HEREFORD-based jockey Lucy Turner said riding a winner at Cheltenham Festival was a dream come true.

Riding for Herefordshire trainer Venetia Williams on board Chambard she won the Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase.

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"It's really unbelievable and what you dream of," Turner told Racing TV.

"To ride any winner at Cheltenham let along at the festival, it's amazing.

"You dream about it from when you are a little girl, the last few years I've had some better opportunities and think maybe one day."

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Hereford Times: Chambard coming back into the winners enclosure, winner of the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase at 40/1. Trained by Venetia Williams (pictured right) and ridden by Lucy Turner. Picture by Phil Blagg Photography.Chambard coming back into the winners enclosure, winner of the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase at 40/1. Trained by Venetia Williams (pictured right) and ridden by Lucy Turner. Picture by Phil Blagg Photography.

Chambard rode through the pack before taking the lead three fences from the finish and held on for a memorable win.

"I knew it would probably take him the first circuit to warm-up, that's how he normally runs races," added Turner.

"I left it up to him. He told me where he wanted to go and when he wanted to go.

"All the way down the back he was tanking and jumping from fence to fence.

"He just kept finding for me everything I asked of him."