All posts tagged "Cheltenham Gold Cup"
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News
/ 4 weeks agoRachael Blackmore: Retirement crept into my head at Cheltenham
Rachael Blackmore first had thoughts of retiring at the Cheltenham Festival in March. The trailblazing jockey, a Grand National, Cheltenham Gold...
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News
/ 1 month agoRachael Blackmore – A career in pictures
With Rachael Blackmore having announced her immediate retirement from riding, we look back on some of the defining moments of an...
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News
/ 1 month agoSix star performers for Rachael Blackmore over her career
After calling time on a relatively brief but glittering professional career in the saddle, we look at six horses who helped...
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News
/ 1 month agoRachael Blackmore announces retirement from riding
Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National-winning rider Rachael Blackmore has announced her retirement from the saddle. The 35-year-old made international headlines...
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News
/ 1 month agoRachael Blackmore retires a pioneer who broke new ground
Rachael Blackmore’s professional riding career stretched to a little over 10 years. But she bows out leaving few big-race boxes unticked....
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News
/ 2 months agoPunchestown Festival 2025: Gold Cup analysis and preview
A Festival like no other in Irish jump racing is here, as the 2025 Punchestown Festival comes under starters orders on...
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Irish Racing
/ 2 months agoIrish Grand National Festival 2025: Dates, how to watch on TV, trainers and jockeys to watch
By Callum Close Thousands will turn their attention to Fairyhouse in under two weeks’ time for the 2025 Irish Grand National...
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News
/ 2 months agoInothewayurthinkin plans depend on Punchestown conditions
Punchestown is still a possibility for Inothewayurthinkin after connections chose to sidestep the Grand National in the aftermath of his Cheltenham...
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Grand National
/ 2 months agoGrand National 2025: Constitution Hill and Lossiemouth poised for Aintree Hurdle rematch
Constitution Hill will clash with Cheltenham Festival heroine Lossiemouth in the William Hill Aintree Hurdle on Thursday. Nicky Henderson‘s star performer...
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Grand National
/ 3 months agoGrand National 2025: Aintree showpiece has a new favourite after Gold Cup winner is withdrawn
Intense Raffles is the new favourite for the 2025 Grand National after connections withdrew Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Inothewayurthinkin from the...
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Grand National
/ 3 months agoGrand National win tops it all: Saddle legend Mick Fitzgerald opens up to Nick Townsend
It’s one of the curious realities of National Hunt racing. For all the Cheltenham Festival summits scaled last month, with the...
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Racing Ahead
/ 3 months agoHarry’s game: Ben Hastie talks to owner and horse racing fan Harry Redknapp
Q: HARRY, you are one of the most well-known figures in the football world. You have a passion for horse racing...
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News
/ 3 months agoBuckfastleigh Races: Favourite Duc De Beauchene storms home
By Mike Drowne Spectators were blessed with a Spring like day at Buckfastleigh Point to Point on Sunday for their second...
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Grand National
/ 3 months agoGavin Cromwell admits Grand National bid is ‘tempting’ with Inothewayurthinkin
Galopin Des Champs may have come short in his bid for Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup immortality, but his Prestbury Park conqueror...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 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...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 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...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 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...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 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...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 months agoPaul Nicholls: No stopping Galopin Des Champs lifting third Gold Cup at Cheltenham Festival
Paul Nicholls believes Galopin Des Champs is “basically a certainty” to win a third Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 months agoCheltenham Festival: Weather could be pointing Banbridge towards Gold Cup tilt
A tantalising Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup bid for King George hero Banbridge appears “more likely at this stage”, with Joseph O’Brien...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 4 months agoGold Cup Memories: Native River refuses to bend to Might Bite’s will
Graham Buddry recalls Native River’s legendary battle with Might Bite in the Cheltenham Gold Cup of 2018.
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 months agoAD: Brooklands watch company
Brooklands Watch Company to Launch The Golden Miller Racing Chronograph at Cheltenham Festival In Partnership With The Jockey Club, A Piece...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 months agoCheltenham Festival Hopefuls: Kopek Des Bordes speed off the clock
John Anthony keeps up with the pace of Festival hopefuls Supreme Novices' Hurdle KOPEK DES BORDES is a hot favourite but...
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Racing Ahead
/ 4 months agoJonathan Burke: Joy away from Cheltenham Festival
Nick Townsend speaks to Johnny Burke about hope and cool ambition While, for the majority of the National Hunt fraternity the...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 4 months agoCheltenham Festival 2025: Gold Cup analysis and preview
By Callum Close A week rivalled by no other in British racing begins in under four weeks, when the 2025 Cheltenham...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 4 months agoCheltenham Gold Cup hope Corbetts Cross considered in ‘good position’
Emmet Mullins believes Corbetts Cross is coming to the boil at just the right time as he prepares to bid for...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 4 months agoCorbetts Cross camp keeping Cheltenham Gold Cup prep options open
Emmet Mullins has yet to decide whether to give Corbetts Cross another prep run ahead of a planned tilt at the...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 4 months agoSixmilebridge sparks Cheltenham Festival dream for Megson
Owner Andrew Megson is struggling to contain his excitement for the Cheltenham Festival after Sixmilebridge stated his Turners Novices’ Hurdle case...
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Tips
/ 5 months agoBen Morgan’s Leopardstown, Musselburgh & Sandown racing tips: Lucie to be the next Star
Racing Ahead’s horse racing tipster Ben Morgan has some picks for a big weekend of racing on both sides of the...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 5 months agoCheltenham Gold Cup dream very much alive for L’Homme Presse camp
It could prove an exciting spring for connections of L’Homme Presse, who now have Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup dreams after his...