Love Envoi (15/2) became the first British-trained winner of the Grade 2 Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle. The two-mile contest was first run in 2016 and all previous winners were trained in Ireland.

The six-year-old got the better of 50/1 Ahorsewithnoname by a length and a quarter with another length and a half back to Grangee in third,

It was a second Festival victory for trainer Harry Fry and a first for jockey Johnny Burke. The winner is owned by Noel Fehily Racing, a syndicate organised by the retired Festival-winning jockey.

Winning jockey Johnny Burke, said: “It’s surreal. You always dream it will happen, but that’s my first. I’ve had a few seconds, when I was riding for the Potts as a younger man, and I’d played it over in my mind loads of times, but I’m almost speechless.

"And to do it for Noel Fehily, who was such a great jockey and an idol to me growing up. Noel started with my dad as an amateur in Ireland and I rode against him a bit. Harry’s been very good to me too. There are a lot of people to thank and it’s just great to be a part of it.

“Love Envoi is very special. She’s done everything asked of her and keeps rising to the challenge. Three days ago she wasn’t even running, and then we had the rain. Sometimes these things are just meant to happen."

Earlier Coole Cody put up another brilliant Cheltenham performance by powering up the hill to take the Grade 3 Craft Irish Whiskey Co. Plate Handicap Chase.

The 11-year-old took the honours by six and a half lengths from 7/2 Favourite Imperial Alcazar with another nose back to Spiritofthegames in third.

It is second Festival win for trainer Evan Williams – 14 years after High Chimes in the 2008 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Handicap Chase.

It Is also a second Festival win for jockey Adam Wedge, following on from Lisnagar Oscar in the 2020 Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle.

“It sums him up that performance," winning trainer Evan Williams said. "He is 11 years of age and he has got so many miles on the clock but he will sit back and kept fighting all the way for you. He is a remarkable horse. This track should be all wrong for him as he jumps right-handed. He is not a particularly brilliant jumper but this is a place is a tough place for tough horses.

"He is a tough horse. It helped him (losing the lead) if you look back at the tap. Brendan (Powell) has come over and held his racing line which was beautiful race riding and good luck to the boy but that helped us as it just spurred him on. They didn’t go by him and they gave him a chance and if you get into a fight with this fellow there is only going to be one winner.

“It has been a long time since we have had a Festival winner and they are hard to come by. I think as you get older you start to appreciate the little things a bit more.

"My family at home are very heavily involved. I think every single winner and especially every big winner brings it home how incredibly lucky I am to be doing this for a living."