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Wed, 15/03/2023 - 14:01
Delta Work defended his Glenfarclas Chase title as Gordon Elliott won the Cheltenham Festival cross-country feature for the fifth time in seven years.
Wed, 15/03/2023 - 12:46
There was a fairytale ending to the Honeysuckle story yesterday as the mighty mare finished her career in fitting fashion with a emotionally-fuelled win at the Cheltenham Festival.
Wed, 15/03/2023 - 11:23
Patrick Mullins has predicted that Gaelic Warrior will kick off day two of the Cheltenham Festival in great style for Team Mullins in the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (1.30).
Wed, 15/03/2023 - 07:00
The Ballymore Novices' Hurdle will start the second day of the Cheltenham Festival. Eight of the last nine winners were Irish trained.
Wed, 15/03/2023 - 02:30
The mare signed off as if resenting the attention, hind legs tossing out recalcitrant jabs as the noise around her became an animate, living thing.
Wed, 15/03/2023 - 02:30
Constitution Hill, lived up all the hype. Backed into 4/11 favourite, he put up an otherworldly performance to run out one of the easiest winners ever of the Unibet Champion Hurdle and, in terms of ability if not yet accomplishments, put himself up among the greatest jumpers of all time.
Wed, 15/03/2023 - 02:30
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Wed, 15/03/2023 - 02:30
Impaire Et Passe is a big, black, beautiful eye-catching horse. He caught plenty of them when bolting up on his debut in Naas and confirmed the impression when dropped down in trip in the Moscow Flyer. Stepping back up in distance in the Ballymore will suit him well.
Wed, 15/03/2023 - 02:30
Constitution Hill wowed in the Champion Hurdle to justify his superstar status, but there may also be a new king in the saddle after Michael O’Sullivan announced himself on the game’s biggest stage with a sensational 103.5/1 double.
Wed, 15/03/2023 - 02:30
So many golden days, so many legendary stories – but who could have written this one? Rachael Blackmore wanted Honeysuckle to go out on a high with “one more big day”.
Wed, 15/03/2023 - 02:00
All eyes will be on Energumene with Willie Mullins’ nine-year-old bidding to make it back-to-back successes as the Champion Chase headlines day two at Cheltenham.
Tue, 14/03/2023 - 20:05
Michael O’Leary has said he wished his former retained jockey, multiple Grand National winner Davy Russell had “stayed retired”.
Tue, 14/03/2023 - 20:00
I’ve always loved the Queen Mother Champion Chase (3.30), a real test of speed, jumping and accuracy. It’s what proper National Hunt racing is all about.
Tue, 14/03/2023 - 17:13
There were joyous scenes on day one of the Cheltenham Festival when Honeysuckle brought the curtain down on her phenomenal career with an emotional victory in the Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle.
Tue, 14/03/2023 - 17:03
AN emotional Rachael Blackmore remembered 13-year-old Jack de Bromhead after winning the Mares’ Hurdle on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival.
Tue, 14/03/2023 - 14:07
Michael O’Sullivan produced an ice-cool ride aboard Marine Nationale to register a famous victory for trainer Barry Connell in the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
Tue, 14/03/2023 - 13:12
The Cheltenham Festival’s return sees horse racing’s difficult relationship with animal welfare in the spotlight.
Tue, 14/03/2023 - 11:45
Ashroe Diamond will head to Fairyhouse on Easter Sunday having been ruled out of the Jack De Bromhead Mares' Novices' Hurdle on Tuesday morning.
Tue, 14/03/2023 - 11:45
Spectators at the Cheltenham Festival this year are expected to drink more than 200,000 pints of Guinness across four days of racing.