Jeremy Scott's 25-1 outsider lands the Grade One feature on the opening day of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival as the past two winners Constitution Hill and State Man both fell

And who was there to pick up the pieces from the carnage, little old Golden Ace, the Jeremy Scott-trained mare who had done the opposite to Lossiemouth and gone for Champion Hurdle glory instead of running in the 'easier' Mares’ race 40 minutes earlier. ‘He who dares wins’, as Del Boy might say.

Golden Ace ran out the winner of the 2025 Unibet Champion Hurdle at odds of 25/1 after a dramatic race saw Constitution Hill and State Man fall; also on the opening day at Cheltenham, Rich Riccis deci

Day One of the Cheltenham Festival 2025 gets underway on Tuesday afternoon as excitement builds around the return of Constitution Hill in the Champion 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.

Golden Ace is a shock 25-1 winner of the Champion Hurdle after previous victors Constitution Hill and State Man fall.

Golden Ace was the shock winner in a dramatic Champion Hurdle, the feature race of the first day of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday, after both the previous winners Constitution Hill and State Man fell.