THE 2015 Cheltenham Festival got off to a great start on Tuesday and the first day feature was the Grade 1 Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy and we saw Faugheen extended his unbeaten record to nine with a length and a half defeat of his team mate Arctic Fire (by Soldier Hollow).

Mullins also supplied the third place finisher, the record-breaking Grade 1 hero Hurricane Fly (by Montjeu), who won the race in 2011 and again in 2013, and the fourth home was last year’s Champion Hurdle star Jezki (by Milan), who is trained by Jessica Harrington.