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Onwards and Upwards
Good progress is being made on the completion of our write ups on the Cheltenham Festival races. You can see the festival races covered so far here. There’s still a fair way to go, but it’ll be good to get the rest of the races completed then on to more current Cheltenham Festival based updates…
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Cheltenham News
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be adding to our Cheltenham Races coverages, by highlighting more of the races that take place durring the Cheltenham Festival. We’ll also cover the 2016 results and start moving towards discussing the 2017 Festival!
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The Hallgarten and Novum Wines Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
The Hallgarten and Novum Wines Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (formerly known as the Fred Winter Juvenile Novices’ Handicap Hurdle) is named in memory of the late Frederick Thomas ‘Fred’ Winter, a hugely successful jockey and trainer who dominated National Hunt racing for 30 years between 1950 and 1980. The race is run over 2 miles and…
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Cheltenham Update
Hey all, we’ve been away for a while working on our other racing sites, but over the coming weeks I’m going to be writing a short write up of all of the races at the Cheltenham festival and from there we’re expand into highlights of Cheltenham over the years as well as articles looking to…
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Cheltenham Gold Cup Preview
The Cheltenham Gold Cup, generally considered to be the ‘Blue Riband’ event of the National Hunt season, takes place on Friday, March 13, 2015. Twelve weeks or so may seem like a long time in horse racing but, notwithstanding the result of the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day, the Cheltenham Gold…
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Once, Twice, Three Times a Champion
The Champion Hurdle is, of course, a mainstay of the Cheltenham Festival where, alongside the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the World Hurdle and the Cheltenham Gold Cup, it is one of the ‘championship’ races. The first recognisable Cheltenham Festival took place in 1911, but the Champion Hurdle was not inaugurated until 1927. Just five horses…
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The Cheltenham Festival
Anyone with even a passing interest in National Hunt racing has probably heard of the Cheltenham Festival, the four-day celebration of the sport, which takes place in March each year. Nowadays, the Cheltenham Festival features four major championship races, the Champion Hurdle, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the World Hurdle and the Cheltenham Gold Cup,…