Capodanno comes of age in Champion Novice Chase as Bob Olinger fails to fire
Tuesday: Champion Novice Chase, Punchestown
There was a feeling of deja vu about the Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase as Bob Olinger, just like stablemate Envoi Allen a year earlier, failed to fire and was pulled up in a Grade 1 dominated by Capodanno, who trainer Willie Mullins labelled a potential "Gold Cup horse".
With Henry de…
Cheltenham Top Trainer Odds & Tips
Only once since 2010 has the Cheltenham Festival top trainer title been won by a British handler. Proof, as if needed, that the best horses are in Ireland was there for all to see last year. Willie Mullins heads Cheltenham top trainer odds once again with the bookies with what looks a top Festival team.
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Favourite Horses to Win Ahead of The Cheltenham Festival 2022
7 February 2022
By Roger Kennedy
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Starting on Tuesday, 15 March and continuing till Friday, 18 March, the Cheltenham Festival is almost upon us. If you want to get your ante post bets in, now is likely the best time to start picking your horses for each race. Of course, you will need some information on the favourites to win major…
Cheltenham Gold Cup 2021: Start time, runners and riders, betting odds and TV channel
Can Al Boum Photo join Golden Miller, Arkle, Best Mate and Cottage Rake to become only the fifth horse to win the Gold Cup on three occasions?
It's the main event that everyone's talking about: the Gold Cup.
Last year's winner,
Al Boum Photo, will head to
Cheltenham Festival
on 19 March with just one start under his belt this season, having won the…
Newsboy's ITV racing tips for Cheltenham, Musselburgh and Tramore on New Year's Day
Newsboy's Nap selection on the New Year's Day racing programme is the Warren Greatex-trained Abuffalosoldier at Cheltenham (3.05). The next best is another Prestbury Park runner Midnight River (1.55)
Stattler
MIDNIGHT RIVER is fancied to get punters off to the perfect start for 2023 with a victory in the Paddy Power New Year's Day Handicap Chase…
Grand National Aintree tips: Newsboy's 1-2-3 verdict for all seven races on day one
Colin Tizzard can sign off in style with a win for Eldorado Allen in the Betway Bowl (2.55).
The top trainer is soon to hand over the reins to his son Joe and the grey has a fine chance of victory at Aintree. He stayed on determinedly behind star chaser Allaho in Cheltenham's Ryanair Chase last month and is in an upward curve.
Earlier, Pied Piper…
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Cheltenham Festival racing results in FULL as A Plus Tard secured the Cheltenham Gold Cup under Rachael Blackmore
After a week of action, elation, tears and turmoil, the
Cheltenham Festival
concluded with the Gold Cup.
The Gold Cup is one of the richest races in Britain, and this year's crown went to
A Plus Tard
as Rachael Blackmore created history.
Blackmore had a dream 2021 though she made the decision to go with
A Plus Tard
last year when stablemate
Minella…
Al Boum Photo out for rare Gold Cup hat-trick as he heads 41 entries for Cheltenham race
Trainer Willie Mullins' nine-year-old returned to action with a win on New Year's Day at Tramore. He is one of 17 Irish entries for the Festival feature
Dual winner Al Boum Photo heads 41 entries for this year's Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Willie Mullins' chaser could join Best Mate, Arkle and Cottage Rake as the fourth horse to record a hat-trick…
Royal Ascot 2018: Alpha Centauri wins Coronation Stakes for Jessica Harrington
The Irish 1000 Guineas winner, ridden by Colm O'Donoghue, powered clear for a scintillating six-length victory over runner-up Threading, with Veracious third.
Victory for the 11-4 favourite was another flat racing triumph for the Irish trainer whose successes over the jumps include last year's Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Sizing John.
"I have a lot…
Horse racing tips: Templegate's BEST Cheltenham Festival ante-post bets as William Hill go non-runner money back
THE biggest week of the racing year is fast approaching - meaning time is running out to get real value on some fancied runners.
Already we have seen the likes of Constitution Hill go long odds-on to win the Champion Hurdle.
