Since horse racing began people have been betting on the outcome. Betting can be fun and also profitable, if your money is on the right horse. But what makes people bet on a horse? Odds 3 to 1, 4 to 1 and 12 to 1, but what does it all mean? The odds represent the […]
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“This year’s going to be electric.” Rhys Carlson explains what it’s like to work at Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham Festival worker Rhys Carlson says everyone is excited for this year’s event to get underway after a year behind closed doors in 2021. Four days of racing will bring thousands of punters to Prestbury Park, giving Cheltenham’s economy a huge boost. Carlson said: “In terms of the economy, it’s going to be an absolute […]
Cheltenham Festival Day One preview: ‘The Greatest Show on Turf’ set to get underway
After a year behind closed doors, Cheltenham Festival returns to normality today with close to 60,000 fans set to descend on Prestbury Park. Seven races take place on Tuesday, the first day of four, including the Champion Hurdle, the second most lucrative race of the Festival behind Friday’s Gold Cup. 2021’s star jockey, Rachael Blackmore, […]
2,000 Guineas: Frankel inducted into QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame
Newmarket Racecourse will play host to the 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas this weekend – with a certain 2011 winner becoming the first horse to be inducted into the British Champions Series Hall of Fame. The Legendary Frankel, who claimed the most emphatic 2,000 Guineas victory seen at flat racing HQ, has been joined by 11-time […]
Cheltenham Festival: How did Fergal O’Brien and Kim Bailey get on?
Albeit from the sofas in their living rooms, punters and racing fans witnessed an historic Cheltenham Festival this year, an event that wrote stories pinning the eyes of the nation on the sport of horse racing. Withdrawals from betting apps and the buzz of watching Rachael Blackmore secure yet another victory have people across the […]
OPINION: Cheltenham Festival Prestbury Cup – Why Britain Are So Far Behind The Irish
Following the Irish rout at last week’s Cheltenham Festival, the British have been left scratching their heads as to what went so badly wrong. Rachael Blackmore alone, won more races than the entire British cohort, with the Prestbury Cup score ending with an embarrassing five British winners – while Blackmore contributed six to Ireland’s record 23 successes. Only two of the 15 Grade 1 races, over the four days, […]
Gold Cup 2021: Who is Jack Kennedy? The 21-year-old jockey who made history aboard Minella Indo at Cheltenham
Minella Indo has won the 2021 Cheltenham Gold Cup, ridden by Irishman Jack Kennedy. Kennedy, 21, has won four races at this year’s Festival, but the pinnacle of which was the Gold Cup for Henry de Bromhead on Friday afternoon, helping the trainer to become the first to win the Champion Chase, Hurdle and Gold […]
Gold Cup 2021: Minella Indo goes down in Cheltenham Festival legend for Henry de Bromhead
Minella Indo won the 2021 Gold Cup at Cheltenham Festival for Jack Kennedy and trainer Henry de Bromhead. The 8-year-old fought off a valiant effort from A Plus Tard and Rachael Blackmore to win by 1 1/4 length. Favourite and winner of the two previous Gold Cups, Al Boum Photo, never mounted a close challenge […]
Horse racing is morally questionable but it’s importance to local economy comes above that: Comment piece
Horse racing has been morally dubious at the best of times and as time goes on it partly remains a sport still in the dark ages, a time before professionalism. The questionable treatment of the horses, drug use and being a sport built around gambling, however in the name of the “greater good”, I must […]