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It’s the biggest day of the Cheltenham Festival today! Will Galopin Des Champs win for the third consecutive year?We will also bring you your latest Cheltenham Town and Gloucester City action.Stay on our live blog for extra netball and marathon action too!What a day ahead!
These horses are not jumping for joy, but for survival, and the roar of the Cheltenham crowd leads to the silence of the stables.For some horses, the glamour of the gallop is the glamour of the gallows.March’s celebration of speed is quite the condemnation of greed.“I used to go horse racing myself until I saw […]
The Robins travel to County Ground to take on Ian Holloway’s Swindon Town in Sky Bet League Two action tomorrow afternoon. Swindon have lost just once in their last 10 league games and Cheltenham First Team Coach. Ashley Vincent, understands how tough the match will be. “We know they’re on a good run and it’ll […]
Gloucester City will be aiming to get back to winning ways on Saturday when they take on Hanwell Town after suffering successive defeats for the first time in 2024/25. The Tigers currently sit in fourth, nine points clear of Havant and Waterloovile who are sat outside the playoffs in sixth and will need to get […]
Gloucester-Hartpury head coach Sean Lynn is “really excited” ahead of the Premier Women’s Rugby (PWR) final with Saracens at the StoneX Stadium on Sunday. If the Cherry and Whites record victory in North London, they will become the first side to win the PWR in three consecutive seasons after victory against Bristol Bears last term […]
It has been an eventful week throughout the Cheltenham festival so far, today Galopin Des Champs takes to the course in his bid to win three consecutive Gold cups, Best mate was the last horse to complete the hat trick in 2004. But we can expect fireworks from the get go? The 13:20 is the […]
The 2025 Carabao Cup final on Sunday, March 16, promises an exciting clash between Liverpool and Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium, with kick-off scheduled for 4:30 PM. Liverpool, the reigning champions and record holders with ten EFL League Cup titles, are aiming to secure their eleventh crown. Under the guidance of manager Arne Slot, who […]
Galopin Des Champs is looking to be only the fourth horse to win the Gold Cup three times with Golden Miller, Arkle and Best Mate to ever record this feat before. Willie Mullins’ trained horse has won the past two years at the racecourse and is the odds-on favourite to complete the three-peat. Can Galopin […]
Former Chelsea and Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel names his first-ever England squad after stepping up to the role at the beginning of 2025. Newcastle United’s Dan Burn and Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly have been called up to the Three Lions for the first time after impressive campaigns in the Premier League this season. Returning to […]
Favourite Jagwar rides well in the Plate Handicap Chase to take the victory at 3/1. An emotional run for Jonjo O’Neill Jr. who was the jockey for Springwell Bay who fatally fell earlier today. The winner rode alongside Thecompanysergeant going over the last but cleared the number 14 to win by over two lengths. Further […]
Bob Olinger takes the Stayers’ Hurdle to go three from three at the Cheltenham Festival for Rachael Blackmore and Henry De Bromhead’s second win of the day. The favourite Teahupoo looked like it would take back-to-back victories in this race as it lead the last, but it was Bob Olinger who had the speed up […]