Watch Appreciate It make a mockery of rivals with incredible 24-LENGTH win at Cheltenham Festival to delight of backers
APPRECIATE IT made an absolute mockery of his rivals with a massive 24-length win in the first race of Cheltenham Festival.
Already some punters were asking if they had seen the performance of the meet in the first contest of the four-day showpiece.
The favourite, who went off at 11-8, flew over the final flight to win the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle with ease.
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And, truth be told, absolutely no one could get near the Willie Mullins-trained superstar.
Metier was second favourite in the field at 5-1, but could only come last.
Ballyadam, a 6-1 chance, came second while 40-1 surprise shot For Pleasure came third.
But it was Appreciate It who scooped the £52,753 first-place prize.
Fans were purring over the seven-year-old’s performance.
One said: “Have we just seen potentially the performance of Cheltenham Festival after the first race?!”
Another posted: “Have the others finished yet? What a performance!!!! Appreciate It a sensational winner of the Supreme.”
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One comment read: “Awesome performance by Appreciate It. He’s going to make one hell of a chaser next season.”
A fellow Twitter user wrote: “Appreciate It is some monster. Fantastic performance.”
Another comment: “Appreciate It – an absolute monster of a horse. What a performance that was.”
A delighted Mullins said afterwards: “Appreciate It was awesome. Paul [Townend, the jockey] was exuding confidence the whole way down the hill.
“It was textbook stuff from Paul and the horse.”
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