Results for the first day of the Cheltenham Festival 2007.

2pm Anglo Irish Bank Supreme Novices Hurdle (2m ½f)

1. Ebaziyan (DJ Condon) 40-1

2. Granit Jack (R Walsh) 15-2

3. Amaretto Rose (M Fitzgerald) 2-1f

22 ran

2.35pm Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase (2m)

1. My Way de Solzen (R Thornton) 7-2

2. Fair Along (R Johnson) 10-3 fav

3. Jack The Giant (M Fitzgerald) 14-1

13 ran

3.15pm Smurfit Champion Hurdle (2m ½f)

1. Sublimity (P Carberry) 16-1

2. Brave Inca (R Walsh) 11-2

3. Afsoun (M Fitzgerald) 28-1

10 ran

4pm William Hill Trophy Handicap Steeplechase (3m ½f)

1. Joes Edge (D N Russell) 50-1

2. Juveigneur (M Fitzgerald) 7-1 co-fav

3. Distant Thunder (A J McNamara) 7-1 co-fav

4. Mon Mome (L Treadwell) 16-1

23 ran

4.40pm Sporting Index Handicap Steeple Chase (3m 7f)

1. Heads Onthe Ground (N Carberry) 5-2 Fav

2. Silver Birch (J M Maguire) 14-1

3. Le Duc (S Thomas) 8-1

4. Spot Thedifference (J T McNamara) 6-1

16 ran

5.20pm Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle Race (2m ½f)

1. Gaspara (A Glassonbury) 9-2 Joint fav

2. Altilhar (N Fehily) 12-1

3. Laustra Bad (T Scudamore) 16-1

4. Zilcash (G Tumelty) 50-1

24 ran