Should you brave the elements and venture to Rosehill Gardens on Saturday, elbowing your way to the fence of the mounting yard before the Golden Slipper, what are you looking for from the millions of dollars of horseflesh as you thumb the racebook like a pro? I’ll be the first to admit it: I have absolutely no idea. Shiny coat. […]

Get expert tips for the final day of the Cheltenham Festival from 10-time Festival-winning rider Jamie Codd, who has tipped 10 winners over the first three days, including Mrs Milner and Mount Ida on Thursday. 1.20 JCB Triumph Hurdle Another small but select field for the Triumph with loads of quality provided by the likes of Zanahiyr, Tritonic, Quilixios and […]

Rachael Blackmore strengthened her lead in the race to be top jockey at Cheltenham with victory on Telmesomethinggirl in the Parnell Properties Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham. It was her fifth of the week and second on the day after winning the Ryanair Chase on Allaho. Like Allaho and Honeysuckle in the Champion Hurdle on Tuesday, Telmesomethinggirl was trained by […]

The Shunter landed a £100,000 bonus as he triumphed in the Paddy Power Plate Handicap Chase. Emmet Mullins’ charge won the Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso last time out, putting him in line for the bumper windfall if he could follow up in any race at the Festival. The Shunter was sent off the 9-4 favourite in the hands of 7lb […]

Mrs Milner continued the Irish domination at the Cheltenham Festival when winning the Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle. The six-year-old, trained in County Wexford by Paul Nolan, asserted on the run to the line to land the three-mile stamina test in comfortable fashion. Redford Road and Potters Hedger were the pace-setters and there were plenty in with chances as the […]

A lucky punter is planning the holiday of a lifetime for his mum after landing a whopping £250,000 at the Cheltenham Festival – from a £5 bet. Paul Dean, 40, from Stockton-on-Tees, who has been betting since he was five-years-old, could have won half a million had his accumulator come in but he opted to take a partial cash out […]

Tiger Roll’s owners have raised the possibility of a trip to Aintree after all – but for the Betway Bowl. The dual Randox Grand National winner produced another stunning display at the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday when landing his third Glenfarclas Chase, his fifth win at the meeting overall. In previous years Tiger Roll had gone on to win the […]

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 […]

James Cummings covets the Golden Slipper with a zeal that borders on religious fervour. The Godolphin trainer gave an insight into just what this race means to him by revealing a telling conversation he had with one of his stable staff earlier this week. “My foreman said to me the other day this is just a race,’’ Cummings said. “I […]

Champion jockey Corey Brown was expecting the bad news – but it didn’t make it any easier for him. “Corey, you will never ride again,’’ was the blunt medical advice. Brown met with renowned orthopaedic surgeon Dr Andrew Cree earlier this week where the jockey’s future was determined. Nearly two years after Brown’s shocking fall in the Queensland Derby at […]