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The World Hurdle winner and runner-up are set to renew rivalry in Sunday’s French Champion Hurdle. Register with Betfred for a £5 no deposit free bet on this weekend's racing. The pair were separated by two and a half lengths at Cheltenham in March, with Solwhit coming out on top on that occasion, b...
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The dates for the 2014 Cheltenham Festival have been announced. The Cheltenham Festival is one of sport’s most enthralling extravaganzas and in 2014 the nation will once again be swept by horse racing fever as gamblers and racing fanatics prepare to embark on an unrivalled path of excitement. The 20...
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The dates for the 2015 Cheltenham Festival have been announced. The Cheltenham Festival is one of sport’s most enthralling extravaganzas and in 2015 the nation will once again be swept by horse racing fever as gamblers and racing fanatics prepare to embark on an unrivalled path of excitement. The 20...
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The 2013 Cheltenham Festival was a meeting when all the top horses in action delivered on their potential and showed exactly why they are so highly rated. In a week when the big names came up trumps, several equine stars vied for top billing to provide a fine illustration of why National Hunt racing...
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The 2013 Cheltenham Festival will be remembered for a freezing start and a wet finish – but some fantastic racing in which all the stars delivered on their promise. From the moment temperatures of -6C overnight were forecast and frost covers deployed, it became clear this would not be a shirt-sleeve...
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Bobs Worth provided Nicky Henderson with his second Gold Cup in three years under Barry Geraghty, sending his legions of backers into raptures in the process. The gelding was well-backed into 11/4 favouritism before the off and he duly delivered, staying on under pressure to beat Sir Des Champs seve...
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Bobs Worth is the ante-post favourite to join the steeplechasing greats by winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup for a second time in 2014. Nicky Henderson’s eight-year-old was a gutsy seven-length hero in rain-softened ground this year when he made it five wins out of five at Cheltenham and seven out of ...
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Big Buck’s, forced to abdicate his World Hurdle crown temporarily at least, is favourite to return triumphant from injury at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival. The four-time World Hurdle hero had to miss this year’s defence after suffering an injury following his seasonal debut at Newbury, in which he re...
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Our Conor was a scintillating winner of the Triumph Hurdle under Bryan Cooper, simply destroying his rivals to the delight of his backers at odds of 4/1. It was a performance that marked him down as a potential Champion Hurdle winner and William Hill were quick to price him up at 8/1 for the 2014 re...
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Tony McCoy rode his first winner of the Cheltenham Festival on At Fishers Cross, much to the delight of his backers who had punted him into 11/8 favourite at the off. It was a highly impressive performance from the winner and he looks set to take high rank in the staying hurdle decision next season,...
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Sprinter Sacre, a brilliant winner of this year’s Queen Mother Champion Chase, is already odds-on favourite to triumph at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival for the third consecutive season. Nicky Henderson’s flamboyant seven-year-old cruised to victory by 19 lengths to extend his unbeaten record over fen...
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Hurricane Fly is favourite to make it a Cheltenham Festival hat-trick in the 2014 Champion Hurdle. Willie Mullins’ gelding will be 10 years old by the time the 2014 Champion Hurdle comes around, but his powers show no sign of diminishing judging by his two-and-a-half length victory over Rock On Ruby...
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Friday's Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle over three miles has attracted a final field of 16 runners. They are headed by At Fishers Cross who has battled to victory at Cheltenham on his last two starts; over this trip on the first occasion from the re-opposing Inish Ireland, and getting back up from ...
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A field of 11 has been declared for the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup, in which Bobs Worth is set to start as favourite. Bobs Worth, a Nicky Henderson-trained eight-year-old, has not been seen in action since December 1 when he was an impressive winner of the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury. Henderson is al...
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Day two of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival is under threat from the freezing weather, with an inspection called for 08:00 GMT on Wednesday. A magnificent first day of the eagerly-awaited meeting, capped by a brilliant hurdles treble for Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh, was only given the go-ahead after t...
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Epsom Derby-winning jockey Joseph O'Brien is relishing his first visit to the Cheltenham Festival to ride Shield for his father Aidan in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper on Wednesday. Crowned champion jockey on the Flat in Ireland last year, the 19-year-old successfully applied to the Irish Turf Club ...
