There was plenty of drama on day two of the Cheltenham Festival and it remains to be seen what will be thrown up on day three with plenty of action to look forward to. ..
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Day Three of the Cheltenham Festival features one of the biggest Irish bankers of the week but he doesn’t seem to be attracting the headlines that you would expect...
The Ryanair is a race frowned upon by many as they feel that it takes away some important runners from the Champion Chase and the Gold Cup...
Some people will follow the money, others will go with their own personal favourites and there’ll be some who just like the name...
Punters had a mixed day yesterday but the defeat of Getabird would have hurt and Apple’s Jade’s reversal was worse for many but hopefully there might be a big priced Willie Mullins winner in the mix on day two...
Buveur d'Air has a bit to go to prove himself as one of the greats of hurdling history but he’s getting much closer than most by landing a second Champion Hurdle under Barry Geraghty on Tuesday. ..
There was good news for all racing fans on Tuesday when it was revealed that Altior would be OK to take his place in the Champion Chase and what a mouth-watering race we have now to look forward to. ..
Barring we hear that Douvan isn’t running before 10am on Monday morning, we’ll all look forward to seeing Douvan’s name alongside Altior in the list of runners for the Champion Chase on Wednesday when they are declared 48-hours in advance. ..
We really can’t downplay how interesting the heavy ground will be this week but as BoyleSports ambassador Robbie Power said on Monday, “It is what it is and there’s damn all we can do about it”, so hopefully we can start the week as we mean to go on...
Brace yourself. We’ve got some unusually heavy ground at Cheltenham this week and surprises will be aplenty. ..