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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 […]
The first race of the Cheltenham Festival has concluded with Marine Nationale (9/4) taking home success under jockey Michael O’Sullivan. Many had tipped Facile Vega at 9/2 beforehand, and it seemed likely that Vega would be coming home in first place until a late mistake allowed the impressive Marine Nationale to stride home to victory […]
The Cheltenham Festival has just got underway and Michael O’Sullivan with Marine National did enough to overcome favourite Facile Vega in the Supreme Novices Hurdle. After the race, O’Sullivan spoke to ITV Racing and couldn’t contain his happiness, he said: “It’s unbelievable, a massive relief, I’m just so lucky to be on this horse and […]
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 […]