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The Champion Hurdle in 2003 began in extremely unusual circumstances with the 2002 winner Hors La Loi remaining at the start as the race got underway. Two other fancied entrants were very slowly away and the confusion resulted in a field well strung out before the halfway point.
One of the entrants suited by the fantastic early pace was the Peter Hobbs trained Rooster Booster. Under Richard Johnson he ran the perfect race, remaining at the rear of the field for as long as possible and upon making his move at the final turn there was only going to be one winner. Eleven lengths behind the winner can the second placed horse in the 2002 Supreme Novices Hurdle, Westender who had been one of the betting market leaders left trailing after his slow and confused start. The favourite in the Champion Hurdle betting, Rhinestone Cowboy, came in a disappointing third but is likely to improve before the 2004 race.
1. Back In Front (N Williamson) 3-1 Fav
2. Kicking King (B J Geraghty) 13-2
3. Chauvinist (M A Fitzgerald) 20-1
Following on from last year, we are delighted to announce that we are featuring horse racing tips from Channel Four Racing presenter, Tom Lee.
Tom appears on Channel 4's Morning Line & covers live Racing in the afternoon as well fronting RTE's Racing coverage in Ireland, his Cheltenham Festival Tips and previews of each day's Racing will be available during the Festival and supported with opinions and views from our Racing writers.
View Tom's Racing Tips
We now have the latest bookmakers betting odds for the main Cheltenham Festival Races.
These odds are updated regularily to ensure that you in touch with all the market moves in the build up to the festival.
The four days of the Cheltenham Festival play host to a number of high quality races:
