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The mares novice hurdle opens Thursday’s action at the Cheltenham Festival and Lambourn trainer Jamie Snowden is hoping his runner, La Conquiere, will make it a third winner at the Festival and his second with a mare. “We were always going to go Novice hurdling route this season.” A seven-year-old, Snowden describes La Conquiere as: […]
After a brilliant opening first day of the Cheltenham Festival, day two is set to be another super afternoon of action. The well fancied Old Park Star stormed up the hill to pass Sober Glory in a thrilling Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Kargese saw off the top two in the market to take the Arkle and […]
Day two of the Cheltenham Festival gets underway at Cheltenham Racecourse, with another packed schedule of racing, results and reaction to come. Throughout the day, we’ll also bring you the latest stories from across the sporting world in and around Gloucestershire.
Forest Green Rovers progressed to the final of the Gloucestershire Senior Challenge County Cup after beating Yate Town 2-0 at The New Lawn on Tuesday evening. Goals from Christian Doidge and Nick Haughton were enough to see off the Southern League Premier Division side on a wet night in Nailsworth. Doidge opened the scoring for […]
Police say planning for the Cheltenham Festival starts almost as soon as the previousone ends, as officers prepare for the biggest event in the racing calendar. The four-day festival held at the iconic Cheltenham Racecourse is expected to attractmore than 200,000 visitors across the week and accompanied a major boost to thelocal economy. However, the […]
Gloucester Rugby have confirmed the signing of Fijian centre Paul Cokanasiga from United Rugby Championship (URC) side The Ospreys ahead of the 2026/27 season. The 24-year-old will leave South Wales after two years at the Swansea-based club after joining for the 2024-25 URC season and returns to the Gallagher PREM after spells at London Irish […]
This past Sunday, March 8, marked the 115th anniversary of International Women’s Day, an annual celebration of women’s achievements and acknowledgement of the adversities women still face. With football such a male-dominated industry, it is essential we see more women involved in the sport, with Gloucester City A.F.C. a leading non-league club when it comes […]
Its history for trainer Nicky Henderson as his horse Old Park Star wins the sky bet supreme Novice’s hurdle. It was 40 years ago today when a young Nicky Henderson walked in with his horse River Ceirog. The horse pushed himself to the limit to give Henderson his first win in the Cheltenham festival opener. […]
Cheltenham Town travel to Highbury stadium tonight as they take on 14th placed Fleetwood Town in a exciting clash. Both teams come into the fixture five games unbeaten each with Fleetwood picking up three wins from five. Ahead of tonight’s fixture, The 24 year old winger Jordan Thomas expressed that preparation will be key ahead […]
Hansard has died after the second race of the Cheltenham Festival. The horse trained by Gary & Josh Moore suffered a serious injury and couldn’t be saved by the veterinary team. Park Life Sport spoke to PETA earlier today, who urged the British public not to attend any Horse Racing. A statement from The Jockey […]