Cheltenham Day Two live: King Rascro Grey wins opening race of the day

1.20: Winner - King Rascro Grey

2.00: Winner - Kitzbuhel

2.40: Winner: Jingko Blue

3.20: Cross Country Chase

4.00:  Champion Chase

4.40: Grand Annual Handicap Chase

5.20: Champion Bumper.

Jingko Blue wins the MGM Cup Handicap Hurdle.

Franciscan Rock followed well throughout the race, and finished in second, while Storm Heart came third, and Ballyadam in fourth.

Kitzbuhel roared back to top form with an exhibition of jumping from the front before edging out Final Demand in a tremendous finish to the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Trained by Willie Mullins, the six-year-old had excelled at Kempton when winning the Kauto Star Novices’ Chase on Boxing Day, but was somewhat underrated in the betting at 11-1 after falling at Sandown in the Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase.

Having come under scrutiny for his ride on No Drama This End in the opening Turners Novices’ Chase, Harry Cobden – partnering the grey for the first time – was at his brilliant best, leaving nothing to chance, finding some spectacular leaps from his mount as he led the field from start to finish.

The challengers loomed heading for home, none more so than stablemate Final Demand, who also showcased his very best to push the winner hard in the closing stages, with only three-quarters of a length separating the pair at the end of three miles.

Salver finished third for Gary and Josh Moore at 25-1, but jumping errors saw Gordon Elliott’s 9-4 favourite Romeo Coolio play no part in proceedings on his first start at three miles.

King Rascro Grey wins the first race of the day at 11/1. Willie Mullins has another winner, with Paul Townend the jockey in his 40th Cheltenham victory.

In a race where Paul Nicholls’ 5-2 favourite No Drama This End could never make his presence felt and was ultimately pulled up, it was Nicky Henderson’s Act Of Innocence who carried British hopes on his shoulders heading into the home straight, locked in battle with the Mullins raider.

However, he proved no match for the talented six-year-old, who relished every yard of the Cheltenham hill to come home two and a half lengths clear to give Townend his 40th Festival winner and also provide a welcome tonic for owner Audrey Turley after Galopin Des Champs was ruled out of the Gold Cup.

Act of Innocence comes in second, and in a scramble for their third, it looks like Zeus Power has got it.

Welcome to our live blog for the second day of Cheltenham.

The feature for the day is the Champion Chase at 4pm, where JP McManus and Willie Mullins’ Majborough is the favourite to win.

There are six other races throughout the day, starting with the Turners Novices’ Hurdle at 1.20pm.

Here is the schedule for the day.