The Latest Sports News from the University of Gloucestershire
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 […]
The Cross Country Chase, originally scheduled to be the fifth race run today, has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled due to the inside course at Prestbury Park being waterlogged. With the area receiving 11mm of rainfall throughout the day yesterday, Tuesday, March 12. The Cross Country course in Cheltenham has been deemed unraceable. […]
It’s completely control from banker Lossiemouth, to allow Willie Mullins and Paul Townend to complete the hattrick of victories on Day One. As Townend backed up a victory on Lossiemouth at the New Years meeting in Cheltenham, and the pairing makes it two festival wins in the row, after a victory in the JCB Triumph […]
It’s Willie Mullins and Paul Townend that back up the chat, and follow-through with favourite State Man at the 15:30, Champions Hurdle on Day One of the Cheltenham festival. Mullins had nothing but praise for the his jockey and horse, following their victory. “It was amazing the way Paul (Townend) rode him, I’d thought he’d […]
Kim Bailey admitted he didn’t watch the first half of Chianti Classico’s Ultima Handicap Chase after his other horse, Trelawne, fell in the early stages. There was some initial concern about his wellbeing after the fall, but thankfully he was up and able to walk away unscathed. “It was not a great race to watch, […]
Despite the victory in the previous race, Rachael Blackmore made a costly mistake at the start of the My Pension Expert Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices’ Chase, giving herself a disadvantage that she wasn’t able to recover from. Victors in the first race of the day with Slade Steel, Blackmore and trainer Henry de Bromhead were […]
Willie Mullins says he’s relieved to get a first 2024 Cheltenham Festival win out of the way after Gaelic Warrior earned the Irish master his first win of this year’s meeting. The six-year-old defeated stablemate Il Etait Temps, Quilixios and Found A Fifty on his way to the line as he won in impressive style. […]
Henry De Bromhead says he’s delighted after Slade Steel’s win in the opening race of the 2024 Cheltenham Festival. Slade Steel rallied late on to take the Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle on Tuesday with Rachael Blackmore guiding him to glory. The six-year-old fought off Willie Mullins pair Tullyhill and Mystical Power to record the victory […]
With thousands of people streaming into Cheltenham this week for the 2024 festival, protestors flood the streets to relay an all-important message. The 2022-23 season saw 168 horse die following injuries sustained whilst on the racetracks with the most prevalent cause of death being the broken foreleg. For the Grand National, the 2023 event saw […]
The first race of the week is won by Slade Steel, the Henry De Bromhead trained horse, won ahead of Mystical Power and Firefox. The 6 year-old horse took lead just before the last, before holding off a charging Mystical Power in the sprint to the finish. The famous Cheltenham Roar was heard around the […]