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Irish duo Bog Warrior and Solwhit have both been declared among 14 runners for the World Hurdle at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival on Thursday. Trainers Tony Martin and Charles Byrnes are notorious for keeping their cards close to their chest, but have finally shown their hand by declaring their star s...
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First Lieutenant has been confirmed as a runner in the Ryanair Chase at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival on Thursday rather than going for the Gold Cup. Trainer Mouse Morris has declared his charge for the shorter Ryanair Chase instead of the Cheltenham Gold Cup due to the ground, which is likely to be ...
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Cheltenham racecourse officials have no plans for an inspection on day one of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival - even though temperatures are forecast to drop to -6C overnight. The Old Course at Cheltenham, which will stage the racing on Tuesday and Wednesday, has been protected by frost covers along wi...
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Sprinter Sacre will face only six rivals in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival after his stable companion Finian’s Rainbow’s defection. Finian’s Rainbow, the reigning two-mile champion chaser, has flopped badly on testing ground twice this winter and trainer Nicky Hender...
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Ruby Walsh and Willie Mullins have dismissed any doubts surrounding Hurricane Fly ahead of his bid to win a second Champion Hurdle. The 2011 champion, dethroned last year by Rock On Ruby when below par, has again been the subject of some negative vibes in the build-up to this year’s Cheltenham Festi...
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Trainer Keiran Burke has revealed his stable star Hunt Ball is in the form of his life ahead of his bid for a second consecutive Cheltenham Festival success on Thursday. The eight-year-old romped to victory in the novices’ handicap chase at last year’s Cheltenham Festival to crown a season when he e...
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Paul Nicholls is confident his World Hurdle dark horse Wonderful Charm can go close in the highlight on day three of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. With his four-time World Hurdle hero Big Buck’s sidelined due to injury, the champion trainer is relying on this French import and also Celestial Halo in...
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Gary Moore is looking forward to running his Vino Griego in the Byrne Group Plate on the Thursday of the Cheltenham Festival. The race promises to be one of the most competitive races of the four-day meeting with the David Pipe-trained Ballynagour, a runaway scorer at Warwick last time, having been ...
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Trainer David Pipe has confirmed that the well-backed Ballynagour will take up his engagement Thursday's Byrne Group Plate. The gelding had been left in several races at the Festival with connections keen to explore all options, so his ante post backers for the 2m4f contets would have let out a coll...
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Rain has been falling on Cheltenham racecourse and the going for the 2013 Festival is now expected to be soft when the meeting gets under way on Tuesday. The course took 3mm of rain on Friday morning with a further 4mm or more still forecast, along with the prospect of further rain on Saturday and S...
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Grands Crus, runner-up in the 2011 World Hurdle to currently sidelined Big Buck’s, has been denied the chance to go one better at the Cheltenham Festival next Thursday. The classy David Pipe-trained grey has endured a troubled season over fences, in which his third place in the King George VI Chase ...
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will be at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday when his horse I’m Fraam Govan bids for the Weatherbys Champion Bumper. The five-year-old, trained by George Baker, features among the 35 declarations for the only official Cheltenham Festival race not r...
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The latest entries are known for the 2013 RSA Chase with the David Pipe-trained Dynaste heading a field of 21 possibles. The seven-year finished well beaten in last season's World Hurdle on ground that was possibly too quick, but has not looked back since being sent chasing this season, winning all ...
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The latest declarations are known for the 2013 Neptune Novices' Hurdle with star Irish novice Pont Alexandre heading the field of 24. The five-year-old has been described by his trainer Willie Mullins as “one of the best novices we've had, apart from maybe Hurricane Fly,” which is praise i...
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Sprinter Sacre will one more horse to beat in the Champion Chase after connections of Mail De Bievre supplemented him for the race. The eight-year-old showed some promise in bumpers when trained by Alan King but has done most of his racing in France, where he showed some useful form. His best perfor...
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Connections of First Lieutenant are yet to make a decision on whether the gelding tackles the Cheltenham Gold Cup or the Ryanair Chase. The eight-year-old is no stranger to the Cheltenham Festival having won the Neptune Novices' Hurdle two years ago and run second to Bobs Worth in the RSA Chase at l...
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Connections of Wayward Prince are hoping the rain keeps away in the build-up to the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Owner-trainer Hilary Parrott has confirmed her nine-year-old will take his chance in the Blue Riband event of the Cheltenham Festival and would expect him to show his true colours if the goi...
