The return of The Season: Cheltenham Festival kicks off a glorious social spring

Yes, you heard us! The 2024 Cheltenham Festival is just around the corner and you can enjoy four incredible days of racing for absolutely nothing. The Prestbury Park party begins on Tuesday, March 12 and won't stop until Friday, March 15, so hold on tight because there are many twists and turns to come. Once again, the home team are likely to take…

Racing's showpiece Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday with one man set to dominate at the four-day meeting. Irish trainer Willie Mullins has the favourite in many of the 28 races and needs six victories to become the first person to have 100 Festival winners. In Tuesday's Champion Hurdle he saddles last year's runner-up State Man, with 2023…

Ahead of the Cheltenham Festival, Irish racing pundit Emma Nagle offers readers her guide to the Championship races in the Cotswolds. You can find more from Emma Nagle over on the Irish Racing YouTube channel The countdown to the most eagerly anticipated four days in the National Hunt calendar is almost over and the 2024 Cheltenham Festival starts…

By HRI Foreign Staff - After football, horse racing is the second most popular spectator sport in the UK. It's estimated that over the year 5 million people attend the 1400 meetings held across the country's 59 racecourses. These stretch from Perth in Scotland down to Newton Abbott in Devon and range from ones which attract crowds of a few hundred…

Four-time champion jumps jockey Richard Johnson believes L'Homme Presse, the 2022 Brown Advisory Novices' Chase winner, is "overlooked" in this year's Cheltenham Gold Cup. Venetia Williams' nine-year-old has been on the sidelines since he unseated jockey Charlie Deutsch in the 2022 King George VI Chase but is set to make his reappearance in the…

Nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds, this four-day spectacle is a celebration of ability, competition, and a rich tradition that spans over a century. Here are five compelling reasons why the Cheltenham Festival is adored by so many. 1. Racing heritage The Cheltenham Festival, dating back to 1860, boasts a rich and storied history in the world of…

Ahead of the start of the Galway Festival next week, former top jockey Bryan Cooper has said Galway's Racing Festival is'unique, because you can do pretty much anything you want at the event'. Cooper, a former Cheltenham Gold Cup winner and one of racing's superstar jockeys before surprisingly retiring at the age of 30, recently spoke to…

The week centred on Aintree's three-day Grand National meeting, culminating in Corach Rambler's victory in the big race on Saturday. Exceptional performances from Shishkin, Constitution Hill and Jonbon will also hold fond memories for jumps fans as the season nears conclusion. Here are four things we learned from the week's racing. . . Shishkin's…

The UK horse racing scene is ablaze with energy as winter gives way to spring, having a variety of renowned competitions that draw spectators from all over the globe. Infamous events like the Grand National, Cheltenham Festival, and Epsom Derby take center stage with the start of the spring racing season, displaying the best that equestrian sports…

Bryan Cooper had his first winners at the Cheltenham Festival in 2013 with Triumph Hurdle winner Our Conor being the pick of them. Trained by Dessie Hughes, Our Conor was unbeaten in four starts in his juvenile hurdle season with Cooper in the saddle each time. After winning a maiden at Navan and a Grade 3 at Fairyhouse on his first two starts, Our…

Paul Townend celebrates winning the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase on Galopin Des Champs on day four of the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, England, Friday March 17, 2023. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP) 2 of 9 | Paul Townend celebrates winning the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase on Galopin Des Champs on day four of the Cheltenham…

Ged Mason owns live Cheltenham Gold Cup hope Protektorat with close friend Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary Manchester United manager Ged Mason (centre) with Sir Alex Ferguson, who own Cheltenham Gold Cup hope Protektorat After the recent hammering at Anfield, at least there is one Manchester United fan still dreaming of a quadruple. Make that two…

The 2023 Cheltenham Festival comes to a close on Friday and all eyes will be on the big race of the day: the Gold Cup. The Gold Cup is the most prestigious jumps race in British horse racing, with the likes of Arkle, Best Mate, Denman and Kauto Star among the star-studded list of previous winners. Rachael Blackmore became the first female jockey to…

The 2023 Cheltenham Festival comes to a close on Friday and all eyes will be on the big race of the day: the Gold Cup. The Gold Cup is the most prestigious jumps race in British horse racing, with the likes of Arkle, Best Mate, Denman and Kauto Star among the star-studded list of previous winners. Rachael Blackmore became the first female jockey to…

The Cheltenham Festival is back for 2023 with a thrilling week of racing lined up in the Cotswolds for what is known as'The Greatest Show on Turf', as racegoers descend on the iconic course. The Champion Hurdle and the Gold Cup bookend the four-day meeting as perhaps the two highest-profile Grade 1 races, with the Champions Hurdle contested on the…

Katie Allen-Clarke of Horse and Country has provided That's Farming's readers with the ultimate guide to the Cheltenham Races this year. Cheltenham Festival is one of the biggest events in the horseracing calendar, and this year, it is taking place from March 14 to March 17, 2023. While long-time fans might say that this weekend cannot be put into…

The Cheltenham Festival - one of the biggest racing events of the year - is right around the corner. Racing fans will be treated to some pulsating action at the iconic racecourse next week and punters will certainly splash the cash on their favourite horses hoping they will get lucky. But at last year's edition of the event, one bookie wasn't so…

In the last 10 years, Willie Mullins has been crowned Leading Trainer at the Cheltenham Festival eight times, and Gordon Elliott has been crowned Leading Trainer twice. No other trainer has won the award in the last decade. Last year, Willie Mullins had a record 10 winners at the Festival, which took his total to 88, more than any other trainer…

Last weekend's Dublin Racing Festival highlighted again - should anyone really need reminding - the strength of Willie Mullins' stable. Mullins won six of the eight Grade 1 races over the weekend fixture, including three of those races with horses who stole the limelight when the yard's odds-on shots were turned over. But as well as being an…

COLM MURPHY, the Killena and Ballycanew-based trainer, has a fine Cheltenham Festival record with four major winners, highlighted by the likes of Brave Inca and Big Zeb, and he is going back there this March with a realistic chance of adding to his tally on what could be a memorable St. Patrick's Day. e indicated during the week that his…

We are set for a fabulous weekend of National Hunt racing this weekend at Haydock Park and Ascot and both venues have attracted a superstar performer as reigning Cheltenham Gold Cup hero A Plus Tard heads to the former for the Betfair Chase, while runaway Supreme Novices' Hurdle hero Constitution Hill lines up in the Coral Hurdle at Ascot.... A…

Racegoers will be chomping at the bit to return to the Prestbury Park course after the 2021 event was held behind closed doors and this year's event is the fastest selling ever The stands were packed in 2020 and will be again two years on The Cheltenham Festival will be back in full flow this week with 250000 punters expected and a whopping…