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Cork All Star in Bid for Harrington First Bumper
Win 13/03/07
Trainer
Jessica Harrington is no stranger to Festival success but she bids to
break new ground tomorrow with likely favourite Cork All Star in the
Weatherbys Champion Bumper. [more]
McNamara Looking Forward To Newmill Ride 13/03/07
Jockey
Andrew McNamara believes Newmill has a real chance of winning tomorrow’s
feature Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase for the second season
running. [more]
Martin Brassil Pleased With Nickname 13/03/07
Grand National winning trainer Martin Brassil is looking forward
to saddling Nickname in the Seasons Holidays Queen
Mother Champion Chase on Wednesday. [more]
Tom Mullins Happy With Asian Maze 13/03/07
Tom
Mullins is hoping that he can emulate his father Paddy, who won the Smurfit
Kappa Champion Hurdle courtesy of the great mare Dawn Run in 1984, with
another member of the fairer sex in Asian Maze in today’s £360,000
renewal. [more]
Willie Mullins Double-Handed On First Day 13/03/07
Irish trainer Willie Mullins will be double-handed today courtesy
of Ebaziyan in the opening Anglo
Irish Bank Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (2pm) and Jayo in the concluding
Fred Winter Juvenile Novices’ Handicap Hurdle (5.20pm). [more]
Philip Fenton excited about first Festival runners 08/03/07
Ireland's four-times champion amateur rider Philip Fenton, now training
at Carrick-on-Suir in Co Tipperary, has nominated the mare Shirley Casper
in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper as his best chance of success at next
week's Cheltenham Festival. [more]
Spotlight on Irish-Bred Horses at Cheltenham 08/03/07
Victory for War Of Attrition last year meant that seven of the last nine
runnings of the Gold Cup have gone to an ex Irish point-to-pointer. [more]
Final Festival Entries Revealed 02/03/07
With
under two weeks to go until The Festival gets underway, the final pieces
in the jigsaw are revealed today with the publication of the entries
for the three remaining contests - the Weatherbys Champion Bumper, the
National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup and the Christie’s Foxhunter
Chase. [more]
Weighting is Over for 10 Festival Handicaps 27/02/07
There is now under a fortnight to go until The Festival 2007 gets
underway at Cheltenham and interest in the 10 ultra-competitive handicaps
steps up a gear with the publication of the weights. [more]
Ruby Walsh Favourite to Ride Brave Inca 20/02/07
With just 3 weeks to go to Cheltenham, Paddy Power have made Ruby
Walsh 1/3 favourite to ride Brave Inca in defence of his Smurfit Kappa
Champion Hurdle crown on day one of the Festival. [more]
10 Ultra Competitive Handicaps In Prospect 19/02/07
Massive entries are revealed today for the 10 handicaps that form
an integral part of The Festival at Cheltenham. [more]
Egerton Keen To Keep Appointment For The Festival 12/02/07
Nine
years after celebrating his first Festival success with Shadow Leader
in the 1997 Anglo Irish Bank Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Charles
Egerton was back in the famous winner’s enclosure in 2006 with
Shamayoun. [more]
Nicky Henderson Closing In On Pipe Total 12/02/07
Following the retirement of Martin Pipe at the end of the 2005/06 season,
Nicky Henderson is now the leading current trainer at The Festival, having
sent out 31 winners since 1985. [more]
Brennan Hoping For Memorable Festival With Best-ever Book Of
Rides 05/02/07
Paddy Brennan is a jockey
going places. The 25-year-old from Ardrahan, Galway, has not looked back
since landing the conditional jockeys’ title
in 2004/05. [more]
Amaretto Rose's Up Supreme Betting After De Valira Flop
05/02/07
Amaretto Rose now heads William Hills betting for the Anglo Irish
Bank Supreme Novices’ Hurdle. [more]
Nick Should Be The Name On All Punters Champion Chase Portfolio
05/02/07
Nickname once again enhanced his Cheltenham credentials with another
impressive display at Punchestown. [more]
Fantastic Entries for Festival Novice Hurdles
28/01/07
The Festival's four novice hurdles each have huge three-figure entries,
which are revealed today, with a string of lightly-raced and exciting
performers set to line up in the contests. [more]
Star Novice Chasers Bid to Continue in Distinguished Footsteps 23/01/07
The Irish Independent Arkle Chase and Royal & SunAlliance Chase
- have an outstanding record at producing future stars and this year’s
contests, for which entries are revealed today, look again to be brimming
with talent. [more]
Bonusprint.com To Sponsor Haydock's Champion Hurdle Trial 10/01/07
Haydock Park racecourse is delighted to announce that Bonusprint.com
will be the new sponsors of the track's Champion Hurdle Trial, run on
Saturday, January 20. [more]
Seasons Holidays
Unveiled As Queen Mother Champion Chase Sponsor 09/01/07
Cheltenham Racecourse announces today that Seasons Holidays
Plc is the first-ever sponsor of the Queen Mother Champion Chase,
which takes place on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, day two of The Festival.
[more]
Ballymore Properties Unveiled As New Festival Sponsor
21/11/06
Cheltenham Racecourse is pleased
to unveil Ballymore Properties as the new sponsor of the prestigious
Grade One hurdle, formerly known as the Royal & SunAlliance Novices'
Hurdle, which will be run on Wednesday, March 14, as the Ballymore Properties
Novices' Hurdle. [more]
Cheltenham Announces Festival
Prize Money Up By £315,00
13/09/06
Prize money at the 2007 Festival will increase by £315,000 to £3,185,000
(nearly 11%) as enhanced profits are reinvested in The Festival's four-day format.
[more]
Martin Pipe Launches Record Season At Cheltenham
29/08/06
Cheltenham will be offering a record £5 million in prize money,
including £3 million at The Festival, during the new 2006/07 season.
This represents an increase of 10% on last season's total. Full details
of the race programme will be announced at a later date. [more]
HRA Publishes Report Into Cheltenham Festival Equine Deaths
25/07/06
The Horseracing Regulatory Authority has published its report into the
equine fatalities at the 2006 Cheltenham Festival.
The report, produced by the HRA's Racecourse Department, details all the possible factors, including the individual horses, the going, obstacles, the weather, the race conditions and the riders and whilst it is unable to reach a definitive explanation for the abnormally high fatality rate, concludes with seven key areas of review or action. [more]
Royal & Sunalliance Extends Festival Sponsorship
10/07/06
Royal & SunAlliance, jump racing's longest-standing sponsor
with 36 years of involvement in the sport, is extending its backing of
the Royal & SunAlliance Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March for
a further three years. [more]