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Harry Fry reports Rock On Ruby in top form ahead of his defence of the Champion Hurdle crown after two sparkling workouts. The eight-year-old was officially trained by Paul Nicholls last season but was actually under the care of Fry, who was assisting Nicholls at a satellite yard. He's therefore wel...
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Cheltenham racecourse officials are bracing themselves for a cold snap which will make preparations more challenging in the build-up to the 2013 Festival next week. The 2013 Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday March 12 and temperatures are set to plummet over the weekend, with sharp frosts and eve...
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Quevega, bidding to make history, heads 22 horses in the five-day declarations for the 2013 OLBG David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday. Willie Mullins’ nine-year-old is aiming to become only the second horse after Cheltenham Gold Cup legend Golden Miller in the 1930s to...
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My Tent Or Yours will face a maximum of 18 rivals when he bids to give his high-profile connections a flying start to the 2013 Cheltenham Festival in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle on Tuesday. Trained by Nicky Henderson and ridden by Tony McCoy, the impressive winner of the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury wi...
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Leading owner Roger Brookhouse has been discussing his Cheltenham Festival team and rates The Liquidator as his best chance of a winner at the meeting. The David Pipe-trained gelding finished runner-up in a Listed bumper at the track back in October and has since bolted up in a similar race at Exete...
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Dessie Hughes is leaning towards running his Lyreen Legend in the RSA Chase, rather than the Jewson Novices' Chase. The six-year-old made a good impression when winning a hot Beginners' Chase at Galway in October, and arguably ran his best race last time when finishing a close fourth behind Boston B...
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Leading Ryanair Chase candidate Champion Court will have a new jockey in Jason Maguire when he lines up in Thursday's feature race at the Cheltenham Festival. The eight-year-old has been ridden by Alain Cawley on his last seven starts and to considerable success with the partnership landing a novice...
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Simonsig will face a maximum of 11 rivals in his bid to make it back-to-back Cheltenham Festival successes in the Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase on Tuesday. Nicky Henderson’s grey is a hugely exciting prospect who romped to victory in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at last season’s ...
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Hurricane Fly will face a maximum of nine rivals in his bid to regain the Champion Hurdle title on the opening day of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. Willie Mullins’ nine-year-old is set to be among one of the smallest Champion Hurdle fields of recent years, with just 10 horses left in with a chance o...
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Countrywide Flame is all set for his Champion Hurdle bid on Tuesday March 12 after a pleasing final workout for the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. The winner of last year’s Triumph Hurdle scored on his seasonal reappearance at Newcastle before finishing fourth in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton Park on B...
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Monksland is a very doubtful runner in the World Hurdle at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival after suffering a mystery setback. Trainer Noel Meade revealed the news on Wednesday morning about a horse that had developed into a leading contender for the staying hurdlers’ crown in the absence due to injury ...
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Top jockeys from the Flat racing scene are queuing up for their once-a-year chance to ride at the Cheltenham Festival in the Champion Bumper. Joseph O’Brien, Richard Hughes and Graeme Lee are all set to have mounts in the final race on Wednesday’s card at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. O’Brien, who w...
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Tom Segal was very dismissive of the current Champion Hurdle favourite Hurricane Fly at a recent Cheltenham preview evening in Adare, County Limerick. The man behind the Pricewise mask was joined at the Dunraven Arms preview evening by Nick Luck, who was in the chair, Paul Nicholls' assistant Dan Sk...
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Trainer Colin Tizzard has confirmed his stable star Cue Card will go for the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on March 14 rather than take on Sprinter Sacre. The seven-year-old has the alternative engagement of the Queen Mother Champion Chase but will only take up that option should a late h...
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Puffin Billy is back on track for the 2013 Cheltenham Festival after delighting his trainer Oliver Sherwood in a workout at home. The highly promising five-year-old will go for the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle on Wednesday March 13. Unbeaten in his first four starts, all of which he...
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Imperial Commander, winner of the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup, will miss the race this year because of a lung infection. Trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies was convinced the 12-year-old was back in the same sort of form that saw him beat Denman and Kauto Star in the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup. Having been pull...
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Trainer Philip Hobbs believes his 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup candidate Captain Chris is being underestimated in the build-up to next week’s Festival. The nine-year-old was narrowly beaten by Long Run in a pulsating finish to the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day, yet there is much mor...
