festival winner

Townend joining the likes of Katie Walsh and Rachael Blackmore as female jockeys to win the closing race on day two.

DREAM COME TRUE: Jody Townend with her father Tim and sister Caroline after riding Bambino Fever to win the Grade 1 Champion Bumper at Cheltenham. Pic: Healy Racing

There was a first winner at the Cheltenham Festival for Jody Townend when Willie Mullins enjoyed a record-extending 14th victory in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper with Bambino Fever.

Watchers of the Festival are well accustomed to seeing a Townend return to the Prestbury Park winner's enclosure aboard a fancied member of the Closutton string, but this time Paul Townend had to give way to his younger sister, who maintained her fruitful association with the five-year-old mare.