Cheltenham Festival
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 1 month agoAces humbled – and it aint even started: Minor obstacles topple the big Festival stars
The Grand National is usually the race that grabs the headlines, but something pretty bizarre will have to occur at Aintree to dwarf the most eventful Champion Hurdle...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 1 month agoTelly puts bins in bin: Rolf Johnson sees Festival skip to Eurovision – other things don’t change
Cheltenham runners invariably knock your eye out – as the Festival mutates from Olympics to Eurovision. Cheltenham’s all singing and dancing mega panoramic screen fills the naked eye.
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham: Sir Anthony McCoy thrilled to see JP McManus win the Gold Cup again
Sir Anthony McCoy knows the feeling of returning victorious after the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup and cut a delighted figure as he soaked in another magical moment for...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoWillie Mullins never confident in what he was watching with Galopin Des Champs in Gold Cup
Willie Mullins felt Galopin Des Champs was never jumping well enough to enable him to win a third Boodles Gold Cup at Cheltenham. On a day when the...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoInothewayurthinkin tears up the Gold Cup script at Cheltenham
Inothewayurthinkin galloped on strongly up the hill to deny Galopin Des Champs a famous Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup hat-trick. Gavin Cromwell’s seven-year-old was supplemented for the race at...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoJasmin De Vaux bounces back for more Cheltenham success
Jasmin De Vaux added to last year’s Champion Bumper success when staying on strongly to strike in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham. Paul Townend gave the...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoFourth time lucky for favourite Dinoblue at Cheltenham
Dinoblue emphatically ended her Cheltenham Festival hoodoo when claiming the Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Chase for Willie Mullins and Mark Walsh. The eight-year-old had three times been a...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoKargese claims County crown for Willie Mullins and Paul Townend at Cheltenham
Kargese produced a determined display to justify favouritism in the William Hill County Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham. Last season’s Triumph Hurdle runner-up was a little keen early on...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: Poniros powers to 100-1 shock in Triumph Hurdle
Poniros powered home to land a 100-1 shock and give Ireland a sixth straight success in the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham. James Owen’s East India Dock and...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoProcedures defended after series of Cheltenham Festival false starts
British Horseracing Authority starter Robbie Supple has defended existing procedures after a series of unsatisfactory starts at the Cheltenham Festival. Tuesday‘s Ultima Handicap Chase required three attempts to...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: Kennedy offers no excuses for Teahupoo eclipse
Jack Kennedy made no excuses for Teahupoo after he relinquished his title in the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The bay, who is trained by...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: Bob Olinger battles to dethrone Stayers’ Hurdle champ Teahupoo
Bob Olinger maintained his flawless Cheltenham Festival record when storming up the hill to take the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle under Rachael Blackmore. Henry de Bromhead’s 10-year-old was...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoFact To File coasts to impressive Ryanair Chase victory at Cheltenham
Fact To File made light work of the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham when strolling home an easy winner as the 6-4 favourite. Willie Mullins‘ eight-year-old opted for the...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: Doddiethegreat leads home a Nicky Henderson one-two
The memory of Doddie Weir was honoured at the Cheltenham Festival, as Brian Hughes produced Doddiethegreat to perfection to lead home a Nicky Henderson one-two in the Pertemps...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: History beckons for hat-trick seeking Galopin Des Champs in the Gold Cup
Galopin Des Champs may be standing on the edge of greatness, but Willie Mullins is doing his best to keep his feet on the ground ahead of his...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCaldwell Potter provides Paul Nicholls with landmark 50th Cheltenham Festival win
Caldwell Potter was a poignant winner of the Jack Richards Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase, as Paul Nicholls brought up his 50th winner at the Cheltenham Festival. Running in...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoAir Of Entitlement swoops late for Mares’ glory at Cheltenham
Rachael Blackmore produced an inspired finish aboard Air Of Entitlement as she secured her first win at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival in the Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle. Blackmore...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoMarine Nationale ensures Michael O’Sullivan’s legacy is carried forward at Cheltenham
Few stages in sport can stir the soul like the Cheltenham Festival and emotion washed over Prestbury Park once more following Marine Nationale’s poignant victory in the BetMGM...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: Jazzy Matty does his bit to honour memory of Michael O’Sullivan
Only 40 minutes after Marine Nationale stormed to the Queen Mother Champion Chase title, Jazzy Matty further honoured the memory of the late Michael O’Sullivan at Cheltenham with...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: Standing start hitch put Jonbon on the back foot says Nico De Boinville
Nico de Boinville raised the possibility of the standing start being a contributory factor behind Jonbon’s defeat in the BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase. Having won 17 of...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoEmotional scenes, as Marine Nationale takes Champion Chase crown at Cheltenham
There were emotional scenes at the Cheltenham Festival as Marine Nationale honoured the memory of the late Michael O’Sullivan by galloping to BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase glory....
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: Stumptown storms home for convincing Cross Country victory
Gavin Cromwell is eyeing a crack at Grand National glory after Stumptown duly delivered when going off as favourite for the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase at Cheltenham, with...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoBen Morgan’s Cheltenham Festival tips Day Four – Monty could be the Star
Racing Ahead tipster Ben Morgan offers his thoughts on the penultimate day of the Cheltenham Festival. Check out Betway’s latest Cheltenham betting markets for all the races across this week 1.20 –...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoNicky Henderson firmly set on taking Constitution Hill to Punchestown Festival after Cheltenham fall
Nicky Henderson remains keen to head to the Punchestown Festival with Constitution Hill after reporting his stable star to be none the worse following his dramatic fall in...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: Jimmy Du Seuil makes light of long absence to win Coral Cup
Jimmy Du Seuil came out on top as Willie and Danny Mullins teamed up to great effect in the Coral Cup at Cheltenham. The six-year-old was a 16-1 chance...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: Mistakes costly for Ballyburn as Lecky Watson causes upset in Brown Advisory
Lecky Watson was something of an unexpected Willie Mullins-trained winner of the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham, as his better-fancied stablemates faltered. The chestnut was a 20-1...
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/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: The New Lion stars in battling Turners success
The New Lion lived up to the hype with a battling victory in the Turners Novices’ Hurdle on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival. The six-year-old is...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoCheltenham Festival: Galopin Des Champs heads nine left chasing Gold Cup glory
Galopin Des Champs will face eight rivals in his bid for Cheltenham Festival immortality, as he leads the field for Friday‘s centrepiece Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup. Willie Mullins‘...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 months agoBen Morgan’s Cheltenham Festival tips Day Three – Daly to reign Supreme
Racing Ahead tipster Ben Morgan offers his thoughts on a mouth-watering third day Festival racecard at Cheltenham. Check out Betway’s latest Cheltenham betting markets for all the races across this week 1.20 –...
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