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Lossiemouth charged home in the Mares’ Hurdle to retain her crown and give Willie Mullins his eleventh victory in this historic race. Embed from Getty Images Jade De Grugy (5/1) led early, but Lossiemouth (4/6) followed confidently in second. Just about halfway through the gap was three lengths but as they took on the last […]
Kopek Des Bordes hung on from William Munny to give Willie Mullins his first win of this year’s festival, an emotional one for Mullins, winning the race named after the late Irish Jockey Michael O’Sullivan who died after a fall last month. Embed from Getty Images Workahead led early, followed by the two favorites Romeo […]
Puturhandstogether produced a fantastic performance as he took the lead on the final hurdle to claim the Juvenile Handicap Hurdle. Stencil ridden by James Reveley was considered the bookies’ favourite. Solar Drive took an early lead, however Stencil was hot on its tail with four hurdles to go. Hot Fuss continued an end-to-end race, as […]
Welcome to Christmas Day – if you are a horse racing fan that is! Fans from the UK, Ireland and beyond all join together as over 200,000 people flock to Prestbury Park for four days of excitement that only Cheltenham Festival can deliver. Constitution Hill is looking to regain his title in the Champion Hurdle […]
The biggest event at this week’s Cheltenham Festival is the Gold Cup, with a historical three-peat that has not happened in two decades on the line. Betting company Coral wants to keep that on the visiting fans’ mind, installing a giant inflatable Gold Cup over Cleeve Hill to celebrate Galopin Des Champs‘ bid to win […]
The preparations have well and truly began for the Cheltenham festival week which begins in EIGHT days’ time. For the pubs and bars of the town centre they would of started their preparations months ago. Montpellier Wine bar general manager Julie Rains gave an insight on how her bar prepares for the festival in March: […]
“I get no money from it, which is crazy, I know, but I do it for the love of it.” Bonnie Church is a local horse racing enthusiast who spends her free time re-homing ex-racehorses and she has re-homed hundreds of horses, doing so completely free of charge . These are often retired horses whose […]
Hello and welcome to our LIVE sports new blog for Monday, November 25! We have lots of reaction from the weekend’s sporting events and many exclusives We have reaction from Cheltenham Town after they were in action on Friday night. A last gasp attempt from Joel Colwill saw them collect some much needed points against […]
Racing has returned to Cheltenham, with the November meet having just gone this weekend. We know the punters love the races, but how do people in the local area feel? “It’s lovely to live in a place where such events are held” one resident close the the course said, “seeing all the people, and the […]
The multiple Grade One and Cheltenham Festival winner died last night confirmed in a statement by trainer Nicky Henderson. One of racing’s brightest stars, Shishkin, sadly passed away last night in a tragic stable accident. A statement from trainer Nicky Henderson said; ‘Tragically, we have lost Shishkin this evening after he got cast in his […]