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As we see more fashion feeding into the sporting world, the British horse racing scene is where practicality meets prestige, and the Cheltenham Festival is just the place to see the best-dressed punters. This year many trends are running throughout the Festival, including longer coats and fur, which fit in with the brisk Cotswold conditions. […]
The Cheltenham Festival brings in over 200,000 additional people into the town over the course of four days, with the vast majority flocking into the town’s bars & pubs. What the general public doesn’t see is the huge amount of preparations that go into getting the local pubs ready for the huge influx of customers. […]
Kopek Des Bordes hung on from William Munny to give Willie Mullins his first win of this year’s festival, an emotional one for Mullins, winning the race named after the late Irish Jockey Michael O’Sullivan who died after a fall last month. Embed from Getty Images Workahead led early, followed by the two favorites Romeo […]
A tribute has been carried out for late jockey Michael O’Sullivan at the Cheltenham Festival. The Irishman passed away at the age of 24 after a fall during a race of Thurles racecourse on February 6. He had major success at the festival in 2023, winning on Marine Nationale in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle and […]
Race Overview The Unibet Champion Hurdle is unquestionably the most reputable hurdle race of the season. Covering a distance of two miles and 87 yards with eight flights to clear, it has been a cornerstone of jump racing since its inaugural running in 1927. The race will be the most anticipated race on the first […]
A popular Montpellier pub is fearful for the future of the Cheltenham Festival and the towns economy as prices sky rocket to unsustainable levels during race week. The Rotunda Tavern general manager Chris Shiel believes the hospitality prices are driving punters away. “They don’t want to come over here and get ripped off and that’s […]
In the build up to the 2025 Cheltenham Festival, Park Life Sport caught up with bar manager Ollie Kent from the Montpellier Wine Bar who’s spending his tenth consecutive year in hospitality for the races. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cheltenham Racecourse (@cheltenhamraces) The festival attracts over 250,000 spectators every year […]
The biggest event at this week’s Cheltenham Festival is the Gold Cup, with a historical three-peat that has not happened in two decades on the line. Betting company Coral wants to keep that on the visiting fans’ mind, installing a giant inflatable Gold Cup over Cleeve Hill to celebrate Galopin Des Champs‘ bid to win […]
The new horse racing jump season is officially underway, marking a fresh start for trainers up and down the country who will compete for millions of pounds in prize money. One of those trainers is Berkshire-based trainer Jamie Snowden, who, with 10 Cheltenham winners (including two at the historic Cheltenham Festival) and over 400 in […]
Cheltenham Gold Cup 2024 winner Galopin Des Champs’ jockey Paul Townend and trainer Willie Mullins have hailed their “champion” horse who secured a second successive win. The bookies’ favourite saw plenty of competition in the early stages of the 100th race, The Real Whacker strode ahead in the first circuit, meanwhile stray horse Fastorslow cut […]