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With the Cheltenham races kicking off tomorrow, thousands of racing fans across the globe will be in attendance to drink, bet and cheer on their favourite horses. But with the racing comes a lot of drinking and Cheltenham has plenty of pubs and bars for fans to drink and chill out throughout the week. Wetherspoons […]
It’s the fourth and final day of horseracing action at Cheltenham Festival 2023 with the coveted Gold Cup taking centre stage at 15:30 this afternoon. Favourite for the feature race, Galopin Des Champs is set to take the Gold Cup with 13/8 odds after impressing in recent years. We asked our Park Life Sport “experts” […]
Stage Star has won the first race of day three as trainer Paul Nicholls claimed his first win since 2019. Jockey Harry Cobden was over the moon after he ended a 4-year winless period: “I rode my first winner at 18, the next one came fairly soon, then a four year drought so it’s great […]
It’s day three of the Cheltenham Festival and everyone at Park Life Sport is hoping it will be as captivating as it was on day two. The feature race of the day today is the Ryanair Steeple Chase at 14:50. The clear favourite for that race is Shishkin, who has odds of 1/1, and Jockey […]
With the third day of action set to commence in the 2023 edition of the Cheltenham Festival, what better time to cast our minds back to 12 months ago and remind ourselves of what happened on this exact day in the 2022 iteration of the carnival that is Cheltenham. Coming into the Thursday, star trainer […]
As we head into day three of the Cheltenham Festival, the big headline is the celebration of St Patrick’s Thursday, amid the rising excitement ahead of the Gold Cup on Friday. However, today’s collection of races will see the return of the world’s tallest professional jockey, Mr Jack Andrews. Stood at a remarkable 6ft 4in, […]
Jack Andrews is set to write his name in the record books when he makes his Cheltenham Festival debut in the National Hunt Steeple Chase Challenge Cup on the third day of action at Prestbury Park. Andrews, 24, stands at a huge 6ft 4in and is the clear outlier in a field of jockeys whose […]
Jockey Paul Townend has been given a five-day racing ban for veering left on his winning Champion Chase ride on Energumene on Day Two of the Cheltenham Festival. Townend, 32, is trainer Willie Mullins’ star stable jockey, and victory on Energumene in the Champion Chase was his second win on Wednesday after he stormed to […]
Paul Townend has been given a five-day ban following ‘careless riding’ during his victory in The Betway Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase. Following an inquiry the Irish jockey, who claimed his third victory of the Cheltenham festival, was seen to have been riding carelessly whilst on Energumene. The careless riding in question was determined to […]
Impaire Et Passe stormed to a big win in the Ballymore Novices Hurdles to claim victory in the first race of the Cheltenham Festival day two. The favourite going into the race, Impaire Et Passe, continues its 100% winning record, which thoroughly pleased trainer Willie Mullins. People up and down the country were very pleased […]