Cheltenham day two: Willie Mullins claims 14th win in Champion Bumper race

Eva Osborne

Day two of Cheltenham closes out with the Champion Bumper, the only flat race of the festival.  Willie Mullins has now won this race 14 times, with Bambino Fever claiming victory.

Heads Up came very close for John McConnell and Shuttle Diplomacy got up for third at 66/1.

Jazzy Matty, ridden by Danny Gilligan, won the Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Handicap Chase.

Jazzy Matty is the second horse ridden by the late Michael O'Sullivan two years ago to win a race today.

Although Jazzy Matty was quietly fancied, particularly having had festival success before, for the two horses Michael O’Sullivan rode to victory in 2022 to win back-to-back races here is just beyond the beyonds, The Irish Times reported.

Barry Connell's Marine Nationale won the Champion Chase following a bad error from Jonbon.

This is the same horse the late Michael O’Sullivan won the Supreme on two years ago, resulting in an emotional success today.

Stumptown has seen the Cross Country out.

That’s a fifth win in the race for Keith Donoghue and a first win of the week for Gavin Cromwell, The Irish Times reports.

Earlier, Irish jockey Willie Mullins saw another shock winner, this time with Danny Mullins on board.

Jimmy Du Seuil smoothly landed the Coral Cup, with Nicky Henderson's Impose Toi in second place and Harry Fry's Ballyadam in third.

Jimmy Du Seuil came second to Ballyburn last year but had been off the track for most of the time since. This was its first run in a handicap and its first run all season. Willie Mullins has had two winners today - 22/1 and 16/1, The Irish Times reported.

Mullins won with Lecky Watson with Sean O'Keeffe as jockey in the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase.

Fellow Irish man Gordon Elliott came in second and third with Stellar Story and Better Days Ahead respectively.