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Amateur rider Colman Sweeney is confident of completing a CGA Foxhunter Chase double at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival aboard last year’s winner Salsify. Sweeney, who also won hunter chasing’s premier prize on Sleeping Night in 2005 for Paul Nicholls, partnered Salsify to victory less than three month...
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Willie Mullins has revealed he would be even more confident about his exciting novice Pont Alexandre winning at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival if the going is good. The unbeaten five-year-old has raced only twice for Mullins since arriving from France, scoring with plenty to spare both at Navan in Gra...
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Backstage is on course for the 2013 Cheltenham Festival after limbering up with a point-to-point success in Ireland on Sunday. The 11-year-old, trained by Gordon Elliott, will go for either the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase on Tuesday March 12 or the CGA Foxhunter Chase three days later. ...
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Nicky Henderson has described Simonsig’s work on Monday ahead of his 2013 Cheltenham Festival appearance next week as “simply fantastic”. Strongly fancied to win the Arkle Challenge Trophy having scored easily over hurdles at last year’s Festival, the grey and some stable companions had been due to ...
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All-conquering Flat trainer Aidan O’Brien and his jockey son Joseph will bid for National Hunt glory at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival next week. The Ballydoyle duo, who won the 2012 2,000 Guineas and Epsom Derby with Camelot, are trying to win the Champion Bumper with four-year-old Shield. Shield won...
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Quevega is right on course for her Cheltenham Festival five-timer bid after a gentle workout at Leopardstown racecourse. Trainer Willie Mullins declared himself "very happy" with the history-seeking nine-year-old, who is attempting to become the first horse since Golden Miller in the 1930s to win th...
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Tony McCoy would most like to ride Long Run in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, if he were given the choice. McCoy was asked the hypothetical question in a recent interview and made it clear he would love to take over from Sam Waley-Cohen on the Nicky Henderson-trained gelding (most unlikely), saying: "It's...
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A credible rival to Sprinter Sacre has been confirmed with news that Somersby will take his chance in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. Serious opposition to Sprinter Sacre in the Wednesday highlight is in short supply, but trainer Mick Channon is prepared to take on the ho...
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Sunnyhillboy, runner-up in the 2012 Grand National, could have his warm-up race for his Aintree return in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The 10-year-old was pipped on the line by Neptune Collonges in the world’s greatest steeplechase last April, during which he struck into himself and subsequently had to ...
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Long Run, winner of the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup, is set to wear cheekpieces for the first time in public when he aims to regain his crown on March 15. The eight-year-old will don the sheepskin headgear either in addition to or instead of his usual noseband as connections are keen for him to concent...
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Cheltenham legend Kauto Star will demonstrate some of his new skills to Newbury racegoers before Saturday’s action gets under way when he participates in a dressage demonstration. The Berkshire racecourse is holding a showcase from the British Equestrian Federation, displaying different ranges of sp...
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Tammys Hill, a leading contender for the Foxhunter Chase, faces a “race against time” to be ready for the Cheltenham Festival. The eight-year-old was an odds-on chance to resume winning ways in a hunters' chase last weekend but he suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Warne. Connections have since...
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Backers of Solwhit for the World Hurdle will be hoping the six-time Grade 1 winner comes through a crucial workout this weekend. The Charles Byrne-trained gelding fell ill before he was due to run in the 2011 World Hurdle and was then struck down with an injury, which kept him off the track until De...
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Trainer Charlie Longsdon hopes he will be given the chance to run Vulcanite in the Pulteney Land Investments Novices’ Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. The Oxfordshire-based handler feels it’s the ideal contest for one of his stable stars but owner J P McManus, who also has contenders with ...
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Irish trainer Tom Taaffe feels his Jewson Novices’ Chase raider Argocat has a “live chance” at the Cheltenham Festival on March 14. The five-year-old has won twice from four starts over fences this term and was last seen running away with a Grade Two prize at Limerick on Boxing Day. Argocat has sinc...
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The David Pipe-trained Ballynagour has been all the rage for the Byrne Group Plate, but that's of no concern to Hunt Ball's owner Anthony Knott. Knott reports his gelding to be in pristine condition ahead of his attempt to land a second successive Cheltenham Festival victory, and is not worried abou...
