Bookmakers are wary of the favourites as several continue to be well-backed for day one of the Cheltenham Festival. Appreciate It (1.20) and Honeysuckle (3.05) are the two attracting plenty of support with Betfair. Market leaders Shishkin (1.55) and Happygolucky (2.30) are also proving popular. Some punters have combined the first four favourites in accumulators, while Concertista is also a […]

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Rachael Blackmore has gone from never expecting to race at Cheltenham to being on the brink of history… win Tuesday’s Champion Hurdle with Honeysuckle and she will claim the Festival’s biggest EVER prize for a female jockey Rachael Blackmore can write her name in Champion Hurdle history on Tuesday Blackmore, the most successful female jump jockey will be riding Honeysuckle […]

Racing Victoria stewards have disqualified 72 horses implicated in the Aquanita Racing scandal but affected owners won’t have to repay more than $1 million in prizemoney. Aquanita Racing trainers Robert Smerdon, Stuart Webb and Tony Vasil were disqualified along with four stablehands for engaging in improper or dishonourable actions in connection with racing at the end of a long saga […]

Get expert tips for the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival from 10-time Festival-winning rider Jamie Codd. 1.20 Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle There is a smaller field than usual for this year’s Supreme but there are some very good horses in here all the same, with the likes of Appreciate It, Ballyadam, Metier and Soaring Glory. Also, Willie Mullins’s […]

Shishkin is all the rage to become the latest Nicky Henderson-trained star to claim victory in the Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy. First successful with Remittance Man in 1991, the Seven Barrows handler has now racked up a record six victories in the prestigious two-mile novice chase on the opening day of the Festival. Sprinter Sacre went on to establish […]

Rachael Blackmore is seeking a piece of history when she lines up on the unbeaten Honeysuckle in the Unibet Champion Hurdle. Blackmore, chasing Paul Townend hard in the race to be champion jockey in Ireland, would become the first female rider to win the showpiece race on the opening day of the Festival. Henry de Bromhead’s Honeysuckle was a winner […]

Denise Foster is a new name in the racecard after she took over from Gordon Elliott ahead of the 2021 Cheltenham Festival. In what left the racing world numb with shock, Elliott had his licence withdrawn for a year – with half of it suspended – after an image of him sitting on a dead horse emerged online. Foster has […]

The prestigious Cheltenham Festival gets underway THIS WEEK as Al Boum Photo and Paul Townsend go for a third consecutive Gold Cup victory: Race schedule, odds, TV and radio details – EVERYTHING you need to know The four-day Cheltenham Festival gets underway on Tuesday, March 16th For the first time ever, the highly anticipated event will be behind closed doors […]

Godolphin will only launch a two-pronged attack in Saturday’s Golden Slipper with the bulk of the 16 starters locked in for the $3.5 million sprint ahead of Tuesday’s barrier draw. Magic Night Stakes winner Arcaded is set to bypass the 1200m feature despite earning a ballot exemption for the race by winning last Saturday at Rosehill. Trainer James Cummings plans […]