The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
Hello and welcome to Park Life Sport’s live blog of the day’s sporting news, including day two at Cheltenham Festival. The highlight of the day’s racing will be the Betway Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase, at 15:30. Last year’s winner Energumene will be running again this year, although Edwardstone is many bookmakers’ favourite to win. In […]
Honeysuckle has claimed victory in her final race of her career, as the sheer class of four-time winner Rachel Blackmoore was shown. Speaking to ITV Racing after the historic race, Blackmore was emotional and didn’t have much to say: “The way Henry has produced her every day is just phenomenal. “As a jockey, I am […]
The fourth race of the Cheltenham Festival has concluded with Constitution Hill (4/11) striding home to a phenomenal victory in the Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy under jockey Nico de Boinville. It’s been an emphatic start to day one of racing at the Cheltenham Festival, but it was always leading up to this. All eyes […]
Constitution Hill continues his unbeaten runs as he claims victory in the Champions Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and jockey Nico de Boinville couldn’t stop smiling once he came over the finish line. After the race, he spoke to ITV Racing and said: “What a horse, we were just absolutely delighted, I didn’t think we […]
With the 2023 Cheltenham festival getting underway today, nearly 300,000 people are expected to travel to Gloucestershire for an action packed week of horse racing. The Cheltenham festival always appears in a positive light, with lucky punters posing with their huge wins, people dressing up in their finest clothing and old friends sharing a Guinness […]
4/11 favourite Constitution Hill has won the Champion hurdle by nine lengths, ahead of State Man in second and Zanahiyr in third. Last year’s Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner was sat just behind the leader until two hurdles out before breaking out from the pack at an incredible speed. Former Cheltenham winner State Man tried to […]
Corach Rambler put in a brilliant showing to record back-to-back Ultima Handicap race victories at Cheltenham Festival in the third race of the day. Rambler went into the race as bookies’ favourite at 5/1, however there were a number of horses in the running beforehand. Speaking to ITV Racing after the win, jockey Derek Fox […]
Corach Rambler has retained his title in the Festival Trophy Handicap Chase after a remarkably tight finish, narrowly beating Fastorslow. Trained by Lucinda Russell and ridden by Derek Fox, Corach Rambler also won this race in 2022, with owners, The Ramblers, claiming that it was “A dream come true”. On the achievement, Fox praised the […]
El Fabiolo had enough to overcome Jonbon to win the Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices Chase, and jockey Paul Townend was happy with his overall performance in the second race of the Cheltenham Festival. After the race, the Irish jockey explained to ITV Racing his happiness with the timing of the final push, he said: “To […]
Ireland’s finest El Fabiolo eased to victory by four lengths in the 2.10pm Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham Festival. This is the second win for an Irish horse in this year’s festival after Marine Nationale triumphed in the opening race ahead of both his fellow compatriots Facile Vega and diverge. The […]