A recent study has found that horses bred in Ireland, trained in Britain and ridden by an Irish jockey are more often than not the winners at the Cheltenham Festival. Each winner at the event since 2000 was looked at closely to see how they were bred, where they were trained and what type of […]
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Altior in a “battle against time” for Cheltenham Festival
Reigning Champion Chase winner Altior faces a fitness battle to retain his Champion Chase title on Wednesday. Altior is looking to make it a hat-trick of Champion Chase victories having won the last two times at the festival. Trainer Nicky Henderson announced the news earlier today just three days ahead of the Champion Chase. After […]