#Arkle Chase

Gavin Beech puts the six short-priced, ante-post favourites for the 2023 Cheltenham Festival under the microscope and provides his analysis on their credentials. There are currently six horses chalked up at 6-4 or shorter in the ante-post markets for this year's Cheltenham Festival, with Constitution Hill, who is a best-priced 4-11 for the Unibet…

A town normally in carnival mode is eerily quiet. Where banners and marquees should herald the boisterous crowds to come, there is calm. For four days in March, the Cheltenham Festival usually welcomes thousands of visitors for its annual carnival. This year is different - no spectators or racehorse owners and a sport seeking a boost after negative…

Altior powered to a brilliant win in the Queen Mother Champion Chase on a dramatic day at the Cheltenham Festival. The evens favourite, ridden by Nico de Boinville, shrugged off a late fitness scare to provide another big victory for trainer Nicky Henderson, who landed the Champion Hurdle with Buveur D'Air 24 hours earlier. Douvan fell at the…

Blue Lord: an impressive winner on his switch back to 2m at Leopardstown Blue Lord looks set to be trained for the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase after beating the two-milers at their own game in an impressive victory at Leopardstown on Tuesday. Simon Munir and Isaac Souede's seven-year-old had scored over 2m4f at Clonmel on his reappearance…

Geraghty has had 43 winners at the Cheltenham Festival, and gives his thoughts on how the Irish and British runners will do plus Supreme fancy Constitution Hill Chris Hughes takes a tour of Dan Skelton's racing stables before Cheltenham When Barry Geraghty celebrated the first of his 43 Festival winners in 2002, his triumph on Moscow Flyer in the…

2022-12-23Andy Gibson's Eyecatchers service: Is Jonbon a worthy short-priced favourite for the Arkle? Jonbon is currently trading around 5/4 for the Arkle Chase in March on the strength of his eight-length success over the 147-rated Boothill in the Henry VIII Novices' Chase at Sandown in early December. His time comparisons with the Tingle Creek…

Ivor Herbert, a Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer and one of racing's most distinguished writers, has died at the age of 96. A remarkably versatile man, he trained Linwell to win the Gold Cup in 1957 and then wrote a succession of definitive books about the sport's most famous figures including Arkle, Red Rum and Vincent O'Brien. He collaborated…

Chris Hill brings us his round-up of the news from the bloodstock scene following a good weekend for Willie Mullins. With the Cheltenham Festival just over six weeks away, Willie Mullins' domination of the 2015-16 British and Irish jumps season showed no sign of relenting last week with the eight-time Irish champion trainer saddling all three…

After an impressive debut effort over fences, Jonbon takes the step up to Grade One level in the Close Brothers Henry VIII Novices' Chase at Sandown on Saturday. The six-year-old is a full-brother to Douvan, who won the Supreme Novices' Hurdle and Arkle for Willie Mullins before injury interrupted his career. Nicky Henderson has been lucky enough…

THE Cheltenham Festival ante post markets have been in full swing since March. Shrewd punters have been busy plotting and predicting how this year's races will finish. Irish trainers dominated last year and with the likes of Willie Mullins and Henry de Bromhead having such strong yards, it's no surprise many of their superstars lead the way…

Jonbon is attracting support from ante-post punters ahead of his eagerly anticipated chasing debut at Warwick on Wednesday. The JP McManus-owned six-year-old finished second behind stablemate Constitution Hill in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival back in March before landing the Top Novices' Hurdle at Aintree a few weeks…

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…

Top tipster Simon Rowlands has four bets online for the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday, including an each-way selection in the Champion Hurdle. The question of what is the ideal preparation for the Cheltenham Festival is usually confined to the horses, but I find myself wondering whether being battle-hardened or fresh as a daisy…

Jump racing fans were treated to a bonanza weekend that reshuffled the pecking order of many markets for the Cheltenham Festival. From Gordon Elliott's seven-timer at Navan on Saturday to Kilcruit getting beaten at odds of 1/14 on Sunday, there was a lot to digest. Here we look at the potential ramifications for the Champion Chase, Ryanair Chase,…

All eyes are on Shishkin as he bids to justify short odds in the feature Queen Mother Champion Chase (3.30pm) and Nicky Henderson's stable star is going to take some stopping. Shishkin, the banker of the entire week for many, already has two Cheltenham Festival wins to his name having landed the 2020 Supreme Novices' Hurdle and the 2021 Arkle…

The bookies could be running for cover on St Stephen's Day if everything goes to plan for Willie Mullins. The 15-time champion trainer has been a thorn in the side of betting firms on countless occasions over the years and they'll be hoping that some of his short-priced runners are beaten on Sunday. Mullins comes into the festive period in…

Trainer Alan King hasn't had a Cheltenham Festival winner since Uxizandre won the Ryanair Chase in 2015, but the exciting Edwardstone has an outstanding chance in what looks to be a somewhat weak renewal of the Arkle. A Grade One winner at Sandown in December, he put a number of decent horses to the sword quite easily in the Kingmaker Novices'…

Its been a pretty hectic month for Paddy what with his Pick 5 giveaways and pay out on Jonbon to win the Arkle Chase at the Cheltenham Festival - but is he finished? No he's not. Because the big man is front-and-centre again at Cheltenham on Saturday as the main sponsor of the feature race, the Paddy Power Gold Cup. Woof! And a card of such…

Day three of the November Meeting at Cheltenham on Sunday features the reappearance of Arkle Chase winner Edwardstone for a cracking Shloer Chase showdown with reigning champ Nube Negra. There's also the fiercely competitive Greatwood Hurdle and a Supreme Novices' Hurdle Trial that features an exciting Nicky Henderson import from France in familiar…

PUNTERS have been celebrating after Paddy Power paid out a Cheltenham Festival bet five MONTHS early. The bookie settled all bets on Jonbon to win the Arkle - even though the horse might not even run in the race. One punter showed his £50 bet on Jonbon to win at 15-2 returning a tasty £425. The Irish bookmaker said they decided to pay out after…

SHISHKIN has everything in his favour to make it a third successive victory at the Cheltenham Festival by capturing today's Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase. The winner of the Supreme Hurdle two years ago and last year's Arkle Chase at the Festival, SHISHKIN (3.00, nap, ITV) has yet to be beaten in his seven outings over fences.This talented…

Watch how Desert Orchid, French Holly and Yorkhill won the Tolworth Hurdle as Andy Stephens takes a nostalgic look back Desert Orchid won the Tolworth in 1984 on his way to great things (Racingfotos) The Unibet Tolworth Novices' Hurdle, first run in 1976, has a rich roll of honour and Saturday's renewal could yield another star with Constitution…

The Cheltenham Festival is one of the biggest events on the horse racing calendar. Each year, racing fans enjoy four days of glorious horse racing. The event takes place at Cheltenham racecourse, considered the home of Jump racing. This year, the festival begins on 15 March and ends on 18 March. More than £4.5 million in prize money is up for…

Millions of pounds will change hands on each of the four days of the festival as punters try their luck to beat the bookies. The festival is considered by many as the pinnacle of the National Hunt racing calendar in the UK as racing fans flock from all four corners with the prize money up for grabs second only to the Grand National. The meeting…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Cheltenham Festival is billed as best four days of National Hunt (jumps) racing on the planet and the'good news' for horse racing betting fans is that we are now only weeks away. As aways over the four days, which get going on Tuesday 15 March, there will be plenty of Cheltenham Festival…