The Racing for Maggie’s Partnership is celebrating its long standing fundraiser and Cheltenham based horse trainer Kim Bailey. A percentage of 10 year-old Another Venture’s winnings goes to the Maggie’s Cancer Centres, a charity providing free support and information across their 25 UK based centres. Bailey has trained over 1300 winners and is one of […]
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Cheltenham Festival: Kim Bailey’s Vinndication goes for Gold
Vinndication, trained by local racing trainer, Kim Bailey has been entered into both the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle on Thursday 18th, and the Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase the following day, Friday. As the Cheltenham Festival gets underway on Tuesday, the races are starting to take shape with Kim Bailey confirming the route Vinndication will take. […]
Fergal O’Brien hopeful for first Cheltenham Festival win with Imperial Alcazar
Gloucestershire based horse trainer Fergal O’Brien is hoping his yard will claim its first Cheltenham Festival winner this week with Imperial Alcazar being the “stand out”. Following a comfortable win in the Pertemps qualifier in Warwick at the start of 2021, seven year-old Imperial Alcazar is set to race in the Pertemps Final on day […]
Cheltenham Racing tips with Alice Plunkett
The biggest week of the racing calendar is almost upon us, as four days of jump-racing heaven descend on Gloucestershire for the hotly-anticipated Cheltenham Festival. In years gone by suits were being sharpened, boots were being bought, and pints were being poured ahead of the drama to follow. However, with there of course being no […]
Skelton Shines As Fans Return To Horse Racing
Jockey Dan Skelton has won back to back Grade Ones at Sandown Park as fans returned to the track following the ease of coronavirus restrictions. Skelton rode Allmankind, trained by his brother Harry, to victory in the Henry VIII Novices’ Chase and Politilogue, trained by Paul Nicholls, to the Tingle Creek just 30 minutes later. […]
Five Live Sports you may have missed this weekend
Whilst it was almost impossible not to see that top tier European football returned this weekend, as a bumper weekend of Bundesliga fixtures returned on our screens. For all the action and reaction you have have missed this weekend, keep up to date on all the latest sporting stories on Park Life Sports Live Blog. […]
Horse Racing targeting resumption next week as sport waits on green light by government
Racing in Britain is working towards a resumption on May 15 after positive meetings with government officials within the last seven days, in what would be one of the first return to action for sports following the Covid-19 outbreak. British horse racing chief executive Nick Rust has told the BBC it would be ready to […]
Calls for inquiry on Cheltenham Festival go-ahead
The Cheltenham Festival was given the green light to go ahead by the government despite the coronavirus spreading across the UK. There are calls for an investigation into whether the 4-day event should have been cancelled due to concerns that it rapidly increased the spread of the virus. One of those publicly calling for the […]
Cheltenham Festival Organisers face criticism
The Cheltenham Festival was given the green light to go ahead by the government despite increasing calls from the public for the festival to be cancelled. Many people have been left questioning why the Festival still took place and organisers have faced widespread criticism. It was one of the last events to go ahead before […]
Coronavirus: Horse racing to held behind closed doors until April
Horse racing will now be held behind closed doors from Tuesday until the end of at least the end of March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Racing in England had continued despite the outbreak, with the Cheltenham Festival recording an attendance of 251,684 across four days last week. Despite a lot of backlash from peolpe […]