Power can't wait for Gold Cup as he keeps ride on Minella Indo

It's Day Four of the Cheltenham Festival, which means it's Gold Cup day. This meeting is far from all about one race, but if there is a single race that stands alone, then it's the Gold Cup, which is run over a gruelling three miles, two furlongs, and is a serious test of both stamina and determination. To battle to victory in a Gold Cup, a horse…

Irish horse racing trainer, Henry De Bromhead, is back for this year's Cheltenham aiming to train a few winners at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. He is one of the leading trainers in racing, and has nine runners on Day 3. Read on to find out which horses Henry De Bromhead has running on Day 3 of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. Henry De Bromhead has…

Irish horse racing trainer, Henry De Bromhead, is back for this year's Cheltenham aiming to train a few winners at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. He is one of the leading trainers in racing, and has two runners on Day 1. Read on to find out which horses Henry De Bromhead has running on Day 1 of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. Henry De Bromhead has…

OH thank God. Because the BHA chief executive refuses to answer my emails, I'm not going to start with the whip this week. Every cloud and all that! So let's talk Cheltenham. Yes, the Festival gets under way on Tuesday, March 14, and I know in this paper we have brilliant pullouts every day and top class online coverage, making sure you don't miss…

Henry de Bromhead believes A Plus Tard is on the right track as he continues preparations for a Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup defence. The Cheveley Park-owned runner reversed the 2021 result with stablemate Minella Indo when powering to an impressive 15-length verdict in the blue riband last March. A Plus Tard has had just one run since that triumph,…

The Minella Indo Gold Cup odds might look a tempting price - especially as trainer Henry De Bromhead has said he's "delighted" with his 2021 Cheltenham Festival winner. The 2021 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Minella Indo is said to be in "super form" by his trainer Henry De Bromhead as he prepares for his third tilt at the showcase race of the…

Willie Mullins has farmed the New Year's Day feature in winning eight of the last 10 runnings, but Minella Indo's battling display in the hands of Rachael Blackmore ended the Closutton handler's five-year stranglehold on the Grade Three contest and gave Henry de Bromhead his second win in the race after Champagne West's success in 2017. Winner of…

It's the final day of the 2022 Cheltenham Festival and there's seven more races taking place. The Gold Cup is the feature contest at 3.30pm and Rachael Blackmore is bidding to become the first female jockey to win it. On her chances, she said: "The Gold Cup is what the whole week of Cheltenham builds around. It's the pinnacle of the racing year and…

THE CHELTENHAM Festival is here...and we count down to the marquee race, the Gold Cup TODAY. The prestigious race caps a stunning week at Prestbury Park, as punters return for the first time since 2020. A Plus Tard remains top of the pile after his runaway success in the Betfair Chase at Haydock earlier this season. He was beaten narrowly by Galvin…

Twelve months on from what was the culmination of a week Henry de Bromhead will never forget, Minella Indo and A Plus Tard are back in contention for top honours in the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup. Minella Indo and Jack Kennedy denied A Plus Tard and Rachael Blackmore 12 months ago as the pair put the seal on a dream four days for everyone…

After Rachael Blackmore recorded phenomenal success at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival, one of the first questions on punters' lips this year will be'which rides is she taking on?' The 32-year-old jockey recorded the most victories at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival with six wins - only Ruby Walsh has ridden more at a single festival with seven - and in…

Conflated: likely to tackle the Ryanair instead of the Gold Cup at Cheltenham next week Gigginstown boss Eddie O'Leary and trainer Gordon Elliott have revealed Conflated is far more likely to tackle the Ryanair Chase than the Gold Cup at Cheltenham next week. O'Leary confirmed Davy Russell, who partnered Conflated to his biggest success when…

Ruby Walsh has offered his expert insight into the upcoming Cheltenham Festival with the legendary jockey expecting another thrilling week of action in England. Walsh is no stranger to Cheltenham having been the leading jockey 11 times at the Festival, nabbing 59 winners and twice racing to Gold Cup glory. And previewing the races, Walsh is backing…

FOLLOWING a 2020 Cheltenham Festival to remember, Henry de Bromhead will return to Prestbury Park this March with another crack squad. The trainer won six races at least year's festival - including the Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champions Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup. Though long respected as a master trainer, De Bromhead's success at last…

THE Cheltenham Festival is back in person this week - which is basically Christmas for racing fans across Britain and Ireland. You will no doubt be hearing tips from all corners as to who is likely to win the top prizes on offer at the annual race meet but only a few truly know what they're talking about when it comes to spying a winner or…

Though still in its relative infancy, the two-day Dublin Racing Festival on Saturday and Sunday has become a huge part of the Irish jump-racing scene already. The Leopardstown meeting takes place in early February and has fast become an all-guns-blazing dress rehearsal for the Cheltenham Festival for some of Ireland's leading National Hunt…

Cheltenham Festival 2022 is just weeks away. Key runners will continue their preparations at Leopardstown, with contenders for the Gold Cup and Champion Chase on show Honeysuckle and Appreciate It could meet in the Chanelle Pharma Irish Champion Hurdle Top class horses are put through their paces at this weekend's Dublin Racing Festival at…

Having threatened to look like a straightforward rematch between last year's front two, the Cheltenham Gold Cup market has been blown wide open over the Christmas period. The early season betting was dominated by defending champion Minella Indo and stablemate from the Henry de Bromhead yard A Plus Tard, with a lack of obvious dangers stepping up…

Blackmore was top jockey at the Cheltenham Festival and she could star again by becoming the first female rider to win the Grand National on Minella Times Does Cheltenham form work out at Aintree? Rachael Blackmore hopes so. Punters will speculate over the stars of the National Hunt Festival will reproduce their brilliance three weeks on, but that…

Bryan Keane/INPHOHenry de Bromhead. # Cheltenham Festival De Bromhead in no rush to commit to Honeysuckle target Champion Hurdle or Mares' Hurdle await for the unbeaten six-year-old. A DECISION ON whether Honeysuckle will run in the Unibet Champion Hurdle or the Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle at next month's Cheltenham Festival is likely to be left…

A decision on whether Honeysuckle will run in the Unibet Champion Hurdle or the Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle at next month's Cheltenham Festival is likely to be left "pretty late", according to her trainer Henry de Bromhead. The daughter of Sulamani - who has excelled in the hands of Rachael Blackmore - extended her unbeaten record to seven with a…