Cheltenham Races

A truly magnificent flat season is drawing to a close and it is time once again to turn our focus to the National Hunt. All eyes will be on Sizing John as we go into the new season, with fans keen to see if he can maintain his superb form. Earlier this year he became […]

In 1997, A.P. McCoy joined forces with reigning champion jump trainer Martin Pipe and in their first full season together rode 253 winners, including five at the 1998 Cheltenham Festival. On day one, Champleve was all out to hold Hill Society by a short head in the Arkle Challenge Trophy but, later, Unsinkable Boxer won […]

Sir Anthony Peter McCoy, commonly known as A.P. McCoy, may have won the jump jockeys’ championship for 20 years in a row, but was leading jockey at the Cheltenham Festival just twice, in 1997 and 1998. On the first occasion, McCoy rode just three winners, but they included Make A Stand, who made all to […]

It’s been a good four months now since the 2017 Cheltenham Festival, but it was certainly a memorable feast of racing action. There’s understandably very little news of the 2018 festival out there at this time though, so I figured it’s as good a time as any to cover some of the memorable moments from […]

The Showcase Meeting is the very first race that opens the National Hunt season at the Cheltenham Festival racecourse. It will begin the 27th and 28th of October 2017 and will continue all the way till 2018 before the season ends. The meeting is one of the most popular in the season with tickets on […]

It’s certainly a good while until the 2018 Cheltenham Festival, but it’s such a rich event there is often something to talk about, either with reference to future events or write ups on the rich history of the event. That’s a view echoed by many others I’d say, as I’ve just now been reading a […]

Of course with every Cheltenham Festival there are talking points, and 2017 is no different. One story that stood out for me this year was that of a big money punter with topsy turvy fortunes.  The anonymous gentlemen got off to a stellar start when his bet on Altior in the Arkle Chase on the […]

1.30pm JCB Triumph Hurdle – Defi Du Seuil (5/2 fav), 2nd Mega Fortune (D N  2.50pm Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle – Penhill (16/1), 2nd Monalee (D J Mullins) 8-1, 3rd Wholestone (D A Jacob) 13-2 3.30pm Cheltenham Gold Cup – Sizing John (7/1), 2nd Minella Rocco (N D Fehily) 18-1, 3rd Native River (R Johnson) […]