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Wednesday, 28 February, 2007, 19:31 GMT

CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL

Best Mate claims Gold Cup glory
Best Mate wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup to dash Looks Like Trouble's bid for a second successive victory.

McCoy relives nightmare
Champion jockey Tony McCoy reveals he nearly quit the Cheltenham Festival after the death of Valiramix.

No weak end for Cheltenham
BBC Sport's Cornelius Lysaght welcomes the idea of a fourth day for the Cheltenham Festival - but only if it is a Friday.

Cheltenham Festival results
All the race times and details for the three-day National Hunt Festival.

CHELTENHAM - DAY THREE
Winds of change
BBC Sport Online's Sophie Brown looks back at the final day's racing at Cheltenham.

Best Mate's movie magic
BBC Sport's racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght salutes a dramatic Cheltenham Gold Cup as Best Mate beats some old favourites.

Knight's day of glory
BBC Sport Online's Sophie Brown profiles Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer Henrietta Knight.

Culloty comes of age
BBC Sport Online's Sophie Brown profiles Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning jockey Jim Culloty.

A Festival to remember
BBC Sport's racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght hails the triumphant return of the Cheltenham Festival.

The fashion stakes
National Hunt is seen as Flat racing's poor relation and when it comes to the sartorial stakes, jump racing is furlongs behind.

Shop till you drop
BBC Sport Online's Sophie Brown discovers another side to the Festival.

Cheltenham Festival: Day three
Best Mate takes the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Richard Johnson is the top jockey and Tony McCoy rides a winner at last.

CHELTENHAM - DAY TWO
Flagship claims top prize
Favourite Flagship Uberalles wins a tough Queen Mother Champion Chase.

Still no joy for McCoy
Martin Pipe lands a Cheltenham double on day two - but neither are ridden by Tony McCoy.

Outsider Hussard makes history
Hussard Collonges holds off a strong field to become the highest ever priced winner of the Royal and Sun Alliance Chase at Cheltenham.

Tote still gets people's vote
Many Cheltenham punters still prefer to place their bets with the Tote rather than shop around with the course bookies.

No plaice like Cheltenham
Cheltenham would not be the same without fishmonger Barrie Cope, as BBC Sport Online discovers.

Cheltenham Festival: Day two
Flagship Uberalles wins the Queen Mother Champion Chase, plus a full race-by-race round-up.

CHELTENHAM - DAY ONE
Hors La Loi steals Istabraq's glory
Istabraq pulls up in his attempt for a fourth successive Champion Hurdle, leaving Hors La Loi III to win a dramatic race.

Downbeat McCoy mourns Valiramix
Tony McCoy admits the death of his mount Valiramix took all the joy from his victory at the Cheltenham Festival.

A race too far for a legend
A profile of the remarkable Istabraq as he misses out on a fourth Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Cheltenham's dramatic Hurdle
BBC Sport Cornelius Lysaght looks back at an eventful Champion Hurdle - a race that left him emotionally drained.

The two faces of Cheltenham
Cheltenham's Champion Hurdle produced a contrast in fortunes for jockeys Dean Gallagher and Tony McCoy.

Cheltenham Festival: Day one
Hors La Loi III wins the Champion Hurdle, plus a full race-by-race round-up.

FESTIVAL FOCUS
Maguire's misery continues
BBC Sport Online looks at jockey Adrian Maguire's bad luck at Cheltenham as injury rules him out of the Festival.

The three wise men
Paul Castles profiles three owners who have come to dominate the jumps game.

Bromley's Cheltenham champions
BBC radio's former voice of racing Peter Bromley looks back at some of the great Cheltenham performances.

The Irish invasion
Why do Irish punters make the annual pilgrimage to Gloucestershire for the Cheltenham Festival?

Six of the Gold Cup best
BBC Sport Online profiles some of the great Cheltenham Gold Cup winners, including the great Guinness-swilling Arkle.

BIG RACE COUNTDOWN
Cheltenham form checker
Check out our clickable guide to reports on the major jump races prior to the Cheltenham Festival.

Locals looking for winners
Cheltenham is relishing the prospect of jump racing's biggest meeting and the economic boost it provides, reports Jonathan Herbert.

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