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Cheltenham’s biggest annual event is right around the corner. The iconic horse racing competition with a price stake just below the Grand National is set to commence on the 14th of March with spectators arriving from all over. But what can we expect? Here’s some stats: Last year we saw record numbers of visitors to […]
Young jockey Jonjo O’Neill Jnr is hoping for weekend success at Kempton on Saturday as his dad is set to unleash multiple yard favourites. The 24-year-old is the son of famous trainer and former jockey Jonjo O’Neill Snr and is one of his father’s regular riders. The team at Jackdaws Castle in Gloucestershire have three […]
Nauton Downs-based trainer Ben Pauling is hoping QUINTA DO MAR can light up Kempton Park Racecourse on Saturday in the prestigious Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle. The Gloucestershire operator currently has five entries for the feature day of the weekend at this early stage and his eight-year-old gelding is a leading contender for the £100,000 contest. Having […]
The weekends’ racing saw a competitive Tolworth, a big-priced winner in the Veterans’ Chase and another runner added to Mullins’ Cheltenham army over at Naas. Tahmuras enhanced his chances for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle as he won the Grade One Tolworth Novices’ Hurdle, in testing ground at Sandown Park. Racing keen early on, Tahmuras sat […]
Saturday’s racing saw a jubilant Skelton team up at Haydock, but a despondent Henderson team down at Ascot. Protektorat laid down the gauntlet for the Gold Cup, as he stormed to an 11-length victory in the first Grade One of the season. Lit up in the early stages, jockey Harry Skelton held his mount towards […]
Action returned to Prestbury Park last week with the November meeting acting as host for plenty of great performances on the track. Here are three things we learned from this year’s renewal. It pays to watch the bumpers Embed from Getty Images The bumper races at Cheltenham aren’t for everyone. On numerous occasions we see […]
Kim Bailey’s Does He Know returned to winning ways at Cheltenham on Sunday as he carried 12-stone to a decisive success. The seven-year-old gelding, who is a three-time successor around Prestbury Park, was priced up as the 6/1 third favourite on his fourth start in six races at the Gloucestershire track – he was disappointing […]
The Jockey Club has confirmed that the Cheltenham Festival will remain four days long, rather than five, in 2023 and beyond. Discussions had taken place over extending the length of the festival, which surely would have brought in significant income, but it appears the Jockey Club have listened to fans’ concerns.. “At the Jockey Club […]
Organisers at the Cheltenham festival have defended their safety record after four horses died over the course of the event this year. In the first face of the week, Shallwehaveonemore fell and resulted in the first fatality of the week. A further two horses had to be put down on Thursday when Born Patriot and […]
The 2022 Cheltenham festival begins on Tuesday 15 March, with the headline event, the Gold Cup, taking place on the final day on Friday 18 March. The race is the highest profile and most well-known of the Cheltenham festival, with the biggest names in horse racing set to compete. Cheltenham Post horse racing columnist Ash […]