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The weekend's action at Leopardstown provided further pointers towards the Cheltenham Festival with plenty of movers in the betting markets ahead of the four-day extravaganza at Prestbury Park in March. Who are the big movers following the sixth renewal of the Dublin Racing Festival? We've taken a look at their impact on the big Grade Ones…

There are thousands of races in Britain and Ireland each year but it is not always the ones you might expect that prove most popular when it comes to watching the action back. This year's top five most-watched replays on racingpost.com include jump and Flat races, with everything from the Derby to the Irish Arkle covered. With the season's leading…

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…

Cheltenham Festival 2022 is just weeks away. Key runners will continue their preparations at Leopardstown, with contenders for the Gold Cup and Champion Chase on show Honeysuckle and Appreciate It could meet in the Chanelle Pharma Irish Champion Hurdle Top class horses are put through their paces at this weekend's Dublin Racing Festival at…

Sky Sports Racing's Alex Hammond offers her analysis and selections for day one of the Cheltenham Festival, kicking off with a belter of a Supreme. So here we are again. The festival always seems an age away and then… bang, it's arrived! The question is, are you thoroughly overwhelmed with information, or have you just started to dip your toe into…

Get ready to place your bets and cheer your horses home - the 2022 Cheltenham Festival is here. Fans return to the four-day meeting after missing out last year, with sales hitting record levels. Over 60000 people will watch the thrilling sporting action from the grandstands during the week. The feature Gold Cup, sponsored by Boodles, is wide open…

THE Cheltenham Festival ante post markets have been in full swing since March. Shrewd punters have been busy plotting and predicting how this year's races will finish. Irish trainers dominated last year and with the likes of Willie Mullins and Henry de Bromhead having such strong yards, it's no surprise many of their superstars lead the way…

Key horse racing results from cards at Kempton, Wetherby, Leopardstown and Limerick. Mullins' winners, at cumulative odds of 305-1, included 28-1 shot Tornado Flyer Ferny Hollow won the Racing Post Novice Chase at Leopardstown Ferny Hollow took charge at the head of the Arkle betting with a top level success at Leopardstown, part of a five-timer…

Shishkin is a perfect 7-7 over fences after defeating Energumene last time. Nicky Henderson's star is a red hot favourite to extend his unbeaten run in Wednesday's Champion Chase Shishkin is favourite for the Champion Chase The home team go in search of a greater share of the Festival's top prizes at Cheltenham 2022. A year ago British runners took…

Galvin, Conflated and Fil Dor are among the big names set to be in action for Gordon Elliott over the festive period as the Cullentra handler shuffles his pack for Leopardstown's Christmas Festival. Elliott has enjoyed huge success at the four-day meeting in recent years, with Galvin's thrilling Savills Chase victory over A Plus Tard a clear…

One of the great National Hunt races of the season takes centre-stage on Saturday with the latest running of the Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown Park. The two-mile chasing showpiece boasts that brilliant mix of a need for speed, matched with jumping fluidity which has seen illustrious stars of the sport including Desert Orchid, Kauto Star,…

GOOD IMPRESSION (2.40, nap) is fancied to rack up a hat-trick by beating five opponents for the Nelson Panoramic Restaurant For Dining @LeicesterRaces Handicap Hurdle in the East Midlands on Sunday. Bernard Llewellyn's seven-year-old son of Showcasing followed a victory at Uttoxeter at the start of last month with a score at Ffos Las three weeks…

With last year's renewal of the Cheltenham Festival being such a fantastic, breakout meeting for Irish trainer Henry de Bromhead, who most notably won the Champion Hurdle, Queen Mother Champion Chase and the Gold Cup, it is easy to forget that it was, in fact, his compatriot Willie Mullins who took home the Leading Trainer award - albeit on the…

The dramatic late falls of Annie Power, in 2015, and Benie Des Dieux, in 2019, reputedly saved bookmakers many millions as both were the last leg of numerous accumulators featuring short-priced runners for punters. This year's meeting once again sees a number of horses chalked up at cramped odds, but will they be bankers or blowouts? Sporting Life…

The bookies could be running for cover on St Stephen's Day if everything goes to plan for Willie Mullins. The 15-time champion trainer has been a thorn in the side of betting firms on countless occasions over the years and they'll be hoping that some of his short-priced runners are beaten on Sunday. Mullins comes into the festive period in…

The cause of Henry de Bromhead's seven-year-old was made easier by a wrath of withdrawals on account of the ground, with those to defect including likely favourite Ferny Hollow. But there was no faulting the display from the high-class chaser who was registering his first Grade Two success. Always to the fore, Captain Guinness led along the four…

There are just four weeks left until the Cheltenham Festival in mid-March. On Saturday and Sunday there was another cracking weekend of action, with the main dishes coming in England after the Dublin Racing Festival took centre stage the previous weekend. The leading novice chasers on British soil will fancy their hopes of Cheltenham Festival glory…

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…

Ladbrokes has revealed the horses they are fearing the most, over what will be an action-packed Christmas racing period. Christmas is of course a time for family, traditions and mountains of food but come St Stephen's Day racing fans will be in their element. There are 11 scheduled meetings across Britain and Ireland on the 26th December this…

Gordon Elliott: started Sunday with another two winners, taking his winning run to nine consecutive races Gordon Elliott made history on Saturday with a 37382-1 seven-timer at Navan and picked up where he left off on Sunday by winning the first races at Cork and Punchestown, extending his extraordinary sequence of domination to nine races. Iberique…

Ferny Hollow: was ante-post favourite for the day one two-mile novice chase showpiece Red-hot Sporting Life Arkle favourite Ferny Hollow will miss the Cheltenham Festival after suffering a suspensory ligament injury. A top-priced 6-4 favourite for the day one two-mile novice chase, Ferny Hollow will miss the remainder of the season. Willie Mullins…