Shan Blue has "unfinished business" as he takes on Cheltenham Festival 'banker' Allaho

Following the heroics of Galopin Des Champs at the Dublin Racing Festival, many believe that the Cheltenham Gold Cup is a foregone conclusion. It's true, if last year's winner runs to the same level that saw him write his name into the history books of Prestbury Park folklore, he will be hard to peg back, especially thanks to his new front-running…

The Grade 1 Ryanair Chase is the big race of the season over the intermediate distance. Despite the occasional comment that it is contested by horses lacking speed for the minimum trip and stamina for staying chases, it has been won by a whole host of classy types over the years. Envoi Allen, that mercurial talent, delivered one of the best…

The Betfair Chase carries a hefty prize fund, but only four runners will be going to post in this race at 3.00pm on Saturday, with the Grade 1 winner bringing home over £110000 for his connections. There may only be four set to battle it out over this testing three-mile 1.5-furlong course, but the race is a real head-scratcher for racing fans…

Bravemansgame has drifted out from 7/4 to 2/1 to win the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day after a final-fence blunder denied him a second consecutive Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby. Paul Nicholls' eight-year-old was targeted at the Grade 2 chase to start his season in identical fashion to last year, where went on to win the King George…

Protektorat is'fresh and ready' ahead of his bid for a second successive victory in the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park on November 25. Skelton's eight-year-old won the Grade One feature at the Merseyside track by 11 lengths last year and is among the 15 entries revealed for this year's £200000 contest. Protektorat, who is part-owned by former…

NICKY HENDERSON says'super' Shishkin is hellbent on King George glory - with the Kempton Boxing Day blockbuster his big race for the season. Seven Barrows supremo Hendo was speaking as the 19 entries for the £250000 Grade 1 were revealed. Others included were Paul Nicholls' Bravemansgame - also entered in the Betfair Chase - as well as Willie…

Gary Pallister, a lieutenant of Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United team in the 80s and 90s, made a surprising revelation ahead of this year's Cheltenham Festival. 'My favourite memories of Fergie and horse racing is that if he found out you've been to Cheltenham Festival, he'd drop you!' Pallister told Cheltenham Racing. 'He wasn't into…

The Ryanair Chase runners 2023 are topped by the Nicky Henderson-trained Shishkin, who bounced back to form to win the Ascot Chase and is now the clear favourite for the Cheltenham Festival day three feature. See below the latest Ryanair Chase betting and intended runners for the day three Cheltenham Festival feature on Thursday 16th…

Dan Skelton remains convinced his star staying chaser Protektorat will once again make his presence felt in next month's Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup. The eight-year-old finished best of the British in the blue riband last season when third behind Henry de Bromhead's pair of A Plus Tard and Minella Indo - and could hardly have been more impressive…

There will be no Ryanair Chase three-timer for the Willie Mullins-trained ALLAHO, as the 9 year-old has suffered an injury that will rule him out of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. Allaho has won the last two renewals of the Grade One Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival by a total of 26 lengths, but he won't be able to try and extend that record…

See below our Cheltenham Festival ante-post tip for the 2023 Ryanair Chase. The build-up to the best four days of jump racing on the planet is under way and there's plenty of value to be had in the Cheltenham Festival ante-post markets. Plus, with Bet365 going Non-Runner, No Bet on the 2023 Cheltenham Festival championship races, then if your fancy…

A Plus Tard: a top-price 10-1 for the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup A travel-related illness has been identified as the reason behind A Plus Tard's Betfair Chase blowout, with Cheveley Park Stud's Richard Thompson optimistic the dazzling Cheltenham Gold Cup winner will be back in time for a tilt at this month's Savills Chase. Pulling up before the…

Trainer Dan Skelton hailed'personal bests' as Protektorat (15-2) scored a superb 11-length victory in the Betfair Chase in fine style at Haydock Park. While Henry De Bromhead's Cheltenham Gold Cup hero and last year's Betfair Chase winner A Plus Tard failed to fire and was pulled up, Skelton's progressive eight-year-old chaser - under the trainer's…

Trainer Henry De Bromhead believes last year's winner and Cheltenham Gold Cup hero A Plus Tard is ready to return as he heads back to Haydock Park for Saturday's Betfair Chase. The eight-year-old, who landed the Haydock feature by a massive 22 lengths on his first run last year and then took the blue riband at the Cheltenham Festival on his final…

Only Albertas Run has won back-to-back Ryanair Chases since the race's inception in 2005 but there is plenty about Allaho to suggest he will be added to that list by 3pm on Thursday. Willie Mullins' eight-year-old was among the most dominant winners at last year's Festival, easing home 12 lengths clear under Rachael Blackmore, and there has been…

KLASSICAL DREAM can triumph in the Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle (GBB Race) (3.30pm), the feature on the third day of the 2022 Cheltenham Festival. Willie Mullins' eight-year-old could easily bring up a Grade One treble for the Irish trainer in what could be a spectacular afternoon for the County Carlow handler. Klassical Dream has had his problems…

The presence of Bob Olinger and Galopin Des Champs has produced some Cheltenham Festival history as Thursday's four-runner Turners Novices' Chase (1.30) will be the first all-Irish race at the meeting. It is the smallest field at jump racing's showpiece event in almost 30 years and the race's lowest field since introduced in 2011. There were 16…

Honeysuckle is set to be an odds-on favourite for the Champion Hurdle. We are a week away from the Cheltenham Festival, and as final preparations begin to take place across the UK & Ireland, punters are beginning to finalise their ante-post positions ahead of the imminent entries.

Shishkin is a perfect 7-7 over fences after defeating Energumene last time. Nicky Henderson's star is a red hot favourite to extend his unbeaten run in Wednesday's Champion Chase Shishkin is favourite for the Champion Chase The home team go in search of a greater share of the Festival's top prizes at Cheltenham 2022. A year ago British runners took…

Dan Skelton has several Grade 1 runners at Cheltenham Festival 2022 - Shan Blue in the Ryanair Chase, Protektorat in the Gold Cup and Nube Negra in the Champion Chase Irish'banker' Allaho will not scare off Dan Skelton as he primes Shan Blue for the upset. The Willie Mullins favourite was relentless in his 2021 Ryanair Chase romp - and bids to…

Minella Indo and A Plus Tard, last year's first and second, top 30 entries for the Cheltenham Gold Cup - the highlight of the Festival meeting in March. Trained by Henry de Bromhead, the duo were separated by just a length and a quarter in 2021, but it is A Plus Tard who is the ante-post favourite at this stage after winning the Betfair Chase…

The 2023 Ryanair Chase has seen a complete market shake up after Shishkin's Ascot Chase victory. Shishkin has replaced Allaho as a red-hot, odds-on favourite for this 2m5f Grade 1 after his stunning return to form in the Betfair Ascot Chase last month and if the two-time Cheltenham Festival winner can back up that performance, then he's going to be…