#Gold Cups

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…

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…

It's the big day of Royal Ascot week and Frankie Dettori's mount Stradivarius bids to win a third Gold Cup at 3.35pm. Follow for live updates, tips and reaction History could be made at Royal Ascot, when Stradivarius races for a third Gold Cup. Only two horses have managed it before, Sagaro the first to complete the hat-trick from 1975 to…

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LATEST RESULTS, TIPS AND UPDATES: Find out every winner of every race on Ladies Day, plus the best pictures and videos Royal Ascot 2018: behind the scenes of a top stables where the Queen's racehorses are trained Stradivarius claimed victory in a thrilling renewal of the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. Trained by John Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori,…

After finishing second on the card 12 months ago in the Grade Two Ballymore Leamington Novices' Hurdle, the gelded son of Reliable Man is now in contention for a return to the track at the same level for a tilt at the £55000 prize. Any success at Pattern-race level comes with an added significance. However, victory for Gentleman At Arms would be…

Gordon Elliott smashed the bookies with a massive priced four timer - Party Central (9/4), Mighty Potter (20/1), Felix Desjy (11/1) and Absolute Notions (25/1) all going in on the opening day for the Cullentra trainer. Energumene was one of the few Cheltenham Festival winners to stand up the form when he fended off Chacun Pour Soi in the Champion…

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a horse race, it's a social gathering and it's a handsome 96-year-old trophy. But it's also the most prestigious National Hunt (ie horses which race over jumps) festival in the calendar. This year the Cheltenham Festival runs from Tuesday March 10 to Friday March 13, with the highlight, the Gold Cup race itself, is…

See below the latest Cheltenham Gold Cup 2023 betting odds after Bravemansgame wins the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day, with his trainer Paul Nicholls saying he'll head straight to Cheltenham now. Plus, we've a stack of horse racing free bets you can claim to use on the 2023 Cheltenham Gold Cup, while the latest Gold Cup betting odds are…

Jockey Harry Cobden described Paul Nicholls as'addicted to winning' after he delivered the champion trainer a remarkable 13th success in the King George VI Chase with a 14-length win on Bravemansgame. Making the success more special for Nicholls was that it came 25 years after he won the race for the first time with See More Business, and on the…

Market confidence in BRAVEMANSGAME wavered in the week leading up to the King George, but his trainer's didn't. Replaced as favourite by L'Homme Presse in the build-up to the Christmas highlight, Paul Nicholls didn't reference that in his pre-match notes, simply stating that "he looks fantastic, as well as I've ever had him." And this King George…

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…

Regarded by Gordon Elliott as the best he had trained, Don Cossack looked an exceptional prospect in bumpers, but he spent a couple of seasons in the wilderness, failing to meet expectations over hurdles or in his novice chase campaign, occasionally looking a bit weak in the finish. There can be no faulting his record over his final two campaigns,…

CHELTENHAM GOT off to a flyer yesterday on the opening day and day two promises to produce more of the same. Today punters and racing fans will get to see Sir Gerhard in the The Ballymore Novices Hurdle and Tiger Roll in the Glenfarclas Chase along with many other horses. Paul Nicholls has trained 3000 winners, won the 2012 Grand National, four…

JP McManus nods at the white boards at the other end of the office. It's late September in Martinstown and the rain is coming down in great grey sheets outside. "Our horses in training," he says, gesturing at the names of hundreds of thoroughbreds and their respective trainers. When asked the number he replies, "Marian Finucane once asked me how…

This is Newmarket but not as we know it. With one of two canters completed, horses amble through what feels like a dark, thick forest that paints an elegant impression of Chantilly. As they make their way back towards the woodchip gallop, David Elsworth drives slowly and carefully in between trees. Behind us Racing Post photographer Edward Whitaker…

Jury Duty: Gordon Elliott star has interesting Grand National claims One of the features of the three-day Randox Health Grand National meeting is that so many Cheltenham Festival winners return in a bid to follow up. That means there can be some value to be found with horses at bigger prices. Here are four dark horses who could give the big names…

Trainer John Gosden feels Stradivarius is returning to Goodwood next week in top shape despite the star stayer falling short in his bid for a fourth Gold Cup at Royal Ascot last month. The seven-year-old is the odds-on favourite for the Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup given the absence of his Gold Cup conqueror Subjectivist, who is likely to be out of…

WILLIE MULLINS will be Galopin down the road to more big-race glory. The Closutton maestro may be knocking on a bit at 66 - but he has no plans to hand over the reigns to his son Patrick just yet. And his team of Galacticos will take some stopping. Such is his squad strength only a couple of star strikers from Britain would even make it into a…

Kyprios (black, white and red) stays on best of all to win a dramatic Gold Cup at Ascot There promised to be drama and high emotion in the Gold Cup and it did not disappoint, with Kyprios crowned the new king of the stayers in a race that left as many questions as it did answers. Youth ultimately conquered experience as Kyprios narrowly defeated…

