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Gloucester Hartpury’s Nel Metcalfe believes the battle of the top of the table is yet to heat up ahead of their Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) clash against Saracens at the StoneX on Sunday. The two teams are tied on 55 points each and almost 20 points ahead of third in a clear two horse race […]
No Fact to File in the 16:00 Ryanair chase has blown the running much wider open than it once was. Jonbon (2/1) now comes in as favourite to win the £211,000 over the 17 fences for jockey Nico de Boinville and trainer Nicky Henderson. Impaire Et Passe (5/2) with Paul Townend and Willie Mullins along […]
The 3:20 race for this afternoon is the Stayers’ Hurdle where favourite Teahupoo (11/4) will be looking to regain his title after last year’s second place finish win. Inaugurating in 1912, the race has a winners payout of £182,900 and Gordon Elliot will be hoping for another win after victory in the Mares’ Hurdle the […]
Race number three at Cheltenham day three is the Mare’s Hurdle (14:40) with just seven runners involved from the start. The last three winners have all been ridden by Paul Townend and trained by Willie Mullins proving their case as a dominant duo in this race. However, the odds are not in their favour this […]
The second race of the day is the Jack Richard’s Novices’ Chase which was recently added to the Cheltenham Festival lineup back in 2011. With 18 runners in 2026 and the winner bagging an impressive £64,300 the Irish will be hoping for a change in form after the last three have been won by British […]
Most people slow down as they get older, but not Neil Dooley, he’s still going strong even after reaching 60. “I still regularly race triathlons and duathlons every year. I raced a marathon and an ultramarathon in 2025 as I think it’s good to mix things up a bit. “I have also competed as part […]
On a day with no less than 18 finals, Renee Regis, Jeremiah Azu and Hannah Nuttall were among the stand-out performers on the second and final day of action at the Novuna UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham. After producing a blistering championship record in the semi-finals with 22.89 – the third quickest ever from […]
Defender Gus Scott Morris felt like his team deserved at least a point out of their National League game against Forest Green at The New Lawn. The Shrimpers went 1-0 up through Slavi Spasov but quickfire goals from Harry Whitwell and Kyle McAllister gave Rovers all three points. And he was disheartened that the Essex […]
Kevin Maher believes the full time fracas is not on them after their 2-1 loss to fellow promotion chasers Forest Green Rovers at the New Lawn. Rover’s head coach Robbie Savage cut in front of the Southend boss as he went to clap the away fans, before celebrating in front of the travelling fans himself. […]
Gloucester Rugby’s Prem Rugby round 10 fixture against Bath Rugby has been scheduled for Friday January 23rd (7:45pm KO). The fixture will be televised on TNT Sports and take place at Kingsholm. The first encounter of the season between Gloucester and Bath fell the way of the hosts, Bath securing a 38-17 victory. The two […]