But there is still plenty of money to be made elsewhere from some the bookies may have missed.
Here, Sun Racing's top tipster…
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Mullins aiming for historic Gold Cup and Grand National double with Noble Yeats
Grand National winner Noble Yeats is heading to Lingfield next weekend before taking aim at the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March.
Emmet Mullins is committed to attempting an audacious spring double in the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup and Randox Grand National with last year's Aintree hero
Noble Yeats.
The trainer drew comparisons between the…
Nicky Henderson vows to 'fight back' with Shishkin as he reveals next target
The Betfair Ascot Chase could be next for Shishkin
Nicky Henderson has nominated the Betfair Ascot Chase on February 18 as the likely next race for
Shishkin
after the star chaser underwent a recent wind procedure.
The Lambourn trainer had been hoping to run in Saturday's Silviniaco Conti Chase at Kempton but a flipped palate ruled him out of the…
Cheltenham Festival Day Three all the results and pictures from the Racecourse
All eyes were on the course as Day Three of Cheltenham Festival got underway.
That wet course has had more rain overnight, and the going already described as tacky by some jockeys yesterday.
After a fourth Coronavirus case was confirmed in Gloucestershire yesterday, racegoers can can expect increased hygiene measures, including extra hand sanitizer…
Saturday Kempton racing tip preview: Pic D'Orhy set to dominate small field
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Fiosrach
is run by multi-award winning tipster Andrew, who was the founder and main tipster at Cleeve Racing. Profits were made in every season when Andrew was tipping at Cleeve and he was admitted into the Secret Betting Club Hall of Fame in 2019.
You can…
The winners’ enclosure: Ireland’s 15 greatest jockeys
Tommy Lyons ranks the country's greatest horsemen from the past 50 years.
A star from the outset, Walsh served notice of what was to come by winning the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham aboard Alexander Banquet, and winning the Aintree Grand National at the first attempt. He showed his outstanding natural ability and adaptability by being able to ride…
Cheltenham Odds: Who will go off the shortest priced favourite at the festival?
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.
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Find out the star names entered at next month's Dublin Racing Festival
Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore will aim to bounce back from her first defeat at Fairyhouse to win a fourth consecutive Irish Champion Hurdle
This year's Dublin Racing Festival looks set to play host to a star-studded line-up after early entries for the two-day Irish calendar highlight at Leopardstown were revealed on Thursday.
Eight Grade 1s…
2021 Punchestown Gold Cup: the runners, the odds, the verdict
Al Boum Photo: new Punchestown Gold Cup favourite following defection of Minella Indo
Your guide to Wednesday's Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup (5.55), the feature race on day two at the Punchestown festival.
The field was on Monday reduced to six following the
withdrawal of hot favourite Minella Indo.
Can Davy Russell ‘do a Lester Piggott’ at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival?
Okay, it wouldn't be quite as dramatic as Lester Piggott at the 1990 Breeders' Cup.
"I have decided to come out of retirement and ride for the short period while Jack [Kennedy] is on the sidelines," Russell said in his statement.
But, with Kennedy breaking his leg for a fifth time at Naas on Sunday, the Cheltenham Festival, just two months away,…
Joe Tizzard excited by Eldorado Allen's Betfair Chase challenge at Haydock Park
Trainer Joe Tizzard is excited to see Eldorado Allen take on the Betfair Chase challenge at
Haydock Park
on Saturday.
The 42-year-old handler, who officially took over the training licence from his father Colin at the start of the season, thinks his eight-year-old grey is fit and ready to take on chiefly last year's winner and Boodles Cheltenham…
Cheltenham Festival 2021: A meeting like no other starts on Tuesday
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…
Nicholls happy out of spotlight for Cheltenham Festival
The final preparations are in full swing for the Cheltenham Festival 2020 which runs from March 10th to 13th. Hopes are rising that the
coronavirus outbreak
will not force a late postponement for the best four days of National Hunt racing anywhere in the world.
