#gold cup grand national

RACHAEL BLACKMORE has cemented her place as Queen of Cheltenham with victory in the Gold Cup. Grand National winner Blackmore was second in the prestigious race last year in the Gold Cup and has gone one better in front of the returning punters this year. All eyes were on Prestbury Park for one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. The…

Fiddlerontheroof (left): finished a clear second to Cloudy Glen in the Ladbrokes Trophy Out of nowhere, a race that some might have taken as a veterans' handicap going by its roll call could have a bearing on this year's Gold Cup, Grand National, or both. That hinges mostly on Fiddlerontheroof, who will be seen for the first time since finishing a…