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Sat, 25/03/2023 - 18:46
Ushba Tesoro produced a remarkable run, coming from the back of the field under Yuga Kawada, to take the Dubai World Cup for Japan.
Sat, 25/03/2023 - 03:30
The Irish Flat season kicks back into action today, with the €100,000 Irish Lincolnshire (3.25) the showpiece event at the Curragh.
Sat, 25/03/2023 - 03:30
Who would have thought that the richest contest in Britain today has 16 unraced runners out of a field of 21? That’s the way the calendar has fallen for the Goffs UK Spring Sale Bumper (3.50 Newbury), which is back after a break of a couple of years.
Fri, 24/03/2023 - 17:56
Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning jockey Bryan Cooper has announced his retirement from the saddle at the age of 30.
Tue, 21/03/2023 - 16:09
Cheltenham Gold Cup and dual King George hero Kicking King has died at the age of 25, the Irish National Stud has announced.
Tue, 21/03/2023 - 12:02
John McConnell has a multitude of options for Seddon after his Cheltenham Festival success.
Tue, 21/03/2023 - 03:30
Any Second Now tuned up for this third attempt at the Aintree Grand National by winning Navan’s Webster Cup for a second time.
Sun, 19/03/2023 - 03:30
It was a big Cheltenham for the little guy. A bunch of trainers who normally toil far from the limelight while the glittering prizes go elsewhere beat the big battalions to enjoy a finest hour in the Cotswolds.
Sun, 19/03/2023 - 03:30
Just the 359 days till Cheltenham 2024. If you don’t get the fascination, that’s fine, it’s not my job to persuade anyone. I wouldn’t go out the back door to watch the Super Bowl.
Sat, 18/03/2023 - 03:30
From the threshold of disaster, they played chicken with the field.
Fri, 17/03/2023 - 22:11
What a week it was at the Cheltenham Festival, with many more equine memories created that will live long in the minds of racing fans. Here are the stand-out moments as we look back at the winners and losers over a fascinating four days at the Cotswolds.
Fri, 17/03/2023 - 20:53
Galopin Des Champs’ Gold Cup victory proved the jewel in the crown as Willie Mullins and Paul Townend once again secured the top trainer and jockey honours at the Cheltenham Festival.
Fri, 17/03/2023 - 18:40
Impervious battled to a well-earned success in the Mrs Paddy Power Mares’ Chase, as Colm Murphy returned to the Cheltenham winner’s circle.
Fri, 17/03/2023 - 18:16
Prolific point-to-point winner Premier Magic, trained and ridden by Bradley Gibbs, sprang a 66-1 shock in the St James’s Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters’ Chase.
Fri, 17/03/2023 - 17:10
Willie Mullins might have won just about everything this great sport has to offer – but the most successful trainer in Festival history admitted to feeling a level of pressure he has never previously experienced ahead of Galopin Des Champs’ victory in the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Fri, 17/03/2023 - 15:10
St Patrick’s Day got off to a raucous start for the legions of Irish racing fans at Cheltenham as Lossiemouth easily justified favouritism in the JCB Triumph Hurdle.
Fri, 17/03/2023 - 08:00
The big one. The Gold Cup. The blue riband of the Cheltenham Festival.
Fri, 17/03/2023 - 03:30
How did you get started in racing?
Fri, 17/03/2023 - 03:30
The Boodles Gold Cup will celebrate its centenary next year but not since its inaugural running in 1924 – when Red Splash came in first – has it been won by a horse trained in Scotland.