Sprinter Sacre confirmed his status as the Frankel of jump racing when he strolled to victory in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

The seven year-old gelding, trained by veteran English handler Nicky Henderson, recorded his eighth win in eight starts over fences as he came home an astonishing 19 lengths clear under Barry Geraghty.

Sprinter Sacre, at 1-4 on the shortest priced winner at the Festival since Irish jumps legend Arkle 50 years ago, never looked troubled in Wednesday's two mile race (3200m) and when he joined the 2011 winner Sizing Europe before the final bend there was only one winner.

Sizing Europe's chances of an upset disappeared completely when he nearly fell on the flat turning into the straight but he recovered to take second place.

The manner of the victory left Henderson flabbergasted.

"It does make you speechless. Sprinter Sacre is scary. He has that aura about him and is totally and utterly unique," Henderson said.

Geraghty was equally fulsome in his praise.

"He is an unbelievable horse," he said.

"To beat Sizing Europe the way he did was a remarkable performance. He was keen early on but settled down. He's a class act. I think the 'Frankel of jump racing' is a fair way to describe him."

The Irish had taken two of the previous races as the seemingly unstoppable Willie Mullins welcomed back his fourth winner of the Festival in Back In Focus, ridden by his son Patrick in the National Hunt Chase.

"My father won this race twice as a rider and it is great to put my name alongside his and also ride the winner for him," Patrick said.

Mullins was not to be in luck, though, in the RSA Handicap Chase when Boston Bob cruised into the lead on the bend but came to grief at the last fence.

Fellow Irish challenger Lord Windermere took up the baton and battled his way to the line under Davy Russell to give Jim Culloty his first win at the meeting as a trainer where he enjoyed three successive Gold Cup wins (2002-04) as a jockey on Best Mate.

Mullins added a fifth prize to his collection later when he collected the Bumper when 25-1 shot Briar Hill won by seven lengths under Ruby Walsh.