Cheltenham Festival horse owner Len Jakeman believes the festival has “improved considerably” for keepers as this year’s event reaches a climax on its third day. Jakeman, who resides in Upton upon Severn, took horse Tea for Two to the famous festival four times, seeing mixed success in Gloucestershire. Now one of the racecourse’s annual members, […]
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Jamie Snowden makes bold Cheltenham Festival prediction as England seek to strike back against Willie Mullins and Ireland in Ryanair
Jamie Snowden says he’s confident that Ga Law can spring a surprise in the Grade One Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival this afternoon. The eight-year-old took fifth in the race last March, but in his preparation run, he fell at the last fence at Doncaster. Ga Law’s preparation has been much smoother this time […]
Cheltenham Festival Day Two: Captain Guinness takes Queen Mother Champion Chase as hot favourite El Fabiolo pulled up
Edwardstone led relatively unpressed from the rest of the field in the early stages until El Fabiolo made a big mistake at the fifth and was soon pulled up by jockey Paul Townend. Willie Mullins was expected to have a century of winners in this race as El Fabiolo went off as a 2/7 favourite. […]
Effortless Ballyburn and Fact To File give Willie Mullins the perfect Cheltenham start
No one can stop Willie Mullins at the 2024 Cheltenham Festival after he impressively took home the first two races on Wednesday. Having collected three winners on the opening day of the Festival, Ballyburn kicked off the second day with a performance that oozed class in the Grade 1 Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle. In a race […]
Willie Mullins takes one step closer to history, here’s what the Irish trainer had to say after Ballyburn’s victory in the Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle
It was the 98th victory at the Cheltenham Festival for Willie Mullins, and the fourth of the 2024 edition, all four of his winners have been jockeyed by Paul Townend so far. Everyone watching was wowed by that Ballyburn performance, none more so than the man who watches him day in day out, as Mullins’ […]
Three horses to consider for Day 2 at the Cheltenham Festival
This year’s Cheltenham Festival got off to a good start for many yesterday as plenty of favourites obliged. The punters certainly got one over the bookies on Tuesday, so the latter will be hoping for a change in fortune today. With this in mind, here are three horses at decent prices who could outrun their […]
Willie Mullins on the verge of centurion history at the Cheltenham Festival, but what are the other famous 100s around Gloucestershire
With Willie Mullins just three wins away from bringing up the first ever Cheltenham Festival century with 100 wins, let’s look back at some other famous 100 marks from around Gloucestershire. Staying in horse racing, it’s the 100th year of the Gold Cup this year, with the centenary coming up on Friday, who has been […]
Cheltenham Day Two preview: El Fabiolo looks to shine bright in the Queen Mother Champion Chase
Day two of the Cheltenham Festival is here, which means The Coral Cup, The Queen Mother Champion Steeple Chase and the Champion Bumper are among the key races to look out for today. Yesterday saw favourites State Man in the Champion Hurdle and Gaelic Warrior in the Arkle Challenge Trophy steal the headlines, both winning […]
Shishkin out of the Gold Cup, Nicky Henderson confirms
After an outbreak in recent weeks across the Nicky Henderson stable, that forced Constitution Hill to pull out of the Festival, Shishkin is the latest horse to be withdrawn from the Gold Cup. An unsatisfactory performance from Henderson trained horses yesterday, which saw all but one of his horses pull up before the finish, left […]
Latest Sports News LIVE: Captain Guinness wins Queen Mother Chase as wait for Willy Mullins 100th Cheltenham win goes on
Follow along with the latest sports news from Gloucestershire with our Park Life Sport Live blog. Including the second day of the famous Cheltenham Festival. We’ll have the latest from the races, as Style Day kicks off in, well, stylish fashion. Along with our tips for this afternoon’s exciting hurdles. There’s also reaction to Gloucester […]