Britain’s Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has defended his decision to allow the four-day Cheltenham Festival days before racing was shut down because of the coronavirus crisis. Around 250,000 people attended last month’s famous jumps meeting with additional hygiene measures in place. Appearing on Good Morning Britain, Dowden was accused by… Read More »
British Horseracing Authority chief executive Nick Rust has reiterated racing will be ready to resume as soon as it is safe and has defended the Cheltenham Festival. Racing has been shut down in Britain since March 17, a few days after the four-day Cheltenham Festival attended by 250,000 people. “As… Read More »
The Cheltenham Festival continues on Friday night with a stack of quality racing, including the time honoured Cheltenham Gold Cup (5300m). Race One: 5 Goshen Race Two: 15 Thatsy Race Three: 10 Latest Exhibition Race Four: 12 Santini Race Five: 15 Minella Rocco Race Six: 16 Lisp Race Seven: 12… Read More »
The Rebecca Curtis-trained Lisnagar Oscar has claimed an upset win in the Stayer’s Hurdle at Cheltenham. The seven-year-old won the feature on the third day of the famous four-day jumps festival which has attracted large, although slightly smaller than usual, crowds despite other sports being closed to spectators over coronavirus… Read More »
The Cheltenham Festival continues on Thursday night with a stack of quality racing, including the Stayers Hurdle (4800m). Race One: 12 Annie Mc Race Two: 13 Welsh Saint Race Three: 1 A Plus Tard Race Four: 8 Paisley Park Race Five: 6 Simply The Betts Race Six: 4 Minella Melody… Read More »
The Cheltenham Festival continues on Wednesday night with a stack of quality racing, including the Queen Mother Champion Chase (3200m). Race One: 3 Envoi Allen Race Two: 5 Champ Race Three: 12 Stratum Race Four: 5 Dynamite Dollars Race Five: 13 Tiger Roll Race Six: 5 Blacko Race Seven: 2… Read More »
A crowd of more than 60,000 has attended the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, around 7000 less than a year ago. Extra wash basins and hand sanitiser stations are in place to help combat the coronavirus outbreak. Despite the fall in numbers on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) aggregate crowds across… Read More »
Star jumper Altior has failed to recover from injury in time for the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham. Trainer Nicky Henderson announced on Sunday morning the brilliant two-miler was lame, after a dormant splint that had never caused a problem to the 10-year-old previously “reared its ugly head”. The… Read More »
Trainer Nicky Henderson says Altior remains in the running to defend his crown in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham despite an injury scare. Henderson announced on Sunday the brilliant two-miler was lame after a dormant splint that had caused no problem to the 10-year-old previously “reared its ugly… Read More »
Champion British jumps jockey Richard Johnson has shown he will not give up the title without a fight, riding two winners from two rides on his return from injury. Johnson broke his arm in a fall on January 21 and was back in action at Musselburgh on Thursday (Friday AEDT)…. Read More »
Despite the Melbourne and Sydney autumn carnivals being in full swing, trainer Ciaron Maher is not going to miss the opportunity to watch his first runner at the Cheltenham Festival in England. Maher, a dual purpose-trainer who is in partnership with David Eustace, has Big Blue nominated for four races… Read More »
