Cheltenham Festival: Lossiemouth crowned Champion Hurdle queen with victory for Willie Mullins and Paul Townend | Racing News

March 10, 2026:

Lossiemouth swept aside all rivals to claim a brilliant victory in the Unibet Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

The 7/5 favourite, who was targeted at this race over the Mares’ Hurdle – a contest she has won twice – was one of three Willie Mullins-trained runners and the choice of stable jockey Paul Townend.

The grey mare’s Cheltenham record was flawless going into Tuesday’s feature race and remained so afterwards, never looking in any sort of trouble ahead of a six-and-a-half-length defeat of Brighterdaysahead as The New Lion came home in third.

Alexei ran a big race in fourth, just ahead of gallant defending champion Golden Ace.

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