National Hunt Racing
FIELD SIZE The highest number of runners in a post-war field size was 37 (1948) and the smallest six (2022). There is now a limit of 18 runners. MOST SUCCESSFUL OWNER J P McManus is the most successful owner with six wins – Bit Of A Skite (1983), Front Line (1995), Rith Dubh (2002), Butler’s […]
Here’s the list of Cheltenham Gold Cup winners with the horse, trainer, and price: 1924: Red Splash, Fred Withington, 5/1 1925: Ballinode, Frank Morgan (IRE), 3/1 1926: Koko, Alfred Bickley, 10/1 1927: Thrown In, Owen Anthony, 10/1 1928: Patron Saint, Stanley Harrison, 7/2 1929: Easter Hero, Jack Anthony, 7/4F 1930: Easter Hero, Jack Anthony, 8/11F […]
Cheltenham Festival: Clerk Forecasts Soft Ground Amidst Optimism for Prestigious Event Officials at Cheltenham anticipate the Festival to commence with ground conditions close to soft, as the start of the event draws near. Despite a wet winter across much of the country, a recent dry weekend has provided optimism for Jon Pullin, the clerk of […]
Flat Racing
Dual G1 winner Angel Bleu is set to begin his campaign in the Listed Spreadex Sports Lady Wulfruna Stakes (2.40pm), the first of two Fast-Track Qualifiers at Wolverhampton on Saturday, March 11. Angel Bleu was one of Europe’s leading two-year-olds in 2021, taking the G2 Vintage Stakes at Goodwood before a memorable G1 double in […]
A forgotten racehorse trainer who was the first woman in the UK to be issued with a training licence in 1886 is to have a race at The QIPCO Guineas Festival renamed in her honour, The Jockey Club announces today – International Women’s Day. Ellen Chaloner has laid in an unmarked grave in Newmarket […]
Earl Of Tyrone produced a striking performance under a 3lb penalty to take the Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Conditions Stakes at Kempton Park this evening. The two-mile contest was a Fast-Track Qualifier and the five-year-old is now guaranteed a start in the £150,000 All-Weather Marathon Championships on Good Friday. On his first appearance since […]
