Weekend racing review with plenty of Cheltenham Festival market movers following the Dublin Racing Festival
Faugheen beaten, Supasundae heading to the Stayers' Hurdle and Buveur D'Air still flying high, how do the Cheltenham Festival markets look now?
THE Dublin Racing Festival was a huge success at Leopardstown this weekend and there were plenty of horses that impressed ahead of the Cheltenham Festival.
There were also plenty of horses that had their bubbles burst, and the Festival markets received a big shake up.
The well fancied Dortmund Park suffered a defeat in the opening race at Leopardstown with Tower Bridge winning. He was cut into as short as 16-1 for the Ballymore.
Min put his Christmas disappointment behind him with a brilliant win in the Dublin Chase and now looks a big rival to Altior.
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Willie Mullins' chaser is now a best priced 3-1 shot for the Queen Mother Champion Chase.
Mullins had another big winner with Footpad who is now the 4-6 favourite for the Arkle Chase.
Supasundae stunned Faugheen in the Irish Champion Hurdle, but he is set to head for the Sun Bets Stayers' Hurdle which he is now the 7-2 favourite for.
Faugheen drifted out to 6-1 for the Champion Hurdle while Buveur D'Air is now the 4-9 favourite for the race after his canter at Sandown.
Blackbow put himself into contention for the Champion Bumper with victory at Leopardstown and is now near the top of the market at 7-1 for the Festival race.
Over in England, aside from Buveur D'Air's win, Terrefort was cut into 10-1 for the JLT Novices Chase following his Scilly Isles win.
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Countister is now an 8-1 shot for the Mares Novices' Hurdle following her Sandown win.
On Sunday, We Have A Dream continued his journey towards Cheltenham and was mainly left unchanged at 7-1 for the Triumph Hurdle after winning at Musselburgh.
In Ireland, Mr Adjudicator showcased his Triumph Hurdle claims and is now an 8-1 shot for the race having previously been as big as 25-1 before his Leopardstown win.
Meanwhile Samcro continued to live up to the hype and was cut into the 8-11 favourite for the Ballymore following his Deloitte win.
However, he is not certain to line up for that contest and is also as short as 6-4 for the Supreme.
Getabird shortened up a little at the head of the Supreme market following Claimantakinforgan's defeat at Musselburgh.
Claimantakinforgan was eased out to 14-1 for the opening race of the Festival.
Monalee got his season back on track with a superb win in the Flogas Novice Chase.
Bookies reacted by making him the second favourite at 4-1 for the RSA Chase.
There was a boil over in the Irish Gold Cup as 33-1 shot Edwulf produced a massive performance to take the feature race.
He was cut into 25-1 for the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup following his win.