#Cotswold Chase

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. These are our five best betting sites for…

Windsor Avenue produced a dramatic 40/1 shock win in a gruelling Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster for Northern-based trainer Brian Ellison. The 10-year-old, whose last victory was back in November 2019, picked off Kerry Lee's Storm Control who ran out of steam in the final few strides on Town Moor. Windsor Avenue, wearing blinkers for the first time, led…

By Andrew Asquith, Friday 06 January 2023 Posted in: Cheltenham Festival Tips 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…

BETFAIR CHASE winner Protektorat has been ruled out of the King George - but their is a new favourite for the big race. The bookies have reported an avalanche of cash for L'Homme Presse who has now leapfrogged Bravemansgame at the top of the betting. Venetia Williams' top-class seven-year-old is 7-4 (from 2-1) with Coral, while Paul Nicholls'…

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…

Chantry House: drops in class for the Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase Into Overdrive started the season as perhaps the most exciting prospect ever to emerge from Mark Walford's underrated North Yorkshire yard. In two runs this year he has only advanced his peak Racing Post Rating by 1lb, but he has enhanced his reputation considerably and the…

Racing bosses who were warned not to run Many Clouds in big races due to health concerns could face prosecution, MailOnline can reveal today. The 2015 Grand National winner died after collapsing due to a suspected heart attack at the Cheltenham Trials yesterday - just minutes after winning the Cotswold Chase. After inflicting a first steeplechase…

Having made a triumphant return to action for the second year running in the Grade Two Shloer Chase at Cheltenham last month, the gelded son of Dink will now bid to strike gold at the same level in £100000 two-mile prize which he captured back in 2020. On that occasion Nube Negra sprung a 20-1 shock when lowering the colours of Altior before going…

Despite finishing last of five to Bravemansgame on his return to action in the Charlie Hall at the Yorkshire track, the Lucinda Russell-trained seven-year-old was sent off favourite for the Many Clouds Chase. After running free and making a couple of minor errors early on, Derek Fox's mount warmed to the task and got within three and a half lengths…

Robert Waley-Cohen (left): leading owner is adamant Noble Yeats is a Gold Cup contender Robert Waley-Cohen is adamant Noble Yeats is not your average Grand National winner and believes he has a bonafide Gold Cup contender on his hands after Saturday's brilliant win. The Emmet Mullins-trained seven-year-old was cut to a general 10-1 for the Gold…

Good Morning Bloodstock is Martin Stevens' daily morning email and presented online as a sample. Here he catches up with Tote chief executive Alex Frost, who tells him all about star filly Queens Gamble, her background and the lives of those she and her relatives have impacted. S ubscribers can get more great insight from Martin every Monday to…

Our top tipster Newsboy has cast his eye over each runner ahead of the highly-anticipated Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday Al Boum Photo returns to defend his crown after ending Willie Mullins' long wait for a Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup winner 12 months ago. Mullins has followed the same preparation which worked so well for Al Boum Photo last season…

Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham is one of the single most informative days for ante-post Cheltenham Festival punters in the National Hunt Calendar and the 2022 edition of this popular raceday threw up several key talking points ahead of the March bonanza.

Champ is ante-post favourite for the Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival 2022. Chantry House, Pied Piper and Hillcrest are other leading contenders for Saturday's racing Champ (right) is one of the favourites for the Cheltenham Festival Cheltenham Festival favourite Champ is the star on show as horses trial for the big meeting at the…

We're on the road to the Cheltenham Festival with the leading lights of the National Hunt game coming out to play. A number of clues for all four championship races - the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle and Gold Cup - are set to be dropped over the coming months. The Cheltenham Festival 2023 takes place between Tuesday,…

channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing Nico de Boinville Cheltenham rides are once again about quality over quantity at the Festival this year. That has been something of a hallmark of his career, so here we look at six of the best hopes he gets the leg up on. No British jockey apart from De Boinville is really in the hunt for the…

Minella Indo with trainer Henry de Bromhead. YOU CAN START the countdown to the Cheltenham Festival wherever you wish: 361 days beforehand if you want, on the Friday night, looking back on the four days that have just flashed past, trying to assimilate it all with the 20-20 vision that is hindsight and project to the future. Or you can start it at…

The popular gelding, who is co-trained by Gary Rutherford, was last seen finishing third behind Chantry house in the Grade Two Cotswold Chase in late January. Prior to that the nine-year-old was the winner of the Listed Rehearsal Chase at Newcastle in November, a long-awaited success after a string of placed efforts in graded events the season…

Protektorat: clears the last under Harry Skelton Saturday: Betfair Chase, Haydock Protektorat took advantage of a flop from odds-on favourite A Plus Tard to land the Betfair Chase in brilliant style. The Dan Skelton-trained seven-year-old, who was partnered by the trainer's brother Harry, travelled best throughout the race and pressed ahead at the…

Go for GALVIN in the Cheltenham Gold Cup as the Festival reaches its grand finale. Gordon Elliott, already with a winner of the feature on his CV, looks to have an ideal candidate. The son of Gold Well has stamina in abundance - and scooped the National Hunt Chase prize at last year's meeting. A narrow verdict over A Plus Tard at Leopardstown over…

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…

Dan Skelton is happy to let Protektorat again take on Cheltenham Gold Cup hero A Plus Tard in the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park on November 19. Skelton's seven-year-old finished third, more than 17 lengths adrift of Henry de Bromhead's Gold star in the Cheltenham Festival feature in March, before he disappointed when only fourth in the Betway Bowl…

Never one to duck a potentially difficult assignment, the success-hungry Skelton is completely focused on getting his seven-year-old in the best possible shape for the first Grade One chase of the British jumps season at Haydock. Protektorat - the highest-rated horse in Skelton's top-class yard according to Timeform (164) - has reportedly summered…

If you are looking for an industry professional with a long history in the gambling space, look no further than Unibet's Ed Nicholson. His hair may be long gone, but the Racing Communications and Sponsorship boss is only 53 and he has crammed plenty into his working life. Nicholson, the son of a teacher that visited every racecourse in the…

Chantry House: one of five declarations for the Cotswold Chase Chantry House will sport cheekpieces for the first time in Saturday's Cotswold Chase (2.30) but does not take on talented novice Ahoy Senor in the Grade 2 event. Ahoy Senor had the option of entering open company at the weekend but instead is likely to contest the Towton Novices' Chase…

The Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle appears to be the main Cheltenham target for Champ, with Nicky Henderson pointing at the Cleeve Hurdle as his likely festival prep run. Plans for the ten-year-old had been unclear after he triumphed in the Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot on his comeback this season. That run was intended as a warm-up before a return for…

TEMPLEGATE takes on the final day of Cheltenham Festival confident of banging in a few winners to end the week on a high. Our man delivers all his tips below - back a horse by clicking their odds. And while you're here, don't forget to check out the Sun Racing Lucky 15 for Friday and why we fancy this huge outsider. Good luck! CHELTENHAM…