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Connections of Long Run have decided to fit cheek-pieces to the gelding when he works on Friday to help ascertain whether the headgear will help him regain his crown in March. The 2011 Gold Cup hero, who has not run since winning his second King George on Boxing Day, will be sporting the headgear on...
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Trainer Gordon Elliott believes Carlito Brigante's previous experience of Cheltenham will stand him in good stead when he tackles the Pulteney Land Investments Novices' Handicap Chase at the Festival. Winner of the Coral Cup in 2011, he also scored over fences at Cheltenham earlier this season and r...
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Cheltenham clerk of the course Simon Claisse will resist watering the track in preparation for the 2013 Festival until forecast rain has been given chance to materialise next week. Despite an extremely wet winter, Claisse has been considering whether to water the Cheltenham course following the rece...
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Jonjo O'Neill has nominated Challow Hurdle winner Taquin Du Seuil as his best chance of a Cheltenham Festival winner. The trainer enjoyed his best festival yet last season with three winners and two seconds, including a Gold Cup success with Synchronised, and he goes into this year's Festival with w...
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Entries for the remaining three races at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival have now been revealed – and Quevega is among 36 engaged in the OLBG David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle. Cheltenham queen Quevega will bid for an incredible five-timer on March 12 which would make her only the second horse ever to comp...
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The weights have been revealed for the handicaps at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival, in which a record number of entries have been received. The Cheltenham Festival includes 11 handicap races and, as usual, Ireland’s champion trainer Willie Mullins has adopted a scattergun approach to his entries. Mull...
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Trainer Martin Keighley hopes Cheltenham brings out the best in Champion Court when he goes for Ryanair Chase glory on March 14. The eight-year-old has won twice at his local track and run well at the last two Cheltenham Festivals, most notably when runner-up to current Gold Cup contender Sir Des Ch...
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Orsippus, who has finished third on both his previous visits to the Cheltenham Festival, is “absolutely flying” at home in preparation for another tilt at the Coral Cup. The seven-year-old, trained in Northumberland by Michael Smith, was placed in both the 2010 Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle a...
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Trainer Gary Moore is preparing his progressive novice chaser Vino Griego for the Byrne Group Plate at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. It means another step into open company for the eight-year-old, who finally came good at the 18th attempt over fences in a novices’ handicap on Cheltenham Trials Day a...
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Trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies believes faster ground and hold-up tactics could result in victory for his exciting prospect The New One at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. The hugely promising five-year-old lost his unbeaten record over hurdles on Cheltenham Trials Day when caught close home by At Fisher...
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Paul Nicholls is oozing confidence about the chances of his Supreme Novices’ Hurdle contender Dodging Bullets at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. The ex-Irish five-year-old, bred by Frankie Dettori, was fourth in last year’s Triumph Hurdle when still a maiden over timber and then finished sixth at Aint...
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Nicky Henderson has described the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup as “wide open” and does not fear any particular rival to his star contenders Bobs Worth and Long Run. The Lambourn trainer won the Blue Riband event of the Cheltenham Festival two years ago with Long Run, who lost his crown when a close thir...
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Donald McCain is confident Peddlers Cross is back to his best as he bids to win at the Cheltenham Festival for the first time in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle on March 14. Having returned to hurdling at the start of the current campaign, various training problems kept the eight-year-old off the track u...
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Wishfull Thinking is set to be one of the few opponents Sprinter Sacre will face in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. Only a handful of rivals are likely to line up against Nicky Henderson’s emerging superstar in the Wednesday highlight, but trainer Philip Hobbs has co...
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Trainer Ferdy Murphy is no stranger to success in handicaps at the Cheltenham Festival – and he is preparing some old favourites to do battle there again this year. Two of the Yorkshire-based Irishman’s previous Festival heroes, Divers and Poker De Sivola, are set to return to Cheltenham along with ...
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Trainer Alan King hopes there will be no deluge of rain in the lead-up to the 2013 Cheltenham Festival for his Ladbrokes World Hurdle hope Smad Place. The six-year-old grey will take his chance in one of the most open Grade 1 contests of this year’s Cheltenham Festival having finished an excellent t...
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Trainer Jonjo O'Neill is in a race against time to get Albertas Run to the 2013 Cheltenham Festival for a bid to win a third Ryanair Chase. The 12-year-old, winner of the Ryanair Chase in 2010 and 2011 and runner-up last year, has not run this season even though targets had been earmarked for him. I...
