Cheltenham 2024 Day One LIVE: Latest tips, racecards and results ahead of action packed opening day

Hello and welcome to Mail Sport’s live coverage of the first day of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, with just under an hour and a half to go before the crowd unleashes the legendary Cheltenham Roar ahead of our first race.

Make sure to set your watches for 3:30 p.m. – this is when the biggest race of the day, the Champion Hurdle, will take place.

But before we begin what should be a hair-raising week of racing, we’ll be bringing you all the build-up, reports and the latest odds ahead of the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at 1.30pm.