Fact To File is favourite for the Ryanair Chase and Teahupoo is aiming to defend his crown in the Stayers’ Hurdle on a packed St Patrick’s Thursday at Cheltenham

Rachael Blackmore and Henry de Bromhead have enjoyed a sensational third day of the Cheltenham Festival. Air of Entitlement won the Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle for the pair, before they backed it up in the big feature race of the day, as Bob Olinger powered up the hill to beat favourite Teahupoo in the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle.

Jango Baie produced an upset in the Arkle Novices’ Chase, upsetting favourite Majborough in a dramatic finish before Lossiemouth stormed to victory in the Mares’ Hurdle.

Rachael Blackmore wins the Stayers' Hurdle aboard Bob Olinger to complete a Cheltenham Festival double on Thursday.

Bob Olinger maintained his flawless Cheltenham Festival record when storming up the hill to take the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle under Rachael Blackmore.

The Ryanair Chase precedes the Stayers’ and is a very prestigious event in its own right, but there is no getting away from the fact it is for horses that either aren’t good enough or won’t get the trip in the Gold Cup,

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