Trainer Paul Nicholls has not been the leading trainer at the meeting since 2009 and is…
but could be back in time for Cheltenham
Jack Kennedy: took a heavy fall from Top Bandit at Naas on Sunday
X-rays have confirmed that
Jack Kennedy
has broken his leg for a fifth time following a fall from Top Bandit at Naas on Sunday, but Gordon Elliott is hopeful his number one jockey will be back in time to ride at the Cheltenham Festival.
The 23-year-old leads the Irish jump jockeys'…
Cheltenham Festival tips: Antepost preview & recommended bets for 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup
1pt win Stattler in Cheltenham Gold Cup at 14/1 (General)
I unashamedly find it quite hard to take the plunge when it comes to antepost bets on the Cheltenham Festival. If you believe what you read elsewhere then the real value is only on offer around September/October time the previous year and there is, of course, a modicum of truth in…
Under the microscope: Tahmuras could struggle in Sky Bet Supreme
Despite getting a few things wrong,
Tahmuras
made it three from three over hurdles as he stepped up in grade to land the Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown.
He made mistakes at the last two flights and still looked green as he wandered on the run-in, but he saw the race out well under testing conditions.
There is clearly more to come as he gains experience…
Iconic Cheltenham Festival moments: The Thinker's 1987 Gold Cup in the snow
Twice early in its history the Cheltenham Gold Cup fell foul of the weather, both times in the 1930s.
The atrocious winter of 1962/63 abated just in time for Cheltenham to go ahead as normal that March but snow on the final day of the 1978 Festival resulted in that year's Gold Cup, won by Midnight Court, being postponed four weeks until…
Ante-post Cheltenham Gold Cup preview: Stattler can bridge the gap
By
Andrew Asquith, Friday 06 January 2023
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Andrew Asquith looks ahead to the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup and picks out his best ante-post bet.
A quick glance at the ante-post betting market for the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup shows what a cracking renewal this year's race could be with the first seven or eight in the…
'I don't know who made the silly idea, someone who doesn't ride horses probably'
Richard Hughes: was relieved at the alterations made to the BHA's impending new whip rules
The best quotes from the racing world this week. . .
He's sound as a pound and still loving his work and his racing but you wouldn't want anything to happen to him. He's been an absolute legend
Trainer David Griffiths hails the popular veteran Duke Of Firenze…
Cheltenham Festival tips: Antepost preview & recommended bets for 2023 Brown Advisory Novices' Chase
1pt win Ballygriffincottage in Brown Advisory Novices' Chase at 16/1 (Coral, Unibet, Ladbrokes, bet365)
There might not be a huge amount of strength in depth when it comes to the British novice chasers this year but Sporting Life Arkle favourite Jonbon obviously looks the real deal, while the likes of Thyme Hill and The Real Whacker have thrown…
'Unreal' Guinness-drinking horse who loves it in the pub backed to be the toast of Cheltenham by winning Gold Cup
A THOROUGHBRED racehorse who drinks Guinness and rocks up at his local is being backed to win the most prestigious jumps race of all.
Superstar Hewick has what it takes to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup, according to trainer John'Shark' Hanlon.
Hewick, an eight-year-old gelding, was bought for just £750 in October 2017.
Since then he has gone on to…
Cheltenham Festival day 4 LIVE results as Irish trained horses complete clean sweep
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…
Cheltenham Gold Cup day recap as Rachael Blackmore rides A Plus Tard to historic win
What a week it has been!
The racing has been phenomenal, the weather largely clear and most crucially of all, fans were back where they belong on the terraces.
Cheltenham felt like it was truly
back
this week as a result. See you in 2023!
It's the seventh Irish-trained winner from seven races on Friday!
Mark McDonagh did an excellent job steering…
Horse Racing Picks: UK & Ireland 🐎 Best Bets & Dark Horse (Dec 26)
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Boxing Day will see over 70 races staged across the United Kingdom and Ireland
Many of the leading Cheltenham Festival contenders will be back in action
If you're looking for the latest horse racing picks and odds, then look no further than
Vegas Odds.