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Cotton Mill looks set to contest one of the handicap hurdles at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival after his highly encouraging recent return to action. John Ferguson’s gelding was runner-up to My Tent Or Yours in the highly competitive Betfair Hurdle at Newbury on his first start since April. Next stop i...
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Conor Murphy, the Nicky Henderson stable lad who won £1million at last year’s Cheltenham Festival, is now training horses himself in America – and has just saddled his first winner. Formerly assistant head lad to Henderson, Cork-born Murphy hit the headlines when he placed an accumulator bet on five...
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Trainer Jeremy Scott will instruct jockey Nick Scholfield to be positive when he rides Melodic Rendezvous in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. A winner on four of his six career starts and runner-up in the other two, the seven-year-old is usually held up but Scott is keen for h...
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Connections of promising novice chaser Cantlow have a choice of four handicap entries at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. The eight-year-old, trained by Paul Webber, is running in the colours of J P McManus this season and has been withdrawn from the novice chases at the Festival. Instead, in keeping w...
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Alasi, who has contested the last three David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle renewals won by Quevega, will take on the queen of Cheltenham again on March 12. Paul Webber’s charge has finished fourth to Quevega at the Cheltenham Festival for the last two years and was eighth in 2010, finishing progressively...
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Trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies believes his Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle contender African Gold is the “perfect type” for the three-mile Cheltenham Festival test. African Gold has only been beaten once in six starts so far, on his hurdling debut at Carlisle in October when runner-up having mad...
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Owners of Pique Sous, a live contender for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival, are encouraged by the current dry spell which is boosting their hopes of glory. Pique Sous prefers the ground to be the faster the better and after a dry week and another forecast, the grey could ...
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Jockey Paddy Brennan fancies the chances of his mount Module in the Jewson Novices' Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on March 14. The six-year-old is unbeaten in three completed starts since joining trainer Tom George from France, winning a handicap hurdle at Cheltenham and two novice chases with hi...
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Nicky Henderson is thrilled with his Cheltenham Festival team as the countdown to the meeting continues. The trainer worked his high-profile team after racing at Kempton on Saturday and Betfred Gold Cup contenders Long Run and Bobs Worth were joined by the likes of Champion Hurdle contender Binocula...
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Mouse Morris would run First Lieutenant in the Cheltenham Gold Cup rather than the Ryanair Chase, for which he's currently one of the market leaders. First Lieutenant is owned by the Gigginstown Stud, who are likely to have the final say, but his trainer feels the eight-year-old would be better suit...
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Khyber Kim, who chased home Binocular in the 2010 Champion Hurdle, is on course for a return to the Cheltenham Festival after his promising Wincanton comeback run. The 11-year-old had been off the track for nearly two years before producing a terrific effort to finish second to leading Champion Hurd...
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Trainer Liz Doyle has described the work of her Champion Bumper hope Le Vent D'Antan as being “absolutely exceptional”. The four-year-old has only run once for the Irish handler but he could not have been more impressive when winning a bumper at Leopardstown, and is a general 12/1 shot for the Champ...
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Jockey Paddy Brennan is urging trainer Tom George to take on Sprinter Sacre in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham with his exciting French import Mail De Bievre. Brennan, who won the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Imperial Commander, was impressed with the speed the eight-year-old showed whe...
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Steps To Freedom is set to contest the Champion Hurdle at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival as long as the ground continues to dry out. Jessica Harrington's smart seven-year-old disappointed in last year's Supreme Novices' Hurdle, but returned to action recently after a five-month break with a win on the...
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Trainer Paul Nicholls is confident that his Silviniaco Conto will handle the hill when he lines up in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Doubts over the seven-year-old's ability to handle the track's undulations have been raised in some quarters, but these were roundly dismissed by the trainer at a press open...
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Simon Claisse, Cheltenham's Director of Racing, has revealed that he might have to water the track before the Festival gets under way on Tuesday March 12th. The current National Hunt season has seen a spate of abandonments due to the weather, with waterlogging the main culprit, and the ground at sev...
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Irish trainer Jim Culloty believes his RSA Chase candidate Lord Windermere is capable of springing a surprise at the Cheltenham Festival. The seven-year-old is on course for the big staying novices’ chase on March 13 after a fine effort when a close third to Boston Bob, one of the leading contenders...
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