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Greatwood Charity’s head of communications, Sasha Thorbek, says the charity were the trailblazers in using retired racehorses to educate young people. Founded in 1998, Greatwood initially sought to rescue and rehabilitate former racehorses that had fallen into neglect due to a lack of support from the industry. Based in Marlborough, the charity now aims to […]
As Nichola Stevens begins her trek from Yorkshire to Gloucestershire on the Monday before the Cheltenham Festival, she feels a warm tingle of trepidation. She stays with her Mum in Didcot throughout the four-day event, making the 68 mile journey from Oxfordshire to Prestbury Park to see some of her favourite horses in action. Stevens […]
Teahupoo ridden by Jack Kennedy took the win at the highlight race of day three at Cheltenham Festival. Kennedy’s horse was the clear favourite on the day at odds of 5/4, with second placed Flooring Porter coming in at 9/1 and third placed Home By The Lee at 16/1. 🏇𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙩! Teahupoo wins the […]
Teahupoo has won the Stayers’ Hurdle on the third day of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival in exciting fashion, giving trainer Gordon Elliott a colossal victory. Noble Yeats and Asterion Forlonge took the lead after the first two hurdles, before Flooring Porter burst ahead on four, leaving the rest of the pack behind towards the front […]
Cheltenham Festival horse owner Len Jakeman believes the festival has “improved considerably” for keepers as this year’s event reaches a climax on its third day. Jakeman, who resides in Upton upon Severn, took horse Tea for Two to the famous festival four times, seeing mixed success in Gloucestershire. Now one of the racecourse’s annual members, […]
On day two of the Cheltenham Festival, I went to bookmaker Tim Brown to ask him how the festival had gone for him so far. He spoke about how the races goes from the eyes of a bookmaker. When asked how difficult it’s been for him so far, he said: “After day one it’s very […]
It’s day three of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival today where the racecourse will be flooded with Irish for St Patrick’s Day. Ahead of today, we’ll be previewing the races and sharing our tips for the day. The Paddy Power Stayers Hurdle at 15:30 is the highlight race, however, the race of the day may come […]
Jamie Snowden says he’s confident that Ga Law can spring a surprise in the Grade One Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival this afternoon. The eight-year-old took fifth in the race last March, but in his preparation run, he fell at the last fence at Doncaster. Ga Law’s preparation has been much smoother this time […]
It was the 98th victory at the Cheltenham Festival for Willie Mullins, and the fourth of the 2024 edition, all four of his winners have been jockeyed by Paul Townend so far. Everyone watching was wowed by that Ballyburn performance, none more so than the man who watches him day in day out, as Mullins’ […]
It’s the second day of the races at Cheltenham and it’s nonstop action as Langer Dan wins back to back at the Coral Cup Hurdle. It was a close affair with Ballyadam and Shanbally Kid almost catching but Langer Dan kept trotting on and secured back to back wins. His trainer Dan Skelton is adamant […]