{"id":3919,"date":"2024-03-12T20:02:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2024-03-12T20:02:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T18:02:08","slug":"state-man-wins-champions-hurdle-at-cheltenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=3919","title":{"rendered":"State Man wins Champions Hurdle at Cheltenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/state-man-wins-champions-hurdle-at-cheltenham.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\">Odds-on favourite State Man won the Champion Hurdle on the opening day of the\u00a0Cheltenham\u00a0Festival on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old, ridden by Irish jockey Paul Townend, turned on the power over the final few fences to romp home ahead of Irish Point and Luccia.Mullins now has 96\u00a0Cheltenham\u00a0wins.\u201cPaul rode him so well \u2014 I didn\u2019t dream he would be fifth or sixth jumping the fourth-last but he rode him with supreme confidence,\u201d Mullins said. \u201cHe probably thought the ground would take it out of the horses in front of him.\u201cWhen you\u2019re riding with confidence, you can do that.\u201dFollow the<br \/>\nCyprus Mail  on Google News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Man won the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, trained by Willie Mullins and ridden by Paul Townend. 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