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Numerous races have been talked up as contenders for Cheltenham's race of the week this year, but there is one that has the potential to be the race of the decade. The Queen Mother Champion Chase, run over the minimum distance of two miles, is often regarded as the best Festival contest in any year, requiring as it does of every winner a…

By Andrew Asquith, Friday 06 January 2023 Posted in: Cheltenham Festival Tips Andrew Asquith looks ahead to the 2023 Champion Chase and picks out his best ante-post bet. The entries for the 2023 Champion Chase were made earlier this week and one of the most notable absentees was 2021 Sporting Life Arkle winner Shishkin, who was pulled up when…

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…

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…

Ruby Walsh has offered his expert insight into the upcoming Cheltenham Festival with the legendary jockey expecting another thrilling week of action in England. Walsh is no stranger to Cheltenham having been the leading jockey 11 times at the Festival, nabbing 59 winners and twice racing to Gold Cup glory. And previewing the races, Walsh is backing…

Minella Indo and A Plus Tard, last year's first and second, top 30 entries for the Cheltenham Gold Cup - the highlight of the Festival meeting in March. Trained by Henry de Bromhead, the duo were separated by just a length and a quarter in 2021, but it is A Plus Tard who is the ante-post favourite at this stage after winning the Betfair Chase…

Edwardstone was lobbing along at the back of the field when he got in too close to one down the far side leaving Cannon no chance as he was catapulted out of the saddle. Editeur Du Gite was bowling along nicely in front under Niall Houlihan at that stage and he didn't see another rival as he galloped on relentlessly for a 13-length success from…

IF at first you don't succeed - try, try again! That's certainly the case for TRUCKERS LODGE in today's big betting race of the day, the Coral Welsh National on ITV. The three-mile-six marathon is sure to spark tremendous reaction from the back-again Chepstow fans… and hopefully a Truckers revival! I think this is a wide open renewal, and Truckers…

12:45 Kempton - Artistic Choice 13:05 Chepstow - Broken Halo (each way) 13:20 Kempton - Boothill 13:40 Chepstow - Scriptwriter 13:55 Kempton - Get A Tonic 14:10 Chepstow - Flight Deck (each way) 14:30 Kempton - Nube Negra 14:50 Chepstow - Truckers Lodge (each way) 15:09 Kempton - Kitty's Light (each way) *All prices are bang up to date with our…

The festive season is one of the busiest periods of the year for horse racing, with 11 meetings taking place between Ireland and the UK on St Stephen's Day alone. Leopardstown and Limerick both host four-day meetings, with Grade 1 races among the action at both tracks, while Down Royal also stages a card on December 26. Across the water, races like…

A scroll through Twitter on the evening of December 26 in recent years has tended to reveal Paul Nicholls celebrating King George success with a McDonald's on the way back from Kempton. The Ditcheat maestro, who is seeking a record-extending 13th win in the race, could well be lovin' it again on Monday with Bravemansgame and Hitman among the main…

Ruby Walsh expects three of the Cheltenham Festival'bankers' to win at the March meeting. They are key runners for Nicky Henderson, Henry de Bromhead and Willie Mullins Cheltenham legend Ruby Walsh has nominated Honeysuckle as the horse he'd like to ride if he was still competing. The Champion Hurdle favourite won the 2021 renewal and remains…

It's time to get excited everyone as one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar, the Cheltenham Festival, is about to get underway. Jump racing's elite will descend upon Cheltenham this week with the 2022 edition kicking off on Tuesday and there are plenty of exciting runners to keep your eye out for. Fans will be back in their numbers to…

There was mild controversy at Cheltenham on Wednesday after officials watered the track on Tuesday evening only for rain to fall all day turning the ground heavy. Such was the volume of rain which hit the Prestbury Park track throughout the afternoon, the ground would likely have turned heavy even without the five millimetres which clerk of the…

