| R5 GB - CHELTENHAM | 14 March 2023 |
| Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle (Registered As The David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) G1 4UM HDLE ($228,980), 4005m 5:05.13 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 4. HONEYSUCKLE (GB) 9yo Mare | HENRY DE BROMHEAD RACHAEL BLACKMORE | 72.0 $3.25 | |||||||
| SULAMANI (IRE) - FIRST ROYAL (GER) | ||||||||||
| MR K ALEXANDER | 2nd | 5. LOVE ENVOI (IRE) 7yo Mare | H FRY JONATHAN BURKE | 72.0 $12.00 | ||||||
| WESTERNER (GB) - LOVE DIVIDED (IRE) | ||||||||||
| NOEL FEHILY RACING SYNDICATES LOVE ENVOI | 3rd | 8. QUEENS BROOK (IRE) 8yo Mare | GORDON ELLIOTT DAVY RUSSELL | 72.0 $17.00 | ||||||
| SHIROCCO (GER) - AWESOME MIRACLE (IRE) | ||||||||||
| BECTIVE STUD | ||||||||||
| 4th | 2. ECHOES IN RAIN (FR) 7yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS MR P W MULLINS | 72.0 $10.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 1. BRANDY LOVE (IRE) 7yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS PAUL TOWNEND | 72.0 $10.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 10. THEATRE GLORY (IRE) 6yo Mare | NICKY J. HENDERSON DARYL JACOB | 72.0 $51.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 6. MARIE'S ROCK (IRE) 8yo Mare | NICKY J. HENDERSON NICO DE BOINVILLE | 72.0 $3.25 | |||||||
| 8th | 3. EPATANTE (FR) 9yo Mare | NICKY J. HENDERSON A COLEMAN | 72.0 $7.00 | |||||||
| 9th | 9. SHEWEARSITWELL (IRE) 8yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS DANIEL E. MULLINS | 72.0 $29.00 | |||||||
There were joyous scenes on day one of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival when Honeysuckle brought the curtain down on her phenomenal career with an emotional victory in the Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle.
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