A Champion Hurdle bid may be ever so doubtful but let’s remember that it remains a possibility for the time beingFrom a punter’s perspective, the key detail to bear in mind from yesterday’s news about Samcro is that he has not actually been ruled out o…
• Laurina now second-favourite for Champion Hurdle• Elixir De Nutz heading for Supreme Novice HurdleRuby Walsh is a very rare visitor to British racecourses these days but his words still carry weight with the punters and his assessment of Laurina afte…
• 2018 runner-up has struggled for form this season• Trainer Nicky Henderson confident procedure will helpMight Bite, the runner-up in last year’s Cheltenham Gold Cup, will go straight to this year’s race on 15 March without another run and following a…
Lauded jockey doesn’t have the sort of job that leads straight to Festival glory but could still land a plum Grand National rideHell is, of course, full of people typing up novelty bet offers for the New Year but there’s some morbid fascination that dr…
• Willie Mullins aiming Sharjah at Champion Hurdle• Gordon Elliott baffled by another flop from SamcroGordon Elliott’s face betrayed shock rather than surprise after the Ryanair Hurdle here on Saturday, as he watched the big-screen replay of a race whe…
BHA needed to respond after a spike in deaths at the 2018 Festival, but the chasm between the public’s view of the dangers of horse racing and the actuality may never be bridgedThe BHA’s review of last season’s Cheltenham Festival, which was overseen b…
• Samcro still aimed at Cheltenham’s Champion Hurdle• Tom Scudamore steers Sizing Tennessee to Newbury victoryGordon Elliott was impressively succinct after seeing his hurdler Samcro routed by Buveur D’Air in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle here on Saturday….
• Lalor’s odds cut for Cheltenham Festival Arkle Trophy• Child-friendly chaser rewards Twitter followersLalor, the horse who is helping a stable cope with bereavement, looks like being every bit as good over fences as was hoped and is the second-favour…
In an extract from Chris Cook’s new book Three Of A Kind: The Scudamores, the trainer Peter, his partner, Lucinda Russell, and Campbell Gillies’ mother Lesley talk about the double tragedy that befell the jockey and his Cheltenham winnerIn March 2012, …
Gordon Elliott has revealed that he and the horse’s owners want to try to win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in MarchSamcro has become favourite with some bookmakers for the Champion Hurdle after news broke this morning that the hugely promising che…
• Cheltenham Festival victor rated stone behind Kauto Star• Punchestown hero Faugheen given top-rated hurdler mantleNative River and Might Bite, who fought out a memorable duel around two circuits of Cheltenham in the Gold Cup in March, were the only s…
After almost leaving Paul Nicholls’s yard last summer victory aboard Pacha Du Polder is a dream come true – despite a dislocated shoulderThe least likely triumph of last week’s Cheltenham Festival belonged to Harriet Tucker, an unknown with one previou…
• Muir ‘not looking for blame’ after six deaths at Festival• ‘Nobody there wants to see horses die’ says RSPCA consultantCheltenham racecourse has received an early boost from the RSPCA as work begins on a review into the six equine fatalities that occ…
Talk of introducing barriers to keep Irish the Irish in check after their 17-winner haul at the Festival are ridiculous – the best jumping horses should be celebrated regardless of their originAs if another thumping return from Cheltenham and then the …
• Trainer says a light campaign can deliver a 2019 victory • Irish Turf Club stung by call for Festival ‘level playing field’A day after his gallant performance in winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Native River made what is likely to be his last public …
• Champion jockey Richard Johnson rides 5-1 winner• Favourite Might Bite finishes a brave runner-upNative River has become the splendidly brave winner of a Cheltenham Gold Cup which, despite 15 runners, was a duel from the outset between the gallant ch…
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