National Hunt Racing
At The Cheltenham Festival, the pursuit of excellence in training has been an ongoing legacy, with trainers vying for the coveted Leading Trainer Awards. Over the past two decades, a select group of trainers have dominated the scene, each leaving an indelible mark on the sport. Let’s take a closer look at the top 20 […]
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 […]
Flat Racing
Dermot Weld, so often the trainer to follow at Galway Races, won the Colm Quinn BMW Mile Handicap with Coeur D’Or at odds of 14/1. Ridden by Chris Hayes, the son of Dubawi held off the late fast finishing No More Porter (18/1, jockey Jamie Powell), with Robbie Colgan on Dunum a further three-quarters of […]
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 […]
