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It is St Patrick’s Day at the Cheltenham Festival 2024! Lots happened yesterday with El Fabiolo as the favourite pulling up at the start of the Queen Mother Chase, while Willlie Mullins still made history by getting his 100th win at Cheltenham. The feature race today is the Stayers’ Hurdle with Teahupoo as the favourite […]
Rachael Blackmore was thrilled, calling Henry de Bromhead “the most incredible of trainers” as Captain Guinness took advantage of two big mistakes to win the Champion chase at the Cheltenham Festival. El Fabiolo and Edwardstone both failed to finish the race, leaving the Irish trained horse to sweep through and win by 45 lengths! “It’s […]
Edwardstone led relatively unpressed from the rest of the field in the early stages until El Fabiolo made a big mistake at the fifth and was soon pulled up by jockey Paul Townend. Willie Mullins was expected to have a century of winners in this race as El Fabiolo went off as a 2/7 favourite. […]
In a dramatic race, Captain Guinness won the feature race on the Wednesday of the Festival to deny Willie Mullins a 100th winner at the Festival. At the fifth fence El Fabiolo, who jumps uniquely, trailed a hind leg through the fifth fence and was taken aback, and jockey Paul Townend decided to pull him […]
Caisey Maker is postive ahead of Worcester’s women’s rugby encounter with the University of Gloucestershire on Tuesday March 19th at Plock Court in Gloucester. Worcester came out on top last year with a 21-14 win at Sixways Stadium, Worcester’s front row, Maker, is keen to get to the occasion. “I took part last year when […]
Harry Skelton spoke to ITV Racing moments after his second Coral Cup win at the Cheltenham Festival with Langer Dan. “He’s brilliant. Look. 12 months of planning. We haven’t had it all plain sailing this year. To be fair I’ve had him out on the grass in the last few weeks” he said. “He was […]
Langer Dan won the Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle, the third race on Wednesday to give Dan Skelton his first race at the Festival The 23-runner field was led by a trio of Beacon Edge, Mark Of Gold and Western Fold, with the favourite Built By Ballymore sat towards the front of a chasing pack Last […]
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 […]
It has created plenty of conversation, but the signing of Gareth Anscombe can only be a good thing for Gloucester Rugby. The Cherry & Whites have secured the services of big name fly-half Anscombe ahead of the 2024/25 season. The Wales international had been a free agent since his contract at Tokyo Suntory Goliath was […]
Fact To File jockey Mark Walsh was thrilled with the horse trained by Willie Mullins, who has now picked up his 99th Cheltenham win with Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase victory. “It’s easy when your riding a horse like this round here, he jumped and travelled so well. He took me down the hill, i didn’t […]