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Day One of the Cheltenham Festival opened up with success for State Man and Lossiemouth, with Willie Mullins claiming a treble on the day. But, sadly, the news was marred by two deaths on the racecourse. Embed from Getty Images State Man landed the Unibet Champion Hurdle on Tuesday, as Willie Mullins took a big […]
Wednesday’s Cross Country Chase at the Cheltenham Festival has been called off after a waterlogged track and will not be rescheduled. This comes after 11mm of rain feel at the course on Tuesday. The 12 horse-deep race, including Rachael Blackmore’s Minella Indo, was due to take place at 16:10, with the winner landing a huge […]
After an outbreak in recent weeks across the Nicky Henderson stable, that forced Constitution Hill to pull out of the Festival, Shishkin is the latest horse to be withdrawn from the Gold Cup. An unsatisfactory performance from Henderson trained horses yesterday, which saw all but one of his horses pull up before the finish, left […]
Follow along with the latest sports news from Gloucestershire with our Park Life Sport Live blog. Including the second day of the famous Cheltenham Festival. We’ll have the latest from the races, as Style Day kicks off in, well, stylish fashion. Along with our tips for this afternoon’s exciting hurdles. There’s also reaction to Gloucester […]
The Cross Country Chase, originally scheduled to be the fifth race run today, has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled due to the inside course at Prestbury Park being waterlogged. With the area receiving 11mm of rainfall throughout the day yesterday, Tuesday, March 12. The Cross Country course in Cheltenham has been deemed unraceable. […]
Bath take on Leinster on Friday in another mid-season friendly with the a return to Premiership action in just under two weeks. This is Bath’s second friendly in as many weeks after they defeated Gloucester Rugby 59-14 in the first match since January 27th while the Dubliners have played two URC matches since then, defeating […]
Day one at The Cheltenham Festival has unfortunately had a death as Highland Hunter had to be put down. The Fergal O’Brien trained horse had competed in the third race of the day, the Ultima Handicap Chase. O’Brien wrote on X, formally Twitter: “Not sure we’ll be tweeting again today after this. Absolutely devastated.”Thanks for […]
It’s completely control from banker Lossiemouth, to allow Willie Mullins and Paul Townend to complete the hattrick of victories on Day One. As Townend backed up a victory on Lossiemouth at the New Years meeting in Cheltenham, and the pairing makes it two festival wins in the row, after a victory in the JCB Triumph […]
15-year-old, Johnnie Poseidon Stanimeros, sets up a stall every year selling chocolate, drinks and snacks for those passing by. This unique effort is to raise money for a Kenyan boy named Luke. “All the money goes to him who I sponsor to try and give a standard way of living,” said Stanimeros. “I set up […]
It’s Willie Mullins and Paul Townend that back up the chat, and follow-through with favourite State Man at the 15:30, Champions Hurdle on Day One of the Cheltenham festival. Mullins had nothing but praise for the his jockey and horse, following their victory. “It was amazing the way Paul (Townend) rode him, I’d thought he’d […]