Cheltenham Festival 2017 day two as it happened: Douvan in shock Queen Mother defeat to Special Tiara

Re-live the second day of the Cheltenham Festival

Ruby Walsh will ride Douvan in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham (Getty)

Day two of the Cheltenham Festival is headlined by the Queen Mother Champions Chase as Douvan returns to Prestbury Park, 12 months after his dominant display in the Arkle. Both Gordon Elliott and Nicky Henderson will hope to build on their impressive first day results, while Willie Mullins is yet to get off the mark. Follow the live action here.

Wednesday’s racecard and results:

• 13:30 – Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle - 1 Willoughby Court (D Bass) 14-1, 2 Neon Wolf (N D Fehily) 2-1 Fav , 3 Messire Des Obeaux (D A Jacob) 8-1
• 14:10 – RSA Novices’ Chase - 1 Might Bite (Nico de Boinville) 7-2 Fav, 2 Whisper (D N Russell) 9-2 , 3 Bellshill (R Walsh) 5-1
• 14:50 – Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle - 1 Supasundae (R Power) 16-1, 2 Taquin Du Seuil (Aidan Coleman) 12-1, 3 Who Dares Wins (Wayne Hutchinson) 33-1, 4 Monksland (D Meyler) 66-1
• 15:30 – Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase - 1 Special Tiara (N D Fehily) 11-1, 2 Fox Norton (Aidan Coleman) 7-1, 3 Sir Valentino (P J Brennan) 33-1
• 16:10 – Glenfarclas Chase (Cross Country Chase) - 1 Flying Tiger (R Johnson) 33-1, 2 Divin Bere (N D Fehily) 9-2 Fav, 3 Nietzsche (Danny Cook) 12-1 
• 17:30 – Weatherbys Champion Bumber - 1 Fayonagh (Mr J J Codd) 7-1, 2 Debuchet (D E Mullins) 10-1, 3 Claimantakinforgan (Nico de Boinville) 22-1 

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Tips:

13.30 Neon Wolf

14.10 Alpha Des Obeaux

14.50 Tombstone

15.30 Douvan

16.10 Cantlow

16.50 Dino Velvet

17.30 Carter McKay

Where can I watch it?

The Cheltenham Festival will be shown live on ITV from 13:00. You can also follow the action with The Independent’s live blog here.

[15 March 2017 12:15 · Charles Reynolds]

Good morning and welcome to day two of the 2017 Cheltenham Festival! 

There's plenty to get stuck into today with seven races on the cards though the Queen Mother Champion Chase, at 3.30pm, will see Douvan in action.

Stay tuned as we bring you the latest news and tips from this afternoon's races. We should be in for quite the day!

[15 March 2017 12:40 · Charles Reynolds]

Today is Ladies' Day at Cheltenham

[15 March 2017 12:53 · Charles Reynolds]

First race today is the Novices' Hurdle at 1:30pm – Neon Wolf is the favourite, could there be a second win for jockey Noel Fehily? Ruby Walsh is still looking for his first win of the festival on the second favourite Bacardys, while both of yesterday's succesful trainers, Nicky Henderson and Gordon Elliott have two horses each in the running.  

[15 March 2017 13:01 · Charles Reynolds]

The going today is good to soft 

[15 March 2017 13:03 · Charles Reynolds]

A horse! Who knows which one though 

[15 March 2017 13:06 · Charles Reynolds]

Today's pointless fact is that first race favourite Neon Wolf is named after an Irish rock band 

[15 March 2017 13:09 · Charles Reynolds]

 

Racing UK

@Racing_UK

Sprinter Sacre looking as exceptional as ever in the Cheltenham sun #TheFestivalhttps://t.co/dt2U2gFPVz

1:06 PM - 15 Mar 2017

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[15 March 2017 13:15 · Charles Reynolds]

Just over 15 minutes until the first race kicks off, all the talk in that one has surrounded Neon Wolf, unbeaten in his career so far –  jockey Noel Fehily will be on board once again for the 4th time.

[15 March 2017 13:16 · Charles Reynolds]

 

Fred

@craigedwards25

15 minutes til the Cheltenham roar. Hoping Neon Wolf romps home ????????????????

1:16 PM - 15 Mar 2017

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[15 March 2017 13:17 · Charles Reynolds]

 

Shane Thomson

@shaneotomo

Come on neon wolf ???? #CheltenhamFestival

1:16 PM - 15 Mar 2017

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