The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
Having stepped out from being Champion Trainer Paul Nicholls’ assistant, Harry Derham has begun life as a trainer and started promisingly, having eight wins from 33 runners operating at a 24% strike rate. It’s a big move to join the training ranks but the former jockey has relished the challenge up to this point. “Exciting, […]
In last year’s Turners Novice’s Chase Galopin Des Champs’s dramatic fall at the last did little to dissuade people that he looked every bit a Gold Cup winner in waiting. Since that defeat the Willie Mullins machine has been faultless. Winning at Fairyhouse and Punchestown with ease before quelling many doubters with a superb victory […]
Many punters would have been ecstatic seeing the bookies clear favourite Constitution Hill win the Champion Hurdles by a clear nine-length distance on Tuesday. At 4-11, he was the shortest-priced winner in the history of the Champion Hurdles and is now already the odds-on favourite for next year’s event. But what people wouldn’t have noticed, […]
Seddon has won the Magners Plate Handicap Chase at 20/1, as Fugitif finishes in second place. It felt at one point that last years winner Coole Cody had potential to do something special as he led for a large portion of the race but faded away near the end. Shakem Up’arry had a real chance […]
Seddon won the Magners Plate after a tight affair, with Fugitif coming home in second, and Shakem Up’Arry very narrowly taking third. Similar to the last race, third place was a very close call and may be reviewed, but none were able to compete with Seddon who powered away to take victory. After second start […]
Gordon Elliott’s Sire Du Berlais pipped outsider Dashel Drasher to seal victory on Thursday’s PaddyPower Stayers Hurdle. Ridden by Mark Walsh, the horse had to come from behind a busy pack with Flooring Porter holding an excellent lead before being overtaken by the 66/1 outsider. But Dashel Drasher didn’t have the pace to keep out […]
Horses are animals. Not entertainment. The treatment of horses only goes so far to justify the pages of sad news we always have to read week in, week out. And as each new edition of the annual Cheltenham Festival rolls around, the public is always divided in two over the age-old debate over the welfare […]
For most Cheltenham Festival normally brings a party feel to the Gloucestershire town, with hundreds of thousands of punters flocking to the racecourse. But for some local residents the influx of punters is more of a nuisance than a blessing. A rise of anti-social behaviour is always a concern for those who live in Cheltenham, […]
Energumene secured victory in the Queen Mother Champion Chase for the second year running, as jockey Paul Townend rode his second winner of day two at the Cheltenham Festival. The nine-year-old gelding was with the pack for a large chunk of the race but foraged several lengths into the lead to follow through on it’s […]
Impaire Et Passe raced to a comfortable victory in the Ballymore Novices Hurdle, the first race of day two at the Cheltenham Festival. The five-year-old went out as the favourite and after biding his time, the gelding turned it on, speeding to an impressive win. Impaire Et Passe was followed up by Gaelic Warrior and […]