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JP McManus, who owns this year’s favourite Majborough, has never owned a horse that’s won the Champion Chase, despite having the odds-on favourite last year, Jonbon. 11 odds on favourites have been beaten in the past 22 years in this race, listed below. Beaten Favourites and odds 25 – Jonbon – 5/6 24 – El […]
Follow the latest news and results from the Cheltenham Festival, with the Grand Annual Challenge Cup Handicap Chase coming up next. 4:00pm – BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase Winner – Il Etait Temps A great day for Townend and Mullins. Quilixios started well, with odds-on favourite Majborough working hard to stay with him. A comedy of […]
The Cheltenham Festival attracts more than 220,000 people to the town each year, providing a major boost to the local economy and marking one of the biggest weeks in the town’s calendar. Horse trainer Mat Nicholls believes the festival is hugely important for the town and the businesses that rely on the event. “Hugely important – economically and socially,” […]
Cheltenham Festival remains ‘the FA Cup final of racing’, says trainer Mat Nicholls The trainer described the Cheltenham Festival as the ultimate test in National Hunt racing, comparing it to England’s premier domestic football competition. Having spent many years around horses and witnessed multiple winners at Cheltenham, the festival holds a special place for him. […]
The mares novice hurdle opens Thursday’s action at the Cheltenham Festival and Lambourn trainer Jamie Snowden is hoping his runner, La Conquiere, will make it a third winner at the Festival and his second with a mare. “We were always going to go Novice hurdling route this season.” A seven-year-old, Snowden describes La Conquiere as: […]
Day two of the Cheltenham Festival gets underway at Cheltenham Racecourse, with another packed schedule of racing, results and reaction to come. Throughout the day, we’ll also bring you the latest stories from across the sporting world in and around Gloucestershire.
Its history for trainer Nicky Henderson as his horse Old Park Star wins the sky bet supreme Novice’s hurdle. It was 40 years ago today when a young Nicky Henderson walked in with his horse River Ceirog. The horse pushed himself to the limit to give Henderson his first win in the Cheltenham festival opener. […]
Hansard has died after the second race of the Cheltenham Festival. The horse trained by Gary & Josh Moore suffered a serious injury and couldn’t be saved by the veterinary team. Park Life Sport spoke to PETA earlier today, who urged the British public not to attend any Horse Racing. A statement from The Jockey […]
Horse racing, and more specifically the Cheltenham Festival has suffered a declining interest with attendances to the four days dropping year on year. The four days that take over the town of Cheltenham are upon us but the jockey club have been forced to make changes to the prestigious event to encourage punters back to […]
Follow live updates, race results and reports from Tuesday’s action at Cheltenham Racecourse as the 2026 Cheltenham Festival gets underway. 4.00 Unibet Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy Winner- Lossiemouth 7/5 The favourite Loussiemouth at 7/5 secured the win on the straight, continuing his unbeaten run at Cheltenham to make it four victories from four. The pressure […]