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A dominant display from Gaelic Warrior saw the Willie Mullins trained horse lift the prestigious Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup. The win gave Paul Townend his fifth Gold Cup, as Gaelic Warrior went off as the 11-4 joint favourite alongside Jango Baie, but outclassed the field to cross the finish line eight lengths clear of second. […]
Marketing and Events manager Mica Wilkes at Tailors Pub has revealed how months of preparation go into setting up the popular venue for the famous Cheltenham Festival. Over 250,000 spectators travel to the capital of the Cotswolds as people from all around the British Isles descend on Cheltenham for the world-famous racing event. “The preparation […]
Follow the latest news and results from the Cheltenham Festival, with the JCB Triumph Hurdle kicking off today’s racing. 4.00pm – Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase Winner – Gaelic Warrior What a fantastic run from Gaelic Warrior as he wins the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase! He’s demolished the rest of the field and Gaelic Warrior […]
Hello, and welcome back to the Park Life Sport live blog! It’s day three of the Cheltenham Festival, which is more commonly known as St Patrick’s Day Thursday. We will be reporting on all the action as it happens in our live blog. Alongside today’s racing, we will also have all of the news on […]
Welcome to today’s Park Life Sport live blog! We will be covering all of the sporting news from in and around Gloucestershire after a busy weekend of action. We have interviews from Cheltenham Town duo Sam Sherring and Steve Cotterill following their draw to Barnet, an exclusive chat with ex-Robins defender Curtis Davies and all […]
Cheltenham Town suffered a 2-0 defeat away from home at the Jobserve Community Stadium to Colchester United. Manager Steve Cotterill was disappointed with his side’s start, as they fell behind inside eight minutes when Kyreece Lisbie slotted past Joe Day. “We haven’t started well for a little while now and we didn’t start very well […]
On Thursday at the TikTok Awards, Sky Sports launched their new female-focused sports channel. But by Sunday, it was axed. The idea was to offer content tailored to female fans and create a space for women to engage with sport in a more ‘relatable’ way, but it backfired immediately. Following sexist posts with pink text […]
Dafydd Williams praised his Gloucester City side’s mentality as they booked their spot in the Isuzu FA Trophy third round following a 3-4 win on penalties against Slough Town. Marcus Day opened the scoring for the visitors towards the end of the first-half but Ansu Janneh levelled the game with 20 minutes to go, before […]
Cheltenham Town manager Steve Cotterill insisted the 3-2 defeat his side suffered against Tranmere Rovers on Saturday was not a fair reflection of their performance. Having gone 2-0 down inside 11 minutes in Birkenhead, the Robins came back to level the tie but returned to Gloucestershire empty handed following a late Charlie Whitaker free-kick that […]
Secretary of the Severn Valley Federation Sylvia Lane believes pigeon racing could vanish within the next two decades as participation and interest continue to fall across the United Kingdom. In the late 1980s, the Royal Pigeon Racing Association (RPRA) boasted around 60,000 members, but with numbers falling to 20,000 as of four years ago, the […]