Jump to:
Boxing Day is all about horse racing in the United Kingdom and…
Cheltenham Festival tips: ITV pundit Kevin Blake gives two horses for Gold Cup day after landing 500/1 treble
Racing expert Kevin Blake was the toast of many punters yesterday when his three selections won at the Cheltenham Festival.
Blake picked Mrs Milner (12/1) in the Pertemps Handicap Hurdle, Telmesomethinggirl (6/1) in the Mares' Novice Hurdle and Mount Ida (9/2) in the Kim Muir Handicap Chase.
One punter from Waterford wagered a €20 each-way treble…
Horse racing's oldest winners including 18-year-old Sonny Somers
Four teenagers feature among the 18 runners in the eighth edition of the Veterans' Final and they will be bidding to emulate Seeyouatmidnight (2021) and Pete The Feat (2017) who both took the prize at 13.
Pete The Feat also went close the following season when runner-up to Buywise as a 14-year-old, more than a decade after he had made his debut.…
Which bookmakers are Non Runner No Bet For The 2023 Cheltenham Festival Races?
Now, we have hit 2023 the focus of the National Hunt world will be counting down to the
Cheltenham Festival
between March 14-17 and some bookmakers are already dangling the carrot of Non Runner No Bet, and here at HorseRacing.net we pick out some of the bookies that are NRNB on some of the festival races...
William Hill went Non Runner No Bet on…
Punchestown Gold Cup: Clan Des Obeaux goes for Gold again
Clan Des Obeaux
will face eight rivals as he goes for back-to-back victories in the Ladbrokes
Punchestown
Gold
Cup, the highlight on day two of the Festival meeting.
Paul Nicholls' charge kept on strongly to outgun
Al Boum Photo
in the hands of Sam Twiston-Davies 12 months ago, but it is Harry Cobden who rides the 10-year-old time around.
Having…
Bet365 go NRNB and BOG on Cheltenham Festival big five races!
As of 3pm on Tuesday 3 January, bet365 have gone live with their
Non Runner No Bet
market for the 2023 Cheltenham Festival.
For the Champion Hurdle, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the Ryanair Chase, the Stayers' Hurdle and Cheltenham Gold Cup, customers now have the option of taking a slightly shorter price from the NRNB market with the security…
Proud Mattie Batchelor officially bows out of the weighing room
Known as one of the biggest characters amongst the riding fraternity, he is best remembered on track for partnering Carruthers to an emotional victory in the 2011 Hennessy Gold Cup, while he also picked up a pair of Grade Two wins over hurdles on future Gold Cup winner Coneygree.
He also registered a Cheltenham Festival winner when partnering King…
Cheltenham Gold Cup 2023 odds and entries confirmed ahead of the Festival
The entries for the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup have this week been announced, with A Plus Tard in the mix to defend his crown for Henry De Bromhead and Rachael Blackmore.
Last year, Blackmore and the then seven year old were favourites going into the race and won in stunning fashion with 2021 winner Minella Indo second and Protektorat third. The duo…
Ryanair Chase Entries 2023: Allaho the star attraction in 27 entries for Grade 1 at Chelteham Festival
Dual
Ryanair Chase
winner Allaho is one of 27 horses entered for the 2023 Ryanair Chase, which will be run on day three of the Cheltenham Festival on March 16, and the aforementioned Willie Mullins-trained raider will be a hot favourite for the 2m 5f contest. We take a look at the entries here and have all the latest odds for what should be a…
Who is entered for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Chase and Ryanair Chase?
Hot favourite Galopin Des Champs headed another bumper entry from Ireland for the
Boodles Cheltenham Cup
on Tuesday.
He is a best-priced 7-4 for the festival highlight on March 17, having won all his four completed chases.
The Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old was among 13 entries from Ireland in a potential field of 27, for a race that country…
Savills New Year's Day Chase report, reaction and free video replay: Minella Indo and Rachael Blackmore win
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…