Wednesday learnings: False starts no longer a source of amusement

Queally is a man of West Waterford, a hurler and probably has some blood of the Déise, a feared warrior tribe from a thousand years ago. Not the kind of man to take a backward step.

Irish jockey Declan Queally said he was abused by Nico de Boinville before the start of the Turner's Novices Hurdle on Day 2 at Cheltenham. Pics: ITV

The future is Willie Mullins 

And in fairness, so is the present and the past too. His 116th festival win came in the first race, the Turners Novice Hurdle when King Rasko Grey provided his owners, Audrey and Greg Turley with lucrative compensation for Galoin Des Champs missing the Gold Cup on Friday.