Day 4 of the Cheltenham Festival brings us to the main event, the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase run over 3 miles 2 furlongs. Last years race (pictured) was truly exciting with Long Run outstaying Denman and Kauto Star. There is no Denman this year and Kauto Star is getting no younger. He is now…
The centre piece of the 3rd day of the Cheltenham Festival will be the Ladbrokes World Hurdle run over 3 miles. Big Bucks and Ruby Walsh (pictured) will be attempting to win the race for the fourth time. On Tuesday Quevega joined the short list of horses who have have been successful at four Cheltenham Festivals.…
The centre piece of the second day of the Cheltenham Festival is the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase run over 2 miles. This race looks to be between last years winner Sizing Europe (pictured), Big Zeb and Finians Rainbow. Sizing Europe has been in tremendous form this season and it is difficult to see him…
The Cheltenham Festival, the greatest show on turf, kicks off on Tuesday 13th with the William Hill Supreme Novices Hurdle. In this race last year, which does not seem a year ago!, Al Ferof stormed up the Cheltenham hill to beat Spirit Son, Sprinter Sacre and Cue Card. Al Ferof meets Sprinter Sacre and Cue Card again…
As it says on the Cheltenham Racecourse Website “Football has Wembley, Tennis has Wimbledon and Jump racing has Cheltenham”. Already all roads lead to Cheltenham in March 2012. The three Day Cheltenham Open Meeting kicks off this Friday (11th November) with the main race being the Paddy Power Gold Cup Handicap Chase run on Saturday. Long Run…
The fourth day of the Cheltenham Festival comes to a climax with the staying chasers championship, the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup worth £500,000.00 and run over 3 miles 2 furlongs. Thirteen runners will go to post and include three previous winners of the race namely Kauto Star, Denman and Imperial Commander. It is hard to…
The centre piece of Thursday’s card at Cheltenham is the Ladbrokes World Hurdle worth £260,000.00 and run over 3 miles. Big Bucks (pictured with Ruby Walsh) has won the race for the last two years and is a warm favourite to emulate Inglis Drever and win it for a third time. He will not have…
The sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase worth £320,000.00 and run over 2 miles is the centre piece of Wednesday’s card at Cheltenham. There seems to be little between last years winner Big Zeb, Master Minded, Somersby and Golden Silver. Golden Silver has been in tremendous form in Ireland for the last two seasons but has…
The Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy worth £370,000.00 and run over 2 miles is the centre piece of Tuesdays card at Cheltenham. The race promises to be a cracker. Its a shame that Binocular, who won the race last year, does not run but he would have faced stiff opposition from Menorah, Peddlars Cross, Kyber Kim,…
The countdown for the 2011 Cheltenham Festival commenced as soon as the 2010 Cheltenham Festival finished. For National Hunt lovers this is the best meeting in Europe and is always eagerly awaited. There are 27 races over the 4 days and the first one on Tuesday 15th March when the meeting starts is the Stan James…
