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Lossiemouth, Facile Vega and Blue Lord were among the hot favourites beaten at the Dublin Racing Festival, shaking up the Cheltenham Festival ante-post markets; Galopin Des Champs won the Irish Gold Cup but drifted out for the Cheltenham Gold Cup
It usually provides major clues for betting at Cheltenham, but this year's Dublin Racing Festival (DRF) left punters with as many questions as answers.
Supreme Novices' Hurdle
Facile Vega disappoints and leaves Festival curtain-raiser wide open
Perhaps the biggest shock of Leopardstown's two-day meeting saw the previously-unbeaten Facile Vega suffer defeat by 20 lengths in the Grade One Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle.Sent off at a furious pace under Paul Townend, Willie Mullins' Champion Bumper star tired badly in the home straight and came home last of the five to finish.