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The field of horses go round for the first time during the Letheby and Christopher Supreme Novices Hurdle Race

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Mariah Rollins unseats jockey David Casey at the last in the Letherby and Christopher Novices Hurdle

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Brave Inca (left) ridden by Barry Cash clears the final fence to win the opening race of the festival ahead of War Of Attrition

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Well Chief gives Tony McCoy his first winner of the 2004 Festival in the Irish Independent Arkle Challenge

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Among the guests at Britain's premier National Hunt event is Princess Anne's daughter Zara Phillips

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Hardy Eustace and jockey Conor O'Dwyer cause a big shock with a five length victory in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle

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Long-time leader Merchants Friend (left) is overtaken by eventual winner Maximise, ridden by Darren Edwards, in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase