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Ruby Walsh has returned to the saddle after an extended layoff with a broken leg, winning his race int he process. Atop Lareena (a Willie Mullins horse), Walsh won the 3:15 at Thurles in what was his first race since November. The 38-year-old had sustained the injury after a fall whilst racing at Punchestown. Walsh […]
As March draws on, we get ever closer to the start of the Cheltenham Festival. Racing fans will be treated to four days of exquisite racing, as trainers from Britain and Ireland bring their best horses to Prestbury Park in the Cotswolds. Featuring such races as the Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase, the Ryanair […]
Nicky Henderson has withdrawn Top Notch from the Ryanair Chase in next week’s Cheltenham Festival. The seven-year-old has raced at the Festival twice before, in the Champion Hurdle in 2015 and the JLT Novices’ Chase last year – a race he came second in. However, he will not have the chance to hit the course […]
As the Cheltenham Festival approaches, racing fans all over the country will be eagerly awaiting four of the most gripping days of racing. With the very best the trainers have to offer coming to Prestbury Park in the Cotswolds, there will be much to watch out for over the Festival. The biggest race every day […]
Trainer Jessica Harrington is confident of winning the Gold Cup for a second consecutive year. Winning last year with Sizing John, Harrington is looking to get the horse a late warm-up before the big race next Friday. We may go to Leopardstown on Friday evening to give him a jump and a gallop. I’m not […]
As March rolls around every year, in the minds of some people it can only mean one thing – it’s time for the Cheltenham Festival. In the annual testing of racing’s great and good, the best horses, jockeys, and trainers will all descend on Prestbury Park in the Cotswolds for four days of furious competition. […]
Douvan is now said to have chances better than 50/50 to run in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival next month. The Willie Mullins-trained stallion was initially ruled out for the entirety of the season back in November but the situation seems to have improved considerably. Despite being entered for the Red […]
The Colin Tizzard-trained horse Fox Norton is set to miss the remainder of the season, due to what is being described as a “suspensory issue”. The news came on the same day Tizzard found out the talented Willoughby Court is at risk of missing the Cheltenham Festival with a foot injury. Pipped to the post […]
Trainer Gary Moore has decided to send Benatar straight to the Cheltenham Festival, forgoing a chance to run the three-year-old at Kempton this Saturday. Unbeaten in three starts over fences, the horse had been entered for the Pendil Novices’ Chase at Kempton, and for an ordinary novice chase at Fontwell on Sunday, but Moore has […]
There are 844 entries for the handicapped races at the Cheltenham Festival next month, including 272 horse from Ireland. With ten races to be handicapped, the 844 entries imply the festival is set to be as competitive as it’s ever been. The first handicapped race of the meeting will be the Ultima Handicap Chase, and […]
Gold Town trainer Charlie Appleby has said his horse has a chance to enter the Kentucky Derby. Winning the UAE 2000 Guineas by a hugely impressive ten lengths, whispers around the prospects for the horse are growing ever-louder. The UAE Derby on March 31 looms first for the stallion however, although his performance in the […]
Despite riding Our Duke in his last ten starts over jumps, jockey Robbie Power won’t saddle up the Jessica Harrington-trained stallion in the Gold Cup next month. Given an opportunity to mount another Harrington horse – and defending Gold Cup champion – Sizing John, Power will ride on him instead. Needing a jockey to ride […]