Golden Ace wins Champion Hurdle

Golden Ace wins dramatic Champion Hurdle at 25-1
Golden Ace is a shock 25-1 winner of the Champion Hurdle after previous victors Constitution Hill and State Man fall.
Dramatic Champion Hurdle provides thrilling twist on opening day at Cheltenham
Dramatic Champion Hurdle provides thrilling twist on opening day at Cheltenham - A day set for favourites was upended when Constitution Hill and State Man fell in the headline race
Golden Ace wins dramatic Champion Hurdle as Constitution Hill and State Man fall
Golden Ace sprang a 25/1 surprise in the Unibet Champion Hurdle after 1/2 favourite Constitution Hill and last year's winner State Man both fell.
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Cheltenham Festival: Champion Hurdle won by Golden Ace after Constitution Hill and State Man fall in incident-packed race
Golden Ace ran out the winner of the 2025 Unibet Champion Hurdle at odds of 25/1 after a dramatic race saw Constitution Hill and State Man fall; also on the opening day at Cheltenham, Rich Riccis deci
Golden Ace wins most dramatic Champion Hurdle in history... and was not even backed by owner
Golden Ace, a 25-1-shot trained by a former farmer on Exmoor, won the most dramatic Unibet Champion Hurdle in the championship’s 98-year history. Two former winners ended up on the deck with Constitution Hill, the 1-2 favourite, falling at the fifth and State Man, last year’s winner, going down with a second title all but in the bag.
Golden Ace takes full advantage of scarcely believable Champion Hurdle
Golden Ace was a shock winner of an incredible Unibet Champion Hurdle, in which both Constitution Hill and State Man crashed out
Constitution Hill falls in the Champion Hurdle in huge Cheltenham Festival upset
Constitution Hill was back in the race it won in 2023, but after missing the chance to reclaim the crown in 2024, the Nicky Henderson trained horse was back at Cheltenham
Cheltenham Festival 2025 LIVE: Day 1 results and update after Golden Ace wins dramatic Champion Hurdle
It was a hugely dramatic opening day at Prestbury Park as the Cheltenham Festival gets underway. The Champion Hurdle is the feature race of the day and the script was torn up, as Constitution Hill, the winner of the race in 2023, fell to leave punters disappointed.
Outsider is Champion Hurdle Ace as favourites tumble
Golden Ace was the shock winner in a dramatic Champion Hurdle, the feature race of the first day of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday, after both the previous winners Constitution Hill and State Man fell.
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