It was a great day for the Irish at Cheltenham (well, two in particular).
Here Cheltenham Day one by the numbers.
1 - Race abandoned. The 16.00 cross country race was moved to Thursday due to frozen ground.
3 - Three winners for the Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullins
5 - Quevega won her fifth Mare's Hurdle today.
7 - Seven jockeys have now won two or more Champions Hurdles. Tony McCoy, Conor O'Dwyer, Jonjo O'Neill, Peter Scudamore, Steve Smith-Eccles and Charlie Swan and Ruby Walsh.
12 (degrees celsius) - The temperature overnight at Cheltenham with the wind chill factor.
26-1 - The combined odds of Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullin's treble.
37 -
Ruby Walsh secures third win of day on Quevega. He now has a record 37 wins at Cheltenham!
— Irish Examiner Sport (@ExaminerSport) March 12, 2013
48 - The cover used to protect the course overnight is the equivalent of 48 football pitches in size.
£514,820 - Total prize money taken by races winners today.
