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Don’t be fooled by the champagne and stacks of cash, the detrimental impact on the local transport networks can’t be overlooked any longer. Last year, over 280,00 people flocked to Cheltenham across the four days of racing to get a taste of the greatest week in the horse racing calendar. On Gold Cup day, attendance […]
With numerous favourites coming out on top, various tipsters making big money and nearly a £100m loss on a single bet; it was certainly a turbulent day for those setting the odds. It was a tough start to the week for bookmakers with a number of favourites winning gold on day one of the Cheltenham […]
After a thrilling first day of the Cheltenham Festival, almost 70,000 will descend once again on the racecourse for another day of festivities, with the featured race on Ladies’ Day being the Queen Mother Champion Chase. While the weather was a concern going into this week, with overnight temperatures dropping to 3C, there are no […]
Day Two of the Cheltenham Festival is upon us and it’s set to live up to the heights of yesterday, which was a real cracker to set the the tone for the week. Today we have a new wave of online reporters who have been doing their all-important research to try and crack today’s horse […]
The roar was back as Marine Nationale, jockeyed by Michael O’Sullivan, pipped the favourite Facile Vega to the finish line in the first race of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. It started a week like no other in the area, as fields make way for parking spaces and the town sees its hotels and restaurants become […]
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 […]
Constitution Hill may have stolen the headlines yesterday, but plenty of celebrities also caught the eye at Prestbury Park on the first day of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival Mike and Zara Tindall – Royalty In keeping with tradition, the royals attended the first day of the festival and caught the eye. Zara wowed in an […]
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 […]