Delta Work (5/2 Favourite) won the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase, on Day Two of the Cheltenham Festival 2022, getting up to defeat stable companion Tiger Roll (3/1) by three-quarters of a length. Both horses are owned by Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud and entered the winner’s enclosure together. The 12 year old Tiger …
Honeysuckle created history on the opening day of Cheltenham Festival 2022 by becoming the first mare to win the Grade One Unibet Champion Hurdle twice. Repeating her success of 2021, the eight year old was the three and half-length winner from Epatante, the 2020 winner. Zanahiyr was another length away in third. With jockey Rachel …
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As the long awaited Cheltenham Festival returns in all its glory (spectators and all!) for 2022, we are all aware that months and years of hard work and dedication by breeders, owners, trainers and jockeys are about to come to a head – and only the select few will win. In the run-up to the …
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By Graham Clark Lucy Wadham has high hopes that stable star Martello Sky is capable of giving her an emotional first success at The Festival by settling a score in the Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle on Tuesday 15th March. Although no stranger to the Cheltenham winner’s enclosure, success at The Festival has so far eluded …
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The Jockey Club is offering racing fans who donate £10 to the British Red Cross’s Ukraine Appeal the chance to win hospitality tickets to The Festival’s sold out Cheltenham Gold Cup Day (18th March). The initiative will guarantee 24 lucky people a pair of tickets each in the Cheltenham Festival’s Club Enclosure for the most …
By Graham Clark Paul Nicholls, the 12-times champion Jump trainer in Great Britain, hosted the media at his Manor Farm Stables in Ditcheat ahead of The Festival™ at Cheltenham later this month (Tuesday 15th March to Friday 18th March inclusive). Nicholls, who has 46 Festival winners to his name, said: “I’ll have about 12 or …
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By Graham Clark Trainer Dan Skelton has high hopes for Protektorat in this year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup and believes his team for The Festival is “significantly the best team we’ve had in terms of quality”. Speaking at his Lodge Hill stables near Alcester at a pre-Festival media event organised by The Jockey Club, the trainer …
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By Sam Hanson Nicky Henderson took some of his potential Cheltenham Festival stars for a racecourse gallop at Kempton Park on Tuesday 1st March and as the two-week countdown to Jump Racing’s ‘Olympics’ begins admitted: “It’s squeaky bum time.” Among those sent to the Surrey track for a day out by the Seven Barrows trainer …
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The November Meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse is fast approaching, with the first race of this fantastic three-day festival kicking off this Friday 12th November. All roads lead to The Festival™, but the magic starts at The November Meeting, and there’s something for everybody across the three days. From Countryside entertainment to top-class free Family Fun, as …
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Cheltenham 2021 came with a pre-warning that it would be much different to the norm and that wasn’t misplaced – a record 23 Irish-trained victories over the four days underlined an incredible festival for Irish-trained, ridden and Irish-bred horses. Pride of place on day four went to Minella Indo, a brilliant winner of the WellChild …
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