#top of the hill

After a week of action, elation, tears and turmoil, the Cheltenham Festival concluded with the Gold Cup. The Gold Cup is one of the richest races in Britain, and this year's crown went to A Plus Tard as Rachael Blackmore created history. Blackmore had a dream 2021 though she made the decision to go with A Plus Tard last year when stablemate Minella…

Twice early in its history the Cheltenham Gold Cup fell foul of the weather, both times in the 1930s. The atrocious winter of 1962/63 abated just in time for Cheltenham to go ahead as normal that March but snow on the final day of the 1978 Festival resulted in that year's Gold Cup, won by Midnight Court, being postponed four weeks until…

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…

Nijinsky remains the last colt to have won the Triple Crown - a feat he accomplished with Piggott aboard in the 2000 Guineas, Derby and St Leger. Nijinsky outclassed his 2000 Guineas rivals in the paddock and on the racecourse, sweeping through most impressively to beat the top-class Yellow God by two and a half lengths. For the first and only time…

RACING'S most revered supporter, Her Majesty The Queen, will wake up this morning to the delight of a right old Derby conundrum! For if ever there was a Derby for guessing, it's today's magnificent ITV-broadcast Platinum Jubilee Epsom Classic run in memory of the late, great, nine-time victor Lester Piggott. The reason for this is as the so-called…

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…

Former winners Al Boum Photo and Minella Indo with Gold Cup victor A Plus Tard (left) Robbie Power does not think any horse in training could have beaten A Plus Tard in the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup this month and admitted he thought it was going to take something special to catch him on Minella Indo when he quickened clear off the final…

Sent off at 5/1, Jamie Snowden's charge made a few mistakes and was off the bridle at the top of the hill. At that stage the eventual runner-up was tracking Storm Control and swept past that rival turning for home. However the winner was beginning to find his stride under Jonathan Burke and he was the only danger after the last. For much of the…

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…

John McConnell's Fennor Cross stayed on strongly to land a decisive blow in the Sky Bet Supreme Trial Novices' Hurdle. In a race where the hurdles were removed in the home straight it was the winner's fellow Irish raider She Is Electric that was allowed to stride on with the rest of the field willing to bide their time. The gap was closed as they…

RacingGav returns to tip for Easyodds this week for all three days of Cheltenham. Today's tips sees a six point spread across three seperate tips for the opening couple of races at Cheltenham. Remember if any of the selections that Gavin has chosen take your fancy, then click on the odds to add that horse to your bet slip where you can always get…

The Kentucky Wildcats take on the Tennessee Volunteers. Check out our college football odds series for our Kentucky Tennessee prediction and pick. The Tennessee Volunteers are now breathing the thin air which exists at the top of the college football mountain, or more appropriately, the Rocky Top of the hill. The Vols are still reveling in their…

Hukum winning the Coronation | PA Media By Shadwell's homebred 5-year-old entire Hukum (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}-Aghareed, by Kingmambo) struck four times at Group 3 level in 2020 and 2021 before annexing Meydan's Mar. 5 G2 Dubai City of Gold and went postward for his European return in Friday's G1 Dahlbury Coronation Cup at Epsom coming back off…