The Cheltenham Festival begins today, drawing back the curtain on four days of the very best jump racing has to offer.

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.

The Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday, 11 March and concludes on Friday, 14 March. Fans will be glued to 28 races over four days, with seven races per day, including 13 races run over fences across the week, 13 over hurdles plus a bumper (flat race) and a cross-country chase.

The penultimate race on the Day One Cheltenham racecard has previously been known as the Fred Winter, with four-year-old runners battling it out over two miles, half a furlong. There are a clutch of JP McManus-owned horses among the market leaders, with Stencil, Beyond Your Dreams and Puturhandstogether all in with a lively chance.

Fact To File leads the betting in the Ryanair Chase, which shares top billing on St Patrick’s Thursday at Prestbury Park

The opening day of the Cheltenham Festival delivered plenty of thrills and spills, setting the stage for an action-packed week of racing. The prestigious four-day event is one of the biggest events in the horse racing calendar,

It's no surprise that Fergal O’Brien gave him the chance up in class in the Grade 2 Dovecote. It’s there he matured and proved there is much more to come by beating Grade 1 Formby Hurdle runner-up Miami Magic.