Willie Mullins headlines ‘fab four’ day one Cheltenham Festival banker bet which could RUIN bookies

WILLIE MULLINS headlines a 'fab four' time 1 Cheltenham Festival banker stake - which could RUIN bookies.

Punters were successful despair connected Monday erstwhile Nicky Henderson confirmed Sir Gino would miss the Arkle with a season-ending injury.

He was acceptable for a mouthwatering showdown with Mullins' Majborough successful the Arkle Chase.

But Sir Gino's lack means punters tin get stuck into Majborough alternatively who's present arsenic abbreviated arsenic 4-7 for the 2m Grade 1 contest.

Majborough and Mullins' different short-price fav Kopek Des Bordes signifier 1 fractional of the acca everyone volition beryllium on.

Kopek Des Bordes, who reduced his owners to floods of tears aft his astir caller win, is odds-on for the curtain-raising Supreme Novices' Hurdle.

Bookies could beryllium connected the backmost ft close distant if those 2 spell successful in the archetypal 2 races.

They could person immoderate respite successful the Ultima Handicap Chase earlier Brighterdaysahead is acceptable to spark much punter joyousness successful the Mares' Hurdle.

She hammered State Man erstwhile past seen and has been untouchable this season.

Gordon Elliott's unchangeable prima does not person a definite people yet, with proprietor Ryanair brag Michael O'Leary eyeing up the Champion Hurdle too.

But, being 1-2 for the Mares, the marketplace suggests that is wherever she's heading.

And the extortion volition travel disconnected Prestbury Park if it's Constitution Hill who lands the four-fold successful the Champion Hurdle, the 5th contention of 7 connected the day.

He won't person it each his ain mode against apt Mullins brace Lossiemouth and defending champ State Man.

But helium has looked astir backmost to his precise champion successful 2 wins this play and is simply a best-price 8-13 fav to onshore his 2nd Champion Hurdle.

Sam Boswell, spokesperson for BetVictor: "Just arsenic the four-fold for time 1 of the Festival was gaining momentum, it volition look a large alteration with Sir Gino present ruled out.

"He had been a fashionable enactment successful multiples and singles adjacent earlier his breath-taking triumph astatine Kempton implicit Christmas.

"Fingers crossed we spot him backmost to his champion adjacent play and helium makes a afloat recovery.

"From our perspective, we needed a competitory clash betwixt him and Majborough arsenic that would’ve seen astatine slightest 1 of them beaten, but present the Arkle looks adjacent much of a one-horse race!

"As it stands now, the fab 4 for punters volition beryllium Kopek Des Bordes successful the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Majborough successful the Arkle Chase - who is present a 4-9 changeable having been arsenic large 16-1 astatine the commencement of the play – Constitution Hill astatine 1-2 successful the Champion Hurdle, and Brighterdaysahead astatine 4-5 successful the Mares’ Hurdle.

"Mind you, that's a contention which has seen its just stock of play with Annie Power redeeming the bookmaking manufacture from a multi-million lb wage retired erstwhile she fell astatine the past a fewer years ago.

"The acca with america close present pays 6-1 which contempt being abbreviated is bound to beryllium fashionable successful the pb up to the champion week successful racing, alongside Constitution Hill who remains our worst idiosyncratic outright loser a period retired from the Festival."

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