A tough week It has been a difficult week for horse racing. The deeply disturbing images of jockey Gordon Elliott has been followed by a similar video of Irish jockey Rob James. Both men have been left embarrassed by the images and horse racing’s image has been damaged by the recent events. However, with the […]
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FIVE reasons that make the Cheltenham Festival special
The Cheltenham Gold Cup first came of age in 1924. Since then, it has gone from strength to strength, and next week, when the festival begins, thousands of horse racing fanatics will once again descend on the town when it all kicks off on Tuesday. With the excitement building ahead of the start of race week, […]
Cheltenham Festival: Fox Norton ruled out
The Ryanair Chase has suffered a huge blow as the second favorite – Fox Norton has been ruled out. The eight-year-old will miss the rest of the season due to a suspension injury. BREAKING: Fox Norton will miss the Cheltenham Festival and rest of season with a slight suspensory injury — Racing Post (@RacingPost) February […]
Reality TV star Chris Hughes is training to become a jockey with Jonjo O’Neill
Love Island finalist and local Cheltonian Chris Hughes will undergo training to become a jockey, after signing up for a charity race to help fund Macmillan Cancer Support. The reality star has been backed by bookmakers Coral, who have signed him up as an ambassador, and he will be competing in the Best Western Hotels […]
Cheltenham Trials Day 2018
Cheltenham Trials day is only a week and a half away now and there are many high quality horses coming to the trials day in preparation for the festival. The Trials day is expected to be a very busy day with punter’s expecting to gain some knowledge of what horses can win at the festival this year. This […]

