HAPPY NOEL’S LAST FESTIVAL

AN emotional Noel Fehily announced he will retire in the next few weeks after partnering possibly his final Festival winner on Willie Mullins-trained 50-1 shot Eglantine Du Seuil in the Dawn Run Mares’ Novices Hurdle. Fehily, 43, who won by a short head, said: ‘I enjoyed that because it is my last Festival. I am not getting any younger. I have been thinking about it for a couple of weeks and it is time to let the young lads get on with it. I will probably ride for another couple of weeks.’ Fehily’s seven Festival winners include the 2017 Champion Hurdle on Buveur D’Air and the 2017 Champion Chase on Special Tiara.