Irish jockey added another major contender to her mounts at the Festival when Bob Olinger impressed at NaasRachael Blackmore added another major contender to her book of rides at the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday when Bob Olinger, the 6-4 favourite,…
The usual raiding party may be slimmed down but insiders see no reason to expect a Festival without big names from IrelandThe end of the Irish travel ban this weekend should bring with it the end of fears that Covid-19 could somehow prevent Irish runne…
Cheltenham had previously hoped for a crowd of 2,000, as was the case in December, but the latest lockdown rules are a blowIt is less than a month since Cheltenham’s International meeting in December offered a brief glimpse of a brighter future for rac…
Cheltenham had previously hoped for a crowd of 2,000, as was the case in December, but the latest lockdown rules are a blowIt is less than a month since Cheltenham’s International meeting in December offered a brief glimpse of a brighter future for rac…
Cheltenham had previously hoped for a crowd of 2,000, as was the case in December, but the latest lockdown rules are a blowIt is less than a month since Cheltenham’s International meeting in December offered a brief glimpse of a brighter future for rac…
Young hurdler wins Grade One contest with easeSharjah completes remarkable hat-trick at LeopardstownThe spectre of Denman, the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, was abroad in the gathering gloom after the Challow Hurdle here at Newbury on Tuesday, as Pa…
Henderson hails racegoers back at home of jumps racingExecutives expect only a few thousand at March meetingNicky Henderson was on the punters’ side of the fence here on Friday and enjoying every moment as around 2,000 racegoers returned to the home of…
Frodon wins on rain-softened ground despite weightMac Swiney wins Vertem Futurity at DoncasterFrodon is once more a Gold Cup contender, having produced a hugely impressive weight-carrying performance to score his sixth success at Cheltenham. He and his…
Cheltenham’s running order has also been tweaked with Ruby Walsh and Paul Nicholls showing their supportA little over a year since Cheltenham announced that a mares’ chase would be added to its Festival schedule from next March, the new contest will re…
The racecourse is expected to lose at least £15m in revenue with spectators unlikely to be admitted on 13 of its 16 racedaysCheltenham racecourse, the home of National Hunt racing, is expected to face a loss of at least £15m in ticket revenue alone fol…
New research confirms that a lack of spectators changes the expected course of matchesWhat difference does banning spectators from pandemic-era sports matches make? Quite a bit, concludes new research. First, fewer people catch Covid-19. A US study on …
New research confirms that a lack of spectators changes the expected course of matchesWhat difference does banning spectators from pandemic-era sports matches make? Quite a bit, concludes new research. First, fewer people catch Covid-19. A US study on …
New report suggests Cheltenham Festival and Liverpool match ‘increased several-fold’ the number of Covid-19 casesNow we know. The much-maligned decisions to go ahead with the Cheltenham Festival and Liverpool’s Champions League match against Atlético M…
New report suggests Cheltenham Festival and Liverpool match ‘increased several-fold’ the number of Covid-19 casesNow we know. The much-maligned decisions to go ahead with the Cheltenham Festival and Liverpool’s Champions League match against Atlético M…
Kavanagh says with hindsight Festival should have been offDebate raging after experts call for inquiry into death tollThe chief executive of Horse Racing Ireland has stepped into the debate over the staging of last month’s Cheltenham Festival by sugges…
Figures suggest coronavirus deaths rose as a result of racing event going ahead in MarchCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePublic health experts have called for an investigation into whether the decision to allow the Cheltenham…
Figures suggest coronavirus deaths rose as a result of racing event going ahead in MarchCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePublic health experts have called for an investigation into whether the decision to allow the Cheltenham…
Kauto Star and Denman were both 11 and past their best but somehow ended up sharing the lead at the home turnA bit of local rivalry always helps to crank up some sporting tension and it doesn’t get much more local than two racehorses stabled next door …
