Cheltenham Festival: Blazing Khal gets green light for Stayers' Hurdle challenge
Charles Byrnes has given Blazing Khal the go-ahead for the Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle at Cheltenham on Thursday.
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Cheltenham Festival: Energumene among nine left in Champion Chase
Defending champion Energumene heads nine confirmations for the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday.
Talking Horses: Norton’s Coin upset belongs to different Cheltenham age
A n abiding personal memory of the Cheltenham Festival is the sound of almost complete silence after the 1990 Gold Cup, as 60,000 racegoers slowly absorbed the fact that Norton’s Coin, a 100-1 shot saddled by a Welsh dairy farmer who trained a few jumpers as a hobby, had just beaten the country’s most popular chaser, Desert Orchid.
Indiana Jones raids Navan prize
Indiana Jones made the leap to Grade Three glory as he claimed the PS Supplies Doors & Floors Flyingbolt Novice Chase at Navan.
Cheltenham Festival: Delta Work heads Cross Country entries
Defending champion Delta Work heads 20 entries for the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.
Talking Horses: Britain v Ireland at Cheltenham could be one-sided battle
T he 2023 Cheltenham Festival opens two weeks on Tuesday, the significant trials have all been run and the ante-post markets suggest that British jumping stables face another almighty pasting at the hands of their Irish counterparts in the west country next month.
Brandy Love set for return at Punchestown on Wednesday ahead of Cheltenham
Leading Cheltenham Festival contender Brandy Love will return from 10 months off the track in the Quevega Mares Hurdle at Punchestown on Wednesday.
Cheltenham Festival: Nico de Boinville respects State Man in Champion Hurdle
Nico de Boinville has full respect for his Unibet Champion Hurdle rivals, despite his mount Constitution Hill being set to go off one of the shortest-priced favourites of the whole week at the Cheltenham Festival.