Fakir D'oudairies marching towards March Chase hat-trick on second day of Grand National Festival
Joseph O'Brien’s Fakir D’oudairies headlines nine entries as he goes in search of a third successive win in the Marsh Chase at Aintree on Friday.
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Clan Des Obeaux ruled out of Aintree return in Bowl
Paul Nicholls has lost a race against time to get Clan Des Obeaux ready for his defence of the Aintree Bowl title.
Bravemansgame and Galopin Des Champs may renew rivalry at Punchestown Festival
Paul Nicholls is not ruling out another run this season for Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Bravemansgame.
Galopin Des Champs surges to Gold Cup glory for Mullins
Galopin Des Champs and Paul Townend powered clear of Bravemansgame to justify favouritism and land the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup, giving Willie Mullins chasing's blue riband for a third time in five years.
Stay Away Fay a long-odds winner of Albert Bartlett for resurgent Nicholls
Paul Nicholls earned his second Grade One victory of the week at the Cheltenham Festival when Stay Away Fay was given a masterful ride by Harry Cobden to take the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle.
Galopin Des Champs gains redemption in the Cheltenham Gold Cup
Galopin Des Champs ran out a convincing seven-length winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup after the favourite had clattered a number of fences on the way round in a dramatic race in which long-time leaders Ahoy Senor and then Hewick fell.
Stage Star triumph ends an unlikely Cheltenham hoodoo for Paul Nicholls
H ow the mighty had fallen. A 13-times British champion trainer who had saddled the first home in 46 Festival races including four Gold Cups, six Champion Chases and one Champion Hurdle before Thursday’s card got under way, Paul Nicholls might have been forgiven for wondering if he would ever again welcome one of his charges back into the winners enclosure during the annual March festivities at Cheltenham.
Sire Du Berlais shock winner of the Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival
Sire Du Berlais pulled off a huge shock at 33-1 to win the Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on Thursday under Mark Walsh, who arrived late to deny the 40-1 shot Dashel Drasher.