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The Cheltenham Festival is one of the most hotly anticipated sporting events of the year, with people flocking to the Cotswolds in their thousands. Day one of the races showed the excitement that buzzes around the festival, with favourites Constitutional Hill and Honeysuckle coming home to claim wins in front of a roaring crowd. As […]
The highly anticipated 2023 Cheltenham Festival got underway on Tuesday, and what a first day we’ve had, Constitution Hill unsurprisingly won the Champion Hurdle and Honeysuckle triumphed in the Mares’ Hurdle under jockey Racheal Blackmore, now we delve into which horses we think you should look out for. 4. Impaire Et Passe 7/4 The first […]
Forest Green Rovers head coach Duncan Ferguson and owner Dale Vince were in attendance at The Bolt New Lawn last night for the club’s second Fans Forum of the season. The pair were met by roughly 150 Rovers fans in the Carole Embrey Suite for what was the first event of the sort since Ferguson’s […]
Horse Racing, a sport stuck in the past? “A sport where horses are whipped, disposed of and pushed beyond their capabilities” says League Against Cruel Sports campaigner Ellie Greer, “It’s only a matter of time before a horse dies at this year’s festival.” Over the years have many voiced their displeasure that horseracing is still […]
Hello and welcome to Park life Sport. We’ll keep you up to date on the latest with the start of Cheltenham Festival. We’ll also keep you up to date on the rest of the sporting world from Gloucestershire and beyond!
Hello and welcome to Park Life Sport’s live blog of the day’s sporting news, including day two at Cheltenham Festival. The highlight of the day’s racing will be the Betway Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase, at 15:30. Last year’s winner Energumene will be running again this year, although Edwardstone is many bookmakers’ favourite to win. In […]
It’s a dream ending to a stellar career for fan favourite Honeysuckle who won the David Nicholson hurdles in dramatic fashion, just one and a half lengths ahead of Love Envoi. The odds-on favourite started well alongside Love Envoi and the pair battled it out at the front throughout the race. As they came onto […]
The fourth race of the Cheltenham Festival has concluded with Constitution Hill (4/11) striding home to a phenomenal victory in the Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy under jockey Nico de Boinville. It’s been an emphatic start to day one of racing at the Cheltenham Festival, but it was always leading up to this. All eyes […]
With the 2023 Cheltenham festival getting underway today, nearly 300,000 people are expected to travel to Gloucestershire for an action packed week of horse racing. The Cheltenham festival always appears in a positive light, with lucky punters posing with their huge wins, people dressing up in their finest clothing and old friends sharing a Guinness […]
4/11 favourite Constitution Hill has won the Champion hurdle by nine lengths, ahead of State Man in second and Zanahiyr in third. Last year’s Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner was sat just behind the leader until two hurdles out before breaking out from the pack at an incredible speed. Former Cheltenham winner State Man tried to […]