Equine fatal injuries inflicted deep sadness and it took Thursday’s drama and joy, and then some statistics, to raise positivity about jump racing’s futureFor a few minutes on Tuesday evening at Cheltenham this week, the chance that we would head home …
Gold Cup-winning jockey had taken wrong course when heading for victory in a race at Punchestown last AprilIn the hard-nosed, results-driven world of horse racing jockeys who make a mistake cannot always count on getting the chance to redeem themselves…
• Willie Mullins wins Gold Cup but stable runner killed in race• Triumph Hurdle favourite Sir Erec breaks down badlyTwo horses were fatally injured on the final day of the Festival, taking the total over the course of the meeting to three following the…
• Champion Irish trainer breaks his lengthening hoodoo • Anibale Fly goes one better than last year in secondWith a circuit of Cheltenham still to run here on Friday Willie Mullins’s hopes of filling the infuriating, Gold Cup-shaped hole in his record-…
Our photographer Tom Jenkins captured the winners, the losers, the punters and all the thrills and spills at this year’s Cheltenham FestivalCheck back later for pictures from the Gold Cup and the final day’s racing Continue reading…
Former Man Utd manager may realise ultimate racing ambitionClan Des Obeaux runs in Cheltenham’s most prestigious eventMany owners get into racing as an escape from the pressures of their day job. Few have ever done so with as tough a day job as the man…
Sir Alex Ferguson’s horse could add the crowning glory to a great Festival for the traner’s rejuvenated yardThe good times are back at Paul Nicholls’ yard, which has been celebrating the wins of Frodon and Topofthegame. Not since Kauto Star’s Gold Cup …
• Favourite secures emotional victory for blind owner• Stayers’ Hurdle triumph comes 46 years after first visitAndrew Gemmell, the owner who has been blind since birth, got his cherished Festival winner 46 years after his first visit when Paisley Park …
• Ryanair Chase winner Frodon and rider get huge reception • Front-runner looked beaten before rallying to win after lastBryony Frost became the first female jockey to win a Grade One chase at the Cheltenham Festival as Frodon made all the running unde…
Follow all Thursday’s races including the Ryanair ChaseChris Cook’s tips: Supasundae to star in Stayers’ HurdleEmail Barry or tweet @bglendenning with your thoughts 10.00am GMT It’s been fun, getting half the winners over the first two days, but I feel…
Follow all Thursday’s races including the Ryanair ChaseChris Cook’s tips: Supasundae to star in Stayers’ HurdleEmail Barry or tweet @bglendenning with your thoughts 10.00am GMT It’s been fun, getting half the winners over the first two days, but I feel…
Likeable veteran can crown his career with victory in the Stayers’ Hurdle on the third day at the Cheltenham FestivalThe ideal jumps horse is talented, durable, reliable and versatile, so who wouldn’t want to own Supasundae (3.30), the likeable veteran…
• Last year’s Grand National winner takes race by 22 lengths• ‘I’ve never seen an easier winner around here,’ says ownerTiger Roll, last year’s Grand National winner, enjoyed one of the warmest receptions for a Festival winner for many years after runn…
• Hot favourite equals record of consecutive jump race wins• Winner not at best after mistake at water jumpAltior gave his supporters a couple of frights but eventually proved to be the certainty he was supposed to be and won his second Queen Mother Ch…
New documentary highlights women who have made their name in the often cut-throat, brutal and downright dangerous sport of horse racingAs Rachael Blackmore was led back to the Cheltenham Festival winner’s enclosure on board A Plus Tard after the pair b…
Storm Gareth has not prevented day two going aheadAltior hot favourite for the Champion Chase 9.44am GMT 9.19am GMT Relief after Wednesday’s card at the Festival got the go ahead at around 7am this morning has already been replaced by anticipation as…
• Mare’s fall an almost eerie echo of same race in 2015• Ricci interviewed on TV about BetBright controversyRich Ricci appeared a broken man in the aftermath of the Mares Hurdle, when his hopes of victory were dashed at the final flight for the second …
