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28 races over four days of action inside Cheltenham Racecourse will come to an end on Friday afternoon, with the Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle concluding the 2022 Festival. The Martin Pipe was established in 2009 in honour of the master trainer who saddled 34 Festival winners and is the only hurdles race at the Festival restricted to conditional…

3 - Truckers Lodge 1 Any Biscuits (IRE) Mr Derek O'Connor 2 Bidentime (IRE) Mr Rob James (7) 3 Embassy Gardens Mr Patrick Mullins 4 Kiki Badger (IRE) Mr K Callaghan (7) 5 Lighthouse Hill Ms K L Derwin (7) 6 Percy Pi Mr Finian Maguire 7 Rohirrim Lad (IRE) Mr D G Lavery (3) 8 Santonito (FR) Mr B O'Neill 9 Susans Sensation (IRE) Mr J Dunne (7) 10 The…

When trainer Corné Spies saw the draw for the Topbet Mike O'Connor Joburg Spring Challenge, he may have shouted out "Vat so, jou mooi ding!" His star performer, William Robertson, will jump from pole position and this could result in the four-year-old notching the sixth win of his career. The terms of this newly sponsored 1450m grade 2 event favour…