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No one can stop Willie Mullins at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival after he impressively took home the first two races on Wednesday. Having collected three winners on the opening day of the Festival, Ballyburn kicked off the second day with a performance that oozed class in the Grade 1 Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle. In a race […]
Final Demand has been disqualified from his second place finish in The Browns’ Advisory at the Cheltenham Festival after a prohibited substance has been found in his blood. Champion trainer Willie Mullins has been fined £1100 after the presence of category B substance Mepivicane was discovered. The horse finished a distant second to stablemate Kitzbuhel, […]
More than 1,000 metres of drainage has been replaced at Cheltenham Racecourse following a challenging winter, as the Home of Jump Racing prepares for the return of action at Prestbury Park. Cheltenham Racecourse has undergone significant work over the summer after difficult weather conditions disrupted the closing stages of the 2025-26 season, forcing the cancellation […]
Cheltenham Racecourse is stepping up efforts to attract more women to horse racing with former jockey Rachel Blackmore appointed as Head of Ladies Day at The Festival to challenge perceptions that the sport is not for everyone. “Whether someone follows racing closely or has never been before, it’s such a brilliant day out and […]
Media Relations Manager for the South West Neville Smith joked that planning ahead is the phrase National Highways “recite in their sleep” as he described managing Cheltenham Festival. Smith commented: “For events like this, it’s all about traffic flows, traffic movements and just helping people for us. “As soon as we lose capacity, if it’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
Race number three at Cheltenham day three is the Mare’s Hurdle (14:40) with just seven runners involved from the start. The last three winners have all been ridden by Paul Townend and trained by Willie Mullins proving their case as a dominant duo in this race. However, the odds are not in their favour this […]
The second race of the day is the Jack Richard’s Novices’ Chase which was recently added to the Cheltenham Festival lineup back in 2011. With 18 runners in 2026 and the winner bagging an impressive £64,300 the Irish will be hoping for a change in form after the last three have been won by British […]
Follow live updates, race results and reports from Thursday’s action at Cheltenham Racecourse as St Patrick’s Day gets underway at 13:20 with The Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle. There are two feature races today. The Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle gets underway at 3:20 pm, with The Ryanair Chase at 4 pm. 16:00 – Ryanair Chase – Heart Wood Heart Wood […]
Nick Evans, deputy PCC for the Gloucestershire Police, shared how officers prepare for the busiest week of the year in Cheltenham. The Festival runs for four days every year in March, with 28 races in total and almost a quarter of a million people coming into town. “Well, there are a number of shift patterns […]