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Animal Aid Horse Consultant Dene Stansall has strongly advised the government to rethink its welfare remit after two horses die at the Cheltenham Festival. After three days of jump racing, two horses have fallen to their deaths. Hansard suffered a fatal injury in the Singer Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices’ Chase, whilst HMS Seahorse died after […]
Hello and welcome back to the Park Life Sport live blog, today marks the fourth day of Cheltenham Festival. Today’s feature race is the Gold Cup and we will bring you all the updates from the racecourse as they happen, we will also be brining you all the latest sporting stories from around Gloucestershire. Stay […]
Heart Wood came back from behind to win the Ryanair Chase after it was JPR One and Jonbon side to side for the lead during the initial part of the race. Jonbon was left behind by the two but managed to come back and finish in second place. JPR One got left behind by Banbridge, […]
Rovers travel to Roots Hall to take on fellow playoff-chasing Southend United on Saturday afternoon, where manager Kevin Maher is under pressure after four games without a win, including two draws against the bottom two sides in the division. “Kev’s done a brilliant job, as a manager now, you seem to get criticised for draws, […]
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 […]
Steve Cotterill says he has “great memories” of his time at Shrewsbury Town as he prepares to return with Cheltenham Town this weekend. The Cheltenham boss will face his former club on Saturday at 3pm for the first time since leaving Shrewsbury in 2023, and admitted the trip brings back plenty of memories. “It was […]
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 […]
Wodhooh has made it consecutive Festival victories after coming out on top in the Grade One Mares Hurdle. After a tough opening two days, trainer Gordon Elliot has got off the mark with his first winner of this year’s Festival. Jetara took an early lead and set a decent gallop with the field tightly grouped. […]
“It really is a competitive race this year. There are several horses who line up with strong chances,” says Racing TV Presenter Ash Symonds with excitement ahead of the Cheltenham Gold Cup. “It’s great to see that it’s shaped into a good race. We’ve had year’s where it hasn’t been a fantastic renewal so to […]