The 7-to-5 favourite - ridden by Paul Townend and trained by Willie Mullins
Lossiemouth has won the Champion Hurdle, the feature race on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival.
The 7-to-5 favourite, ridden by Paul Townend and trained by Willie Mullins, finished comfortably in front of Brighterdaysahead, with The New Lion in third.
The mare is unbeaten at Cheltenham with four wins from four.
Mullins also enjoyed Grade One success in the Arkle with 7-to-1 shot Kargese earlier.
And Nicky Henderson won the opening race of the Festival, the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, with Old Park Star.
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