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The Cheltenham Festival’s four-day meeting gets underway on Tuesday, with the likes of Constitution Hill, Facile Vega and Honeysuckle all in action on a highly-anticipated opening day. Around 280,000 spectators are expected to attend the Festival over the course of the week, all of which will have their own opinions, but we spoke to racing […]
From runners to riders, horse racing is full of jargon and lingo that the average newcomer to racing might not be able to immediately translate. So with the Cheltenham Festival kicking off later today and attracting tons of first-time attendees and punters, this is your guide to deciphering all of the most used terminology in […]
The time has finally arrived for the 2023 Cheltenham festival to commence. Another week of racing drama kicks off on Tuesday 14th March with the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at 1:30pm. Some of horse racing’s biggest jockey names will be competing, including the likes of Paul Townsend and Rachael Blackmore, the two most recent winners of […]
Marine Nationale looks set to impress in the opening race of the Cheltenham Festival, the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, on the back of four consecutive wins. One of those wins came at Punchestown last May, beating Demandrivingdouvan by over three lengths. We spoke to the owner of Demandrivingdouvan, @USASteeplechase on Twitter, who was impressed by Marine […]
The Cheltenham Festival always has a massive impact on the town, creating an atmosphere only able to be witnessed in this one golden week out of the calendar year. But the impact of the race week is not limited to the buzz of the city and the immense crowds, the festival has a far more […]
Welcome to the Park Life Sport live blog! The Cheltenham Festival finally gets underway. Join us for build-up and reaction from the races that take place throughout the day, with the featured meet, The Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy, starting at 15:30. In football, we’ll have previews for the second legs of the UEFA Champions […]
Green Party parliamentary candidate Daniel Wilson has urged the Jockey Club to play their part in helping combat the environmental challenges the Cheltenham Festival presents. The biggest event in the horse racing calendar begins on Tuesday with over 250,000 people expected to visit Cheltenham during the week. “You’ve got an awful lot of people travelling […]
Tuesday see’s the start of the Cheltenham Festival, a week in which thousands of race fans travel from afar to watch the best horses, jockeys and trainers at one of the best courses in the UK. For most, it is the pinnacle of the racing calendar and for lifelong racing fan and Slimbridge AFC assistant […]
Every year the Cheltenham festival sets the town alight in a unique week filled with every emotion from outright heartache to unbridled joy, but what we don’t see away from the emotional rollercoaster of the racecourse itself, is the seismic impact on the businesses in the town. Thousands of horse racing fans journey to Cheltenham […]
There is no doubt that the focus and attention of race week is firmly placed on the runners and riders that will take part across the four days of action. However, the return of Cheltenham’s marquee event of the year brings with it an influx of commercial revenue that many of the city’s restaurants, bars […]