Cheltenham Festival

Cheltenham 2025: Marine Nationale and Jazzy Matty produce evocative double on day two

Barry Connell pays tribute to the late Michael O’Sullivan after hugely emotional Champion Chase victory

Cheltenham 2025 day two: Marine Nationale wins the Champion Chase – As it happened

Cheltenham 2025 day two: Follow all the updates from day two of the racing festival which has seen an emotional win for the former mount of the late Michael O’Sullivan

Cheltenham 2025 preview: Home By The Lee to try and light up Day Three ‘problem child’ programme

English star Protektorat aiming to become third back-to-back Ryanair Chase winner

Limerick programme switched to clash with Cheltenham Festival after request from trainers

Henry De Bromhead’s Tareze goes in Limerick Grade Three rather than travel to Cheltenham

Cheltenham: ‘Finished article’ Jonbon favourite to deliver Champion Chase glory for owner JP McManus

Energumene bidding to emulate Badsworth Boy as triple winner of two-mile renewal

‘I’d pick the Champion Chase over the Gold Cup any day of the week’ - Barry Connell

Owner-trainer aiming for championship glory with Marine Nationale, the ‘magical creature’ he shared with Michael O’Sullivan

Stark demonstration of Irish power as no home runner in historic trial for future Gold Cup contenders

Willie Mullins has handful of Champion Bumper contenders as he chases 14th victory in festival finale

Kopek Des Bordes indicates bright future with Supreme success at Cheltenham

Inevitable ‘what if’ scenarios about Champion Hurdle after Lossiemouth routs her opposition in the Mares

Cheltenham Day One: Constitution Hill and State Man both fall to hand Golden Ace the Champion Hurdle

Huge shock in the feature race of the day as Jeremy Scott’s 25/1 winner outlasts them all

Golden Ace wins chaotic Champion Hurdle after Constitution Hill and State Man both fall

State Man throws away victory with final flight fall after Constitution Hill’s exit at the fifth

Bluffer’s guide to Cheltenham: How to sound knowledgeable when you haven’t got a clue

Even if you’re not attending the storied Cotswolds racing festival this week, you can enjoy the excitement

Cheltenham Festival: Champion Hurdle to provide definitive answer as to which version of Constitution Hill is back

Brighterdaysahead and State Man lead Irish challenge to Nicky Henderson-trained star in day one festival highlight

Cheltenham Festival: Majborough aiming to