Slade Steel wins the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Race at 2024 Cheltenham Festival – as Rachael Blackmore claims her first victory of the week – ahead of Mystical Power
The race for the 2024 Cheltenham Festival has taken place with Slade Steel as the winner.
Rachael Blackmore, who has a brilliant track record at Cheltenham, has another win on her CV
Mystical Power finished second, while Firefox came third.
Slade Steel, trained by Henry de Bromhead and ridden by Blackmore, traveled through the center of the field and chased down the leaders before mounting a challenge on the turn for home.
He then started to pick off the horses in front of him and jumped into the lead before accelerating back up the hill when strongly challenged by Mystical Power, taking top honors by a length and a half.
Slade Steel and Rachael Blackmore (pictured on Monday) won the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle Race at the Cheltenham Festival
‘I’m very happy with him, Rachael has given him a super ride and fair play to the Robcour team. They said Ballyburn beat us twice and we just have to avoid him, so we did that and it worked out really well for us. ‘, says De Bromhead.
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