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Cheltenham Festival 2025 Review: Botched Starts, Upsets and More Irish Dominance
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Cheltenham Festival 2025 Review: Botched Starts, Upsets and More Irish Dominance

Posted on: March 28, 2025March 28, 2025

The 2025 Cheltenham Festival delivered four days of electrifying racing and high-stakes drama. Although it is an event few racing fans missed, so much happens during the four-days […]

Inothewayurthinkin Denies Galopin Des Champs in Cheltenham Full of Surprises
Cheltenham

Inothewayurthinkin Denies Galopin Des Champs in Cheltenham Full of Surprises

Posted on: March 18, 2025

The 2025 Cheltenham Festival threw up the usual mix of drama, close finishes and special stories, but it’s fair to say that bookmakers got one over the betting […]

De Bromhead and Blackmore Complete the Cheltenham Championship Set
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De Bromhead and Blackmore Complete the Cheltenham Championship Set

Posted on: March 17, 2025

Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott are very much the Irish trainers most associated with Cheltenham Festival success in recent times. However, others have contributed to the Emerald Isle […]

Michael O’Sullivan Remembered on Magical Day at Cheltenham Festival
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Michael O’Sullivan Remembered on Magical Day at Cheltenham Festival

Posted on: March 15, 2025March 14, 2025

The Cheltenham Festival is no stranger to providing poignant moments. From the back-from-the-brink success of Sprinter Sacre in the 2016 Queen Mother Champion Chase to the tear-jerking victory […]

Queen Mother Champion Chase: Path Clears for Jonbon as Rivals Head Elsewhere
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Queen Mother Champion Chase: Path Clears for Jonbon as Rivals Head Elsewhere

Posted on: March 11, 2025

There will be few louder cheers at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival than those which will greet Jonbon if he manages to break his festival duck at the third […]

Nicholson’s Numbers Game: Ed’s Insider Take on Cheltenham’s Hot Bets
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Nicholson’s Numbers Game: Ed’s Insider Take on Cheltenham’s Hot Bets

Posted on: March 10, 2025March 10, 2025

The 2025 Cheltenham Festival, running from March 11-14, is a punter’s playground, and Ed Nicholson — Unibet’s market analyst — has his sights set on the hottest bets […]

Jockeys, Trainers and Horses to Watch in the 2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup
Cheltenham

Jockeys, Trainers and Horses to Watch in the 2025 Cheltenham Gold Cup

Posted on: March 4, 2025March 4, 2025

Cheltenham is one of the most respected horse racing festivals in the world. With its origins dating back to the late 1800s and numerous incredible races, the Cheltenham […]

Prize Pot for the Cheltenham Festival in 2025
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Prize Pot for the Cheltenham Festival in 2025

Posted on: March 3, 2025March 4, 2025

The Cheltenham Festival is one of the most prestigious horse racing events in the world. It is a four-day festival featuring elite jump racing. It was originated in […]

Strong Entries for Championship Races at Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham

Strong Entries for Championship Races at Cheltenham Festival

Posted on: February 27, 2025

The entries have been made for the four championship races at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival. They have attracted strong fields, with the defending champion set to line up […]

High Hopes for Nicky Henderson Trio at Cheltenham
Cheltenham

High Hopes for Nicky Henderson Trio at Cheltenham

Posted on: February 26, 2025February 27, 2025

Nicky Henderson has made a rock-solid start to 2025, with the Lambourn-based handler picking up four Graded successes since the turn of the year, headlined by the Grade […]

RIP Delta Work: Three-Time Cheltenham Festival Winner Passes Away
Cheltenham

RIP Delta Work: Three-Time Cheltenham Festival Winner Passes Away

Posted on: February 21, 2025February 27, 2025

As we move closer to March, the 2025 edition of the Cheltenham Festival dominates the racing discussion. Whilst most headlines centre around the likely winners at Prestbury Park, […]

Can Paul Nicholls Return to Form in Time for Cheltenham?
Cheltenham

Can Paul Nicholls Return to Form in Time for Cheltenham?

Posted on: February 15, 2025February 27, 2025

Thus far, 2025 has been a little quiet for Paul Nicholls. Following a solid end to 2024, including big race wins for Il Ridoto in the Paddy Power […]

Irish Trainers Dominate Entries to the Mares’ Races at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham

Irish Trainers Dominate Entries to the Mares’ Races at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival

Posted on: February 13, 2025February 27, 2025

The Britain vs Ireland tussle for the Prestbury Cup – awarded to the nation with the most winners at the Cheltenham Festival – always provides an entertaining subplot […]

Cheltenham Festival 2025, Dates Not To Be Missed
Cheltenham

Cheltenham Festival 2025, Dates Not To Be Missed

Posted on: January 29, 2025February 27, 2025

Mark your calendars, horse racing fans—Cheltenham Festival 2025 is galloping into view, and it’s shaping up to be another legendary showdown. From thunderous hooves to roaring crowds, this […]

Will Galopin Des Champs Land a Historic Third Cheltenham Gold Cup?
Cheltenham

Will Galopin Des Champs Land a Historic Third Cheltenham Gold Cup?

