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Coral Cup
The Coral Cup, sponsored by Coral since its inauguration in 1993, is run over 2 miles 5 furlongs on the Old Course at Cheltenham. The race is open to horse aged four years and upwards and is currently scheduled as the third race on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival in March each year.…
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Festival Trophy Handicap Chase (The Ultima Handicap Chase)
Better known in recent years as the Ultima Handicap Chase, the Festival Trophy Handicap Chase is a Grade 3 steeplechase, run over 3 miles and 110 yards on the Old Course at Cheltenham. The race is open to horses aged 5 years and upwards and is currently scheduled as the third race on the opening…
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Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
The Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, originally known as the Gloucestershire Hurdle, was first contested in 1946. As the name suggests, the race is open to novice hurdlers – that is, horses that have not won a hurdle race before the start of the current season – aged four years and upwards and is run over 2…
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Queen Mother Champion Chase
Queen Mother Champion Chase is one of the more popular and high profile events held on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival. It’s seen as ‘one to watch’ and is a Grade 1 national hunt steeplechase race. The Queen Mum was known to be very fond of her racing of course and so there…
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Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase
As the name suggests, the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase is run over 3 miles 6 furlongs and 67 yards on the Cross Country Course at Cheltenham. The race is open to horses aged five years and upwards, who must negotiate a twisting, turning course and thirty-two idiosyncratic obstacles, including banks, rails and ditches. The…
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Cheltenham Festival 2016: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Again)
No surprises for guessing the leading trainer and leading jockey at the Festival in 2016; Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh once again carried all before them, as they’d done for the last three years running, with seven winners apiece during the four days. Mullins’ haul also helped Irish trainers to a final tally of 14…
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Cheltenham Festival 2015: Novice Coneygree Wins Gold Cup
The contest for leading trainer and leading jockey was over almost as soon as it had started, with Willie Mullins saddling three of the first four winners, all ridden by Ruby Walsh. Douvan, in the William Hill Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Un De Sceaux, in the Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy, and Faugheen, in the Stan…
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Cheltenham Festival 2014: Six of the Best for Quevega
In 2013, Ruby Walsh announced that his decade-long association with Paul Nicholls would end and, consequently, the Cheltenham Festival in 2014 was his first as stable jockey to Willie Mullins. Not that it made much difference, because the partnership were off the mark at the first time of asking – as they had been the…
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Cheltenham Festival 2013: Sprinter Sacre Reigns in Queen Mother
Irish champion trainer Willie Mullins set out his Festival stall early in 2013 with a treble on day one. Champagne Fever, the winner of the Weatherbys Champion Bumper in 2012, won the William Hill Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Hurricane Fly regained his title in the Stan James Champion Hurdle, reversing 2012 form with Rock On Ruby,…