#The Kettle On

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…

Set the alarm, stick the kettle on and get in a prime position on Sunday morning for the BMW Hong Kong Derby. This year's renewal looks set to be an absolute belter, and at the reasonable hour of 8:35 am it's worth getting up for. Six of the 14 horses lining up for the Hong Kong racing season's premier event for four-year-olds were previously…

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…

Here at Severn Sport not only do we cast our eyes over Gloucestershire Football, but we also follow horse racing and in particular the road to the Cheltenham Festival in March. As part of our annual coverage we host a tipster league in March and get local players involved as part of the fun and this year with the fact there isn't much football…

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…

Tighthead props don't usually make for good jockeys. Henry de Bromhead was no exception. "I rode, I did hunting and pony club stuff, but I was probably poor-to-moderate as a rider," he says. Training horses is a different matter, however. Last March he secured his place in the Cheltenham pantheon by taking an unprecedented triple crown of Champion…

PAISLEY PARK is tipped to regain his Stayers' Hurdle crown in the feature race of day three at the Cheltenham Festival. The 2019 hero is back to his Grade 1 best this season and he can lift the Paddy Power-sponsored prize for jockey Aidan Coleman, trainer Emma Lavelle and owner Andrew Gemmell. Coleman was thrilled yesterday when Put The Kettle On…

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…

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…

Tighthead props don't usually make for good jockeys. Henry De Bromhead was no exception. "I rode, I did hunting and pony club stuff, but I was probably poor-to-moderate as a rider," he says. Training horses is a different matter, however. Last March he secured his place in the Cheltenham pantheon by taking an unprecedented triple crown of Champion…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

Edwardstone: a non-runner at Ascot due to the going Your one-stop shop for the day's big-race action at Haydock and Ascot. It's good to be back, isn't it? The days are dark, the rain is pouring down and the world is collapsing around us but there's one constant - quality jumps racing. Today is a day to savour. Three of the most exciting horses in…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Reigning champion Honeysuckle should justify long odds-on favouritism and extended her impressive, unbeaten record in the Chanelle Pharma Irish Champion Hurdle in Leopardstown today. The remarkable mare boasts an untarnished record in thirteen races, including nine at Grade 1 level, and is set to better Bula's record if she adds a third'Irish…

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…

No, Frankie Dettori is not riding and no, you won't find Red Rum on the race card. Racing is the easiest sport to understand - the first across the line wins - but sometimes it has a language of its own that can be pretty tricky to comprehend. Our bluffers' guide to the Cheltenham Festival will stop you looking like a novice if you are off to…

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…

The Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase was billed as round two of heavyweight two-mile chasers Shishkin and Energumene, but in the end, there was only one horse in it. Shishkin got the better of their first meeting in the Clarence House Chase at Ascot, winning by a length and taking his unbeaten record over fences to seven. But in a dramatic…

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…

Just over a week remains before the greatest show on turf gets underway and the anticipation from both sides of the Irish Sea is palpable. The Irish once again have a plethora of talent heading over and after the 23-5 drubbing of the English in the Prestbury Cup, they'll be supremely confident of taking the trophy back to Ireland. As with any other…

There were two almost unanimous verdicts after the SBK Clarence House Chase at Ascot on Saturday. The first was that Shishkin and Energumene had provided a wonderful spectacle that will long live in the memory. No argument on that one. The second was that the chances of Energumene reversing the form in the Champion Chase were slim. Even Willie…

Small-field races are not undesirable by definition. If a field of four contains the last two winners of the Champion Chase and last season's runner-up, detractors would struggle to improve it without either padding or asking for the moon on a stick. The Shloer Chase has been warmly embraced since its inception in 2009, no surprise given it is at…