Posted on: January 28, 2025February 27, 2025

As we finally start to get over the January blues, National Hunt racing enthusiasts only have one thing on their minds: the Cheltenham Festival. The countdown is on […]

Fact to File to Rival Galopin Des Champs in Cheltenham Gold Cup
Cheltenham

Fact to File to Rival Galopin Des Champs in Cheltenham Gold Cup

Posted on: January 2, 2025February 27, 2025

When it comes to British and Irish jump racing, there’s no race more prestigious than the Cheltenham Gold Cup. And the 2025 renewal is set to be the […]

Gaelic Warrior Assault on Champion Chase After Withdrawing From King George VI
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Gaelic Warrior Assault on Champion Chase After Withdrawing From King George VI

Posted on: November 29, 2024November 29, 2024

Willie Mullins hit the headlines earlier in the week when he withdrew all eight of his runners from the 2024 edition of the King George VI Chase. Whilst […]

Horses to Watch on the Road to Cheltenham 2025
Cheltenham

Horses to Watch on the Road to Cheltenham 2025

Posted on: November 29, 2024November 29, 2024

As the 2025 Cheltenham Festival draws closer, the anticipation surrounding the event continues to build. This year, an array of equine talent is emerging across various divisions, shaping […]

Energumene to Return in Boost for Willie Mullins
Cheltenham

Energumene to Return in Boost for Willie Mullins

Posted on: October 19, 2024

Any thoughts that Willie Mullins – dual Irish and British Champion Trainer – would take his foot off the accelerator any time soon seem to have been quashed […]

Stars of the Cheltenham Festival in 2024
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Stars of the Cheltenham Festival in 2024

Posted on: April 1, 2024

Following all the build-up, the Cheltenham Festival is over for another year, and, as ever, the magical four days at Prestbury Park proved well worth the wait. Each […]

Champion Hurdle 2024 Results
Cheltenham / Results

Champion Hurdle 2024 Results

Posted on: March 21, 2024June 19, 2026

The 2024 edition of the Champion Hurdle was preceded by one of the biggest headlines in the lead-up to the meeting, with the announcement that the brilliant defending […]

Cheltenham Gold Cup 2024 Results
Cheltenham / Results

Cheltenham Gold Cup 2024 Results

Posted on: March 20, 2024June 19, 2026

Having bounced back to his best with resounding victories in the Savills Chase and Irish Gold Cup, defending champion Galopin Des Champs started as the hot favourite to […]

Who Disappointed The Most At Cheltenham?
Cheltenham

Who Disappointed The Most At Cheltenham?

Posted on: March 19, 2024

The Cheltenham Festival is over for another year, and there were no shortage of memories that will last a lifetime. Galopin Des Champs dominated the Gold Cup field […]

Turning the Cheltenham Festival Pink: Rich Ricci’s Main Contenders
Cheltenham

Turning the Cheltenham Festival Pink: Rich Ricci’s Main Contenders

Posted on: March 13, 2024March 13, 2024

In the current century, perhaps the most instantly recognisable silks at the Cheltenham Festival have been those of Mrs Susannah Ricci (wife of US multi-millionaire Rich Ricci): Douvan, […]

Cheltenham Festival 2024: Returning Champions to Watch
Cheltenham

Cheltenham Festival 2024: Returning Champions to Watch

Posted on: March 10, 2024March 13, 2024

Given the value of previous course form at the Cheltenham Festival, the returning champions always attract considerable attention. In 2024, nine of the 28 contests see the 2023 […]

Cheltenham Festival 2024: Rachael Blackmore Ready for More Success
Cheltenham / Jockeys

Cheltenham Festival 2024: Rachael Blackmore Ready for More Success

Posted on: March 8, 2024March 13, 2024

The impending 2024 Cheltenham Festival has the hearts of punters racing in excitement, as fans pour over the list of runners and riders to plot their Prestbury Park […]

High Hopes for Henderson at the Cheltenham Festival
Cheltenham / Trainers

High Hopes for Henderson at the Cheltenham Festival

Posted on: March 7, 2024March 7, 2024

With the countdown to the Cheltenham Festival now gathering pace, much of the talk centres upon just how many winners the Irish will manage to rack up this […]

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