Willie Mullins domination may have been at the forefront of many minds coming into the first day of the Festival, but local hero Chianti Classico upset the Irish party in the Ultima Handicap Chase for Cheltenham-based trainer Kim Bailey.

Willie Mullins domination may have been at the forefront of many minds coming into the first day of the Festival, but local hero Chianti Classico upset the Irish party in the Ultima Handicap Chase for Cheltenham-based trainer Kim Bailey.

It was an attritional renewal of the Grimthorpe Handicap Chase at Doncaster on Saturday, with Kim Bailey’s Does He Know coming home the first of two finishers.

Colonel Harry bounced back to winning ways to land the Grade 2 William Hill Towton Novices' Chase at Wetherby this afternoon.

With no Flat action this week, we bring you two selections from the sole two jumps cards in the UK and Ireland on Monday – Kempton and Ludlow…