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With the Cheltenham Festival right around the corner, starting on the 12th of March this year, assistant trainer Charlie St Quinton doesn’t think Fergal O’Brien racing have “ever gone into a Cheltenham week where we have had two proper goes.” St Quinton was quick to defend lead jockey Paddy Brennan making it clear he thinks […]
The Defending Champion went for a gallop with two stablemates who trailed home in third, he was quickly pulled and taken to the unsaddling enclosure. Betting has been Suspended as they find out what is wrong with Constitution Hill. We don’t know yet if he will be at Cheltenham Festival. “We had a period […]
February, 26 Monday The Cheltenham Festival is fast approaching; the four-day horse racing event begins on Tuesday the 12th of March and expects to attract more than 72,000 fans per day. This year’s meet looks to be just as exciting as the last, with previous victors Galopin Des Champs, Shiskin and King George winner Hewick returning. […]
In this podcast episode, we discuss Cheltenham race week , what it brings to our town and whether the positives outweigh the negatives. This podcast includes guest speaker, Ash Symonds (sports journalist).
Sports journalists and racegoers are in agreement that the Cheltenham races shouldn’t have gone ahead in March 2020. This comes after Boris Johnson, ex-prime minister, responds to questions at the Covid inquiry. The Cheltenham Races are arguably one of the biggest sporting events with around 50,000 people in attendance. With an unknown disease rising in […]
After a competitive first day of the two-day meeting, the stars are out in force here at Sandown, on what looks like a terrific-day of racing. 11:35: Willmount looked a potential superstar when winning by 13 lengths at Newbury 30 days ago. It would be disappointing if he was beaten here. His biggest threat appears […]
Park Life Sport managed to speak to local horse racing expert Ash Symonds about this weekend’s November meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse, in what will be a “great atmosphere with plenty of horses to look out for.” “The October meeting was great and it really surprised me, I expect it to be a bigger atmosphere this […]
Delta Work: Delta Work will be a well-known name to most, having won on Wednesday at the festival last year and beating out Galvin to the line. The 10-year-old will be hoping history can repeat itself today as he returns to Cheltenham after his famous win. Both horses are trained by Gordon Elliot and will […]
Tom David is assistant trainer to Ben Pauling whose yard has enjoyed a nice start to the season as the yard has registered 2 winners and 11 placements in 27 races in the last 14 days, one of the highlights has been Mole court who won at Cheltenham in the October meeting in the Close […]
It has been a terrific start to the season for team from Thorndale Farm and trainer Kim Bailey sends a couple of interesting runners to Prestbury Park tomorrow. Bailey was in good spirits as he said: “I’m very pleased with how the season has begun, I don’t really do Summer racing, so it’s nice to […]