Package gift wrapped at Festival The Package rolled back the years to win for the first time at the Cheltenham Festival and give Jamie Codd a second success of the week in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup. Placed twice at the meeting and having run in Grand Nationals before, his best days appeared to be behind him but the 12-year-old looked reborn, bounding up the hill. Codd won the four-mile National Hunt Chase on Gordon Elliott's Cause Of Causes on Tuesday and while he was riding for David Pipe this time, it was Elliott's Bless The Wings who came from the clouds to chase him home under Nina Carberry. Sent off at 9-1 in the silks so closely associated with the late David Johnson, The Package won by 12 lengths, with Buddy Bolero third and Grand Vision fourth. It is the third time Codd has won the race after Character Building in 2009 and Junior in 2012. The well-backed favourite Champagne James never threatened to get involved for Ted and Katie Walsh. Codd said: "I t was a great training performance to get a 12-year-old to come back, he's run great at previous Festivals and to it in the Johnson colours is absolutely fantastic."
