All posts tagged "Champion Hurdle"
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 7 days agoAces humbled – and it aint even started: Minor obstacles topple the big Festival stars
The Grand National is usually the race that grabs the headlines, but something pretty bizarre will have to occur at Aintree...
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Grand National
/ 7 days agoCurtain call for jumpers: Andy Newton points up betting clues from Sandown’s spring highlight
As well as the Grand National in the first weekend of April we have the Scottish version less than a fortnight...
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Grand National
/ 7 days agoJag power to open up: Ben Morgan’s Grand National tips for opening day at Aintree
Racing Ahead tipster Ben Morgan expects a storming opening day to set the tone of the 2025 Grand National Festival at...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 7 days agoTelly puts bins in bin: Rolf Johnson sees Festival skip to Eurovision – other things don’t change
Cheltenham runners invariably knock your eye out – as the Festival mutates from Olympics to Eurovision. Cheltenham’s all singing and dancing...
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Grand National
/ 7 days agoBurn-ing Question: Ben Morgan’s Grand National Festival 2025 Tips for Ladies Day
Ben Morgan fancies Willie Mullins ace to turn up heat or it’s looking Blue on Ladies day at the Grand National...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoNicky Henderson firmly set on taking Constitution Hill to Punchestown Festival after Cheltenham fall
Nicky Henderson remains keen to head to the Punchestown Festival with Constitution Hill after reporting his stable star to be none...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoCheltenham Festival: The New Lion stars in battling Turners success
The New Lion lived up to the hype with a battling victory in the Turners Novices’ Hurdle on the second day...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoCheltenham Festival: Nicky Henderson and Willie Mullins left to reflect in disbelief at Champion Hurdle drama
Just when you think you have seen it all, the 2025 Unibet Champion Hurdle threw the cruellest of spanners in the...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoBookmakers saved from ’50 million’ hammering at Cheltenham Festival from Constitution Hill fall
Bookmakers were spared an estimated payout of £50million on an opening day of the Cheltenham Festival that saw the previously-unbeaten Constitution...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoCheltenham Festival: Golden Ace takes full advantage of unbelievable Champion Hurdle as Constitution Hill and State Man fall
Golden Ace was a shock winner of an incredible Unibet Champion Hurdle, in which both Constitution Hill and State Man crashed...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoCheltenham Festival: Lossiemouth storms home in defence of Mares’ Hurdle title
Lossiemouth maintained her perfect Cheltenham record in successfully defending her Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle crown. The six-year-old claimed the two-and-a-half-mile Grade...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoCheltenham Festival: William Munny upholds memory of Michael O’Sullivan in fine Supreme run
Barry Connell was a proud man having watched William Munny run a huge race to be second in the Michael O’Sullivan...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoElectric performance sees Kopek Des Bordes crowned at Cheltenham Festival
Kopek Des Bordes did all that was asked of him to land the Michael O’Sullivan Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham. Sporting...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoCheltenham Festival: D-day for Brighterdaysahead in Champion Hurdle
Gordon Elliott is confident Brighterdaysahead has what it takes to serve it up to Constitution Hill in the Unibet Champion Hurdle...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 2 weeks agoNicky Henderson backing Constitution Hill to make Champion point at Cheltenham Festival
Nicky Henderson is pleased it is time for the talking to stop and the action to unfold as Constitution Hill looks...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 weeks agoExclusive: Former Jockey Daryl Jacob Predicts More Irish Dominance at Cheltenham Festival
Former jockey Daryl Jacob expects Ireland to once again dominate this year’s Cheltenham Festival. Irish handlers won 18 of the 27...
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Tips
/ 3 weeks agoBen’s Racing tips for Sandown – Ginge set for a Big day
Aviation set for take off The EBF final at Sandown is always a race I enjoy watching and then following as...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 weeks agoGordon Elliott hoping Cheltenham Festival luck will be on his side this year
Gordon Elliott is counting down the days until the Cheltenham Festival as he prepares to send another formidable squad from Cullentra...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 weeks agoTom Dascombe eyeing Cheltenham Festival first with Hot Fuss
Tom Dascombe has saddled big-race winners around the world, but on Tuesday he could break new ground and have a runner...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 weeks agoCheltenham Festival: ‘Spectacular’ Brighterdaysahead can do an Annie Power in Champion Hurdle, says Ruby Walsh
Ruby Walsh is backing Gordon Elliott’s “spectacular” mare Brighterdaysahead to give Constitution Hill a real run for his money in the...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 weeks agoGordon Elliott: Brighterdaysahead Champion Hurdle bid at Cheltenham Festival ‘good for racing’
Brighterdaysahead is firmly on course for the Unibet Champion Hurdle at next week’s Cheltenham Festival after delighting trainer Gordon Elliott in...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 weeks agoCheltenham Festival: Weather could be pointing Banbridge towards Gold Cup tilt
A tantalising Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup bid for King George hero Banbridge appears “more likely at this stage”, with Joseph O’Brien...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 weeks agoCheltenham Festival: Constitution Hill heads eight-strong Champion Hurdle confirmation list
Constitution Hill will face a maximum of seven rivals when he bids to regain his crown in the Unibet Champion Hurdle...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 3 weeks ago‘He Was Flying!’ – Constitution Hill Back to His Best as Nicky Henderson Targets Cheltenham Festival Glory
Nicky Henderson‘s Champion Hurdle star Constitution Hill erased any doubts surrounding his fitness with a sparkling gallop at Kempton Park last...
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News
/ 4 weeks agoKelso & Newbury Racing Tips – King chases Scottish Fortune
By Ben Morgan Richards should Nab some Kelso prize money I think it’s fair to say NAB WOOD has more to offer...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 1 month agoA Nicky Henderson Lucky 15 for Cheltenham Festival 2025
Sean Trivass was lucky enough to be at Nicky Henderson's open day in Lambourn ahead of the Cheltenham Festival and has...
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Robert Cooper
/ 1 month agoMarcus Aurelius was on the money: Robert Cooper digs deep for a hot Cheltenham Festival tip from a Roman emporer
What, if anything, can we learn from history? With Cheltenham almost in full beam view, we are annually bombarded with statistics,...
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Racing Ahead
/ 1 month agoCheltenham Festival Hopefuls: Kopek Des Bordes speed off the clock
John Anthony keeps up with the pace of Festival hopefuls Supreme Novices' Hurdle KOPEK DES BORDES is a hot favourite but...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 1 month agoAll in Order: Willie Mullins eyeing more Cheltenham Festival Success
John Anthony reports as the Closutton Cotswolds raiding party limbers up Willie Mullins and Guy Lavender Willie Mullins, the most successful...
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Cheltenham Festival
/ 1 month agoBen Morgan’s Cheltenham Festival Tips: Workahead to go strong in the Supreme Novices Hurdle
Ben Morgan offers his thoughts on a sparkling first day Festival racecard Workahead Supreme Novices Hurdle Eleven out of the last...
