Henry De Bromhead’s Honeysuckle cut to odds of 11/4 for Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival after defending Irish Champion Hurdle crown Honeysuckle was cut to 11/4 second favourite for the Champion Hurdle in March She defended Irish Champion Hurdle crown at Leopardstown with a clinical win Honeysuckle produced performance to extend her unbeaten record to … Read more
Owners set to be BARRED from the Cheltenham Festival next month due to Covid restrictions Cheltenham has one of the lowest Covid-19 infection rates in the country However, national restrictions likely to remain in place when lockdown lifted Irish trainer Willie Mullins still hoping to send around 60 runners to Festival By Matt Hughes For … Read more
Jockey Club drops ‘fox’ from the name of the Cheltenham Foxhunter Chase in bid to improve its image Race was renamed St. James’s Place Festival Hunters’ Chase to improve image Race owners, the Jockey Club, said move was to protect ‘heritage’ of the race It is due to be held on the fourth day of … Read more
Leading Irish trainer Charles Byrnes banned for six months after one of his horses was ‘nobbled’ with a sedative at Tramore racecourse Viking Hoard was found to have tested positive for a sedative following the race A lay bet risking €34,889 to win €3,200 was placed on Viking Hoard in 2018 Viking Hoard was pulled up after … Read more
Trainer Dan Skelton reaps reward of focus on quality after securing five winners at Kempton’s prestigious Christmas meeting Nube Negra inflicted an emphatic defeat on Altior in the Desert Orchid Chase Shan Blue extended his unbeaten sequence over fences with a decisive victory Skelton now a place behind Nicholls in the Jump Trainers’ championship race … Read more
Cheltenham suffers fresh setback after drinks company Magners reveal they will end their sponsorship of the Gold Cup next year By Marcus Townend for the Daily Mail Published: 22:40 GMT, 30 November 2020 | Updated: 22:40 GMT, 30 November 2020 Cheltenham has suffered a further sponsorship setback after drinks company Magners informed the Jockey Club-owned track they … Read more
Paul Nicholls’ stable star Topofthegame still on target to return to action next month in the Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury Topofthegame remains on target to return to action in the Ladbrokes Trophy The 2019 RSA Chase winner missed last term after sustaining a leg injury De Rasher Counter seeking to be first back-to-back winner of … Read more
Double Grand National Winner Tiger Roll could make seasonal debut at Champions Chase on October 31, reveals trainer Gordon Elliott Tiger Roll could make his seasonal debut at Champions Chase on October 31 Trainer Gordon Elliott revealed dual Grand National could race at Down Royal Return could see him race with stablemates Delta Work and … Read more
Paul Nicholls sets his sights on Stayers’ Hurdle for McFabulous after impressive victory at Chepstow McFabulous eased to a three-length win in the Persian War Novices’ Hurdle A tilt at the Stayers’ Hurdle in March is now on Nicholls’ radar for the six-year-old His next race is likely to be the Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury … Read more
Paul Nicholls and Ruby Walsh back shake-up at Cheltenham Festival to make way for a new mares’ chase on the Gold Cup card Novices’ handicap chase run will be replaced by the 2m 4f Mares’ Chase The new Grade Two race will be staged on the Gold Cup card on day four The track had … Read more
Thousands of punters have headed out to the first day of St Leger Festival for the pilot horse racing event, as the mayor of Doncaster warned visiting spectators posed a ‘major risk’. Around 3,500 people are expected to attend the start of the festival at Doncaster Racecourse today, which has been earmarked as a test … Read more
There is growing fury over the decision to hand control of the NHS‘ Track and Trace programme to a Tory MP’s wife also on the executive horseracing committee that allowed 260,000 people to attend the Cheltenham Festival days before lockdown began. Dido Harding sits on the board of the Jockey Club, the organisers of the world-famous horse … Read more
A consultant working in intensive care has described the decision to let two Stereophonics gigs go ahead at the start of the coronavirus outbreak as ‘downright insane’. David Hepburn, who made the comment on Twitter, works at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport – which has seen one of the highest coronavirus infection rates in … Read more