Further intrigue has been added to an already sublime Punchestown clash between Monkfish and Envoi Allen as Cheltenham heroine Colreevy has been confirmed for the Grade 1 Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase - a race that looks set to be her final start. Willie Mullins will attempt to plunder a third top-level win with Colreevy before her…

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…

There are five meetings across the UK and Ireland on Thursday, four National Hunt and one Flat. Newcastle (12.00noon-3.23pm), Market Rasen (12.17-3.40), Wincanton (12.25-3.50) and Clonmel (12.42-3.53) stage the jump cards before the all-weather Flat meeting at Chelmsford (5.00-8.30) brings the curtain down. Thursday's nap has made a bright start to…

There was little doubt that Highfield Princess was the sprinter who achieved the highest profile during the season, thanks mainly to completing a Group 1 hat-trick in three countries in the space of not much more than a month in the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville, the Nunthorpe at York (replay below) and the Flying Five at the Curragh. The…

Saturday marks the 12th anniversary of the great Frankel's winning debut in a Newmarket maiden when he beat future King George and Eclipse winner Nathaniel by half a length. That was the start of a stunning unbeaten 14-race career for the Sir Henry Cecil-trained star which included a staggering ten Group 1 wins. Has there ever been a better maiden…

The first Saturday in May means the running ofthe Kentucky Derby at Louisville's Churchill Downs -- and a celebration of the bourbon-based mint julep, the favored drink for viewers. So you'd think that Brown-Forman'sOld Forester bourbon, whose Ready-to-Drink Mint Julep has been "the official drink of the Kentucky Derby" since 2015, would want you…

WILLIE MULLINS has been leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival EIGHT times since 2011 - and he will return with a strong squad again this year. The master of Closutton is a genius at getting his horses to peak on the big day at Cheltenham and his runners always need a close look. He is strong in every department, be it novice hurdlers and…

The Gold Cup (4.15) headlines day three of the Royal meeting and all eyes will be on Stradivarius as he bids to land a record-equalling fourth victory. The Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes (3.40) showcases some of the best three-year-old fillies around including Noon Star, Divinely and Eshaada. Our experts dish out their selections below. The Ribblesdale…

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…

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…

Having been inaugurated in 1860, the Cheltenham Festival has more than 160-years of history behind it, involving hundreds of jockeys. Therefore, it's certainly not easy to name all top jockeys that the Cheltenham has seen ride triumphantly throughout the centuries. Some of their names have even been lost unfortunately, while others were riding at a…

LEGENDARY racehorse Stradivarius - famed for his money-making partnership with Frankie Dettori - has been retired aged eight. with the jockey calling him the'horse of a lifetime'. The superstar stayer trained to greatness by John Gosden will now stand at stud after picking up an injury last month. Stradivarius earned just shy of £3.5million in…

channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Stradivarius, who has been one of the leading'cup horses' over the last five years has been retired, with a career at stud awaiting the John Gosden-trained 8 year-old - winning 20 of his 35 career races. horse racing betting sites and add more top bookmakers to your portfolio. The popular'cup…

Superstar stayer Stradivarius has been retired after a long and successful career on the track. After notching an incredible 20 wins from 35 starts, owner-breeder Bjorn Nielsen declared: "The music has stopped for Stradivarius." The eight-year-old has taken a while to recover from a bruised foot sustained on the eve of this month's Doncaster Cup,…

There are certain horse races that all jockeys dream of winning, and the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival is undoubtedly one of them. Run over a distance of three miles, two furlongs and 70 yards, the Gold Cup is a major test of the credentials of both horse and jockey. For most riders, winning the Gold Cup just once represents something of a…

After both won promotion to the top-tier in 2019, Jamaica and Suriname are looking to make a positive start to life in League A. Jamaica are attempting to establish themselves as a force in CONCACAF circles, reaching back-to-back Gold Cup Finals in 2015 and 2017. The Reggae Boyz were then hopeful of qualifying for a first World Cup in 24 years, but…

The Ayr Gold Cup Festival continues on Friday, September 16 at Ayr Racecourse in Scotland. The Ayr Gold Cup Festival is the biggest flats racing event Scotland has to offer. The three-day horse racing festival is one of the top events of the early autumn calendar in the United Kingdom. Ayr Gold Cup Day 2 will have eight stellar races beginning at…

Matt Hulmes breaks down day three at the Royal Ascot including the Gold Cup, which Stradivarius is looking to win for a fourth time 20:05, 16 Jun 2021 Gold Cup Day at Royal Ascot and history is in the making with superstar stayer Stradivarius bidding to emulate Yeats and win the race for a fourth time and a fifth victory at the meeting. I'd…