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…

Sky Sports Racing senior analyst Jamie Lynch assesses the leading candidates for one of the most eagerly-anticipated races of the Cheltenham Festival, the Queen Mother Champion Chase. The Godfather Part II, Aliens, The Empire Strikes Back and Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps. Those are rare examples of the sequel being better than the original, but it…

Stolen Silver: unseated his rider three out when favourite for the Paddy Power Gold Cup last month Market principals Midnight River, Il Ridoto and Stolen Silver remain in contention for Saturday's £130000 Ais December Gold Cup at Cheltenham (1.50) after the confirmations stage on Monday. Midnight River could bid to continue the fantastic run of…

Look, no hands!: Harry Skelton celebrates Becher success on Ashtown Lad Saturday: Aintree Dan Skelton landed a major prize for the third Saturday in a row as Ashtown Lad stuck on gamely to provide the trainer with a first win over the National fences in the BoyleSports Becher Chase. Skelton's wonderful winter continued as Ashtown Lad followed up…

SO here's a question for you. Is Greaneteen a really good horse or is he a massive over-achiever? I'm not sure. Paul Nicholls' warrior is primed for today's Grade 1 Betfair Tingle Creek Chase, one of the most anticipated two-mile events of the season. If all six declared runners turn up - lack of give in the ground could rule a couple out - I'll be…

Shishkin bids to give favourite backers the edge on day two of the Cheltenham Festival. The Champion Chase (3.30) favourite has starred for trainer Nicky Henderson, winning twice previously at the meeting. He lines up in the feature with one success for his name over key market rival Energumene. Stablemate Chacun Pour Soi and Nube Negra are others…

The two rising stars of the two-mile chasing division look set to go to head-to-head in what could be an epic edition of the Wednesday feature at the sporting event Shishkin ridden by Nico de Boinville jumps the last fence to win the 2021 Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy Novices' Chase Shishkin and Energumene are being readied for a fascinating…

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,…

Join our channel to stay up to date on the latest in marketing Racing TV's Road to Cheltenham presenter Lydia Hislop has been covering the Festival for many years. On that weekly show throughout most of the core jumps season, there are plenty of betting tips on offer. Bet £10 Get £30 In Free Bets Bet £10 Get £30 In Free Bets Use bonus…

Skirting around the issue: Chacun Pour Soi bypasses what should have been the final fence en route to running out an emphatic winner of the Paddy's Rewards Club Chase The Queen Mother Champion Chase is about the only marquee jumps race Willie Mullins has still to plunder and Chacun Pour Soi cemented his position at the head of its ante-post market…

Superstar Shishkin is out to land the Cheltenham Festival hat-trick in the Champion Chase. The Ladies Day feature, sponsored by Betway, sees Nicky Henderson's race favourite renew rivalry with Energumene. Just a length separated them at Ascot in their first encounter - and Shishkin thrives at Prestbury Park. With wins in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle…

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…

ENTRIES have been announced for three of the biggest races at the Cheltenham Festival. And, much like last year, it looks like the Irish contingent could be set to dominate yet again. Henry de Bromhead, Willie Mullins and Co smashed the home team 23-5 in 2021. De Bromhead alone scooped the holy grail of the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and Gold…

Weveallbeencaught Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle, March 17 1pt each-way at 40-1 with bet365 One horse caught my eye more than any other at Cheltenham's November meeting and he strikes me as a big price for festival glory even at this ridiculously early stage. What we saw off and on the track makes me think Nigel Twiston-Davies has another…

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Trainer Dan Skelton says Protektorat has had the perfect build up for his re-match with Cheltenham Gold Cup winner A Plus Tard in the Betfair Chase at Haydock on Saturday. Protektorat, part-owned by Sir Alex Ferguson, was the first British-trained horse home in the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March when third. But the seven-year-old has 17-and-a-half…

With the Tingle Creek in three weeks one of the few remaining genuine championship races run in Britain before March, the stakes are higher than usual in the two-mile chases at this time of year. Greaneteen will be defending champion at Sandown and also the leader in the clubhouse after his mighty handicap performance in last week's Haldon Gold…

Another big day ahead for the ITV racing team this Sunday (13 Nov) as they take in four races from Cheltenham on the final day of their three-day November Meeting. Like all big race days, here at GeeGeez we are on hand with all the LIVE ITV race trends and stats……….. 1.

Shishkin and Energumene are on course for a mouth-watering rematch at Cheltenham on Wednesday with the pair among eight runners declared for the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase. The top-class duo served up one of the races of the season in January's Clarence House Chase at Ascot when the Nicky Henderson -trained Shishkin narrowly got the better…

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…

Unfortunately, Timeform's highest-rated jumper in training Chacun Pour Soi fluffed his lines in the big race of the day, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, which instead went to the admirable mare Put The Kettle On - who created her own piece of history by becoming the first mare to win the race. However, the fact that the field finished in something…

Paul Nicholls believes Politologue is at the top of his game ahead of Saturday's Matchbook Betting Exchange Clarence House Chase at Ascot. Last season's Queen Mother Champion Chase hero picked up where he left off when landing a second victory in the Tingle Creek at Sandown in December, and will be a hot favourite to provide his trainer with a…

At the time of writing, there are mixed messages about the weather forecast for Tuesday night going into Wednesday at Cheltenham. The Old Course, which plays host to the first two days of the Festival, hadn't been watered at all in preparation and the times from the first day suggested the going was good. Yet having looked as if there was clearly…

Alan King has enjoyed some memorable days at Cheltenham's November Meeting over the years, perhaps none more so than when Annacotty won the Paddy Power Gold Cup back in 2015. Not only was it his first win in that prestigious contest, but it was a success made even sweeter by the fact that Annacotty was out of the mare Mini Moo Min, who had provided…

THE Tingle Creek has always had that air of curiosity about it. It's something about the name, it's evocative of somewhere in the Floridian marshes or the Australian outback. There's actually a hotel on the Isle of Skye bearing the same name, but in this instance The Tenner Bet means the Tingle Creek Chase which is held in the first week of…

David Pipe seems fairly sweet on Umbrigado (left) The fingerprints of the Pipe family are all over the Paddy Power Gold Cup and there is hope Saturday's showpiece at Cheltenham (2.20) can find its way back to their Devon yard. Legendary trainer Martin Pipe won the race a record eight times before handing the licence to his son David, who struck in…

The first day of the 2021 Cheltenham Festival had an unfamiliar feel to it, lacking a capacity crowd for the first time in history, but its famous roar was still heard nationwide thanks to an electrifying opening day that did not disappoint the millions tuning in at home. The action on the track certainly lived up to its billing, as the bookmakers…

A total of five horses were declared for the Grade Two limited handicap chase over an extended two miles and a furlong and Third Time Lucki is currently the 7/4 favourite market leader. The seven-year-old won three of his six starts last season, scoring twice at Cheltenham (including in the Grade Two November Novices' Chase) and in the Grade Two…

THE Cheltenham Festival is back in person this week - which is basically Christmas for racing fans across Britain and Ireland. You will no doubt be hearing tips from all corners as to who is likely to win the top prizes on offer at the annual race meet but only a few truly know what they're talking about when it comes to spying a winner or…

Vintage Clouds still has just the one win at Cheltenham to his name, but it would be fair to say that he thoroughly deserved his victory in the Ultima Handicap Chase at last year's Festival, a race in which he has been a standing dish in recent editions. Vintage Clouds fell two out on his first appearance in the Ultima in 2017 when still in touch…

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…

Shishkin and Energumene are on course for a mouth-watering rematch at Cheltenham on Wednesday with the pair among eight runners declared for the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase. The top-class duo served up one of the races of the season in January's Clarence House Chase at Ascot when the Nicky Henderson-trained Shishkin narrowly got the better…