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[ad_1] The Cheltenham Festival curtain raiser and one of the most anticipated races of the season, the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, is now close to being within touching distance. In a departure from recent years, the opening contest is missing a would-be ‘good thing’ to launch punters into an early dilemma. The likes of Champagne Fever, Vautour and Douvan were hot favourites that won for…

Colin Tizzard has no qualms about missing this weekend’s rescheduled Denman Chase at Ascot with Native River. The Dorset handler has confirmed his intention is to go straight to Cheltenham next month, where Native River is a 5/1 chance with Betfred to successfully defend his Gold Cup crown. Native River is a perfect four-from-four over fences at Newbury and was declared for the Denman…

Racing Post video producer Sam Hanson's Cheltenham Banker is Paisley Park in the Stayers' Hurdle. — Subscribe on YouTube: Website: Twitter: & Facebook: Apple Podcasts: SoundCloud: source

[ad_1] The duo will be part of JP McManus’ team next month, with the legendary Irish owner also set to run the likes of Buveur D’Air, Le Richebourg, Champ and Sir Erec. Haslam’s pair have impressed at Prestbury Park in the past with Bouvreuil placing at three Festivals when he was trained by Paul Nicholls. He is set to run in either the Brown…

With the Cheltenham Festival just around the corner, we’re casting our eye over six of the favourites at this year’s meeting. All six of our picks head the market in their respective races. But we think only three will go on to justify their status come to the start of the Festival on Tuesday 12th March  2019. Do you agree with our choices? Read…

Willie Mullins is confident that Bellshill can put his previous Cheltenham form behind him when he goes for the Gold Cup at this year’s Festival. Willie Mullins could run as many as four horses in his attempt to finally win the Cheltenham Gold Cup next month, with Bellshill set to lead the charge. The Closutton maestro is already the all-time leading trainer at the…

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[ad_1] Irad, Tyler, Jose and company chasing winners in the sun  There is a competitive card at Gulfstream Park on Friday. The weather forecast for The Florida venue is for sunshine, so the scheduled turf contests should stay on the grass. Jorge Navarro (race 7) leads perennial leader Todd Pletcher (races 1,2 and 10) in the trainer standings. Irad Ortiz is leading rider in…

Nick Murphy | 20 February 2019 The Cheltenham Festival is one of the biggest horse racing events in the world. It is considered as one of the UK’s premier sporting events alongside the FA Cup Final, Wimbledon, the Ashes and the Grand National. Run over four days in Gloucestershire, the famous meeting attracts the cream of the jump racing crop from the UK, Europe…

Gordon Elliott has begun the process of selecting targets for his leading novice hurdlers ahead of the Cheltenham Festival in a little over two weeks. Leading trainer at the meeting last year, Elliott will once more have a strong team travelling from Ireland for the Cotswolds showpiece. While he admits that some of his novice hurdlers could perhaps have used a bit more experience,…

Worcestershire trainer Henry Oliver has fired in five winners from fifteen runners in the past 28 days and he sends out five interesting runners on Friday, including two horses at Exeter well worth keeping an eye on… The first is a sound stayer called CHASE END CHARLIE, who runs in the GG.CO.UK sponsored handicap hurdle over 2m7f at 1.30pm. This horse took some time…

Last year's Festival leading trainer Gordon Elliott has amassed a monstrous squad of horses for his assault on Cheltenham in 2019. Tony O'Hehir spoke to him at a media day exactly three weeks until the Festival gets underway, to get the latest on his plans. — Subscribe on YouTube: Website: Twitter: & Facebook: Apple Podcasts: SoundCloud: source

Maddy Playle, Paul Kealy & James Hill are joined by Paddy Power's Darren Hughes for ante-post tips on the Albert Bartlett and Champion Bumper in the 2019 Cheltenham Festival. On the show: – The Albert Bartlett and Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival often throw up winners at big prices – Racing Post star tipster Paul Kealy is with us for horse-by-horse analysis on…

Trainer Henry de Bromhead says he is yet to decide whether Monalee (5/1 – Ryanair Chase Outright) will compete for the Cheltenham Gold Cup or Ryanair Chase at Prestbury Park next month. Monalee’s first outing of 2019 ended in victory at Gowran Park on Saturday in the Red Mills Chase and connections are now mulling over which prestigious Cheltenham race he will be going…

Trainer Joseph O’Brien has confirmed a final decision on which race Fakir D’Oudairies (8/1 to win Triumph Hurdle) runs in at next month’s Cheltenham Festival will be made at the “last minute”. The four-year-old followed up his successful Irish debut in Cork in early January by comprehensively beating his rivals in the Triumph Hurdle trial at Cheltenham later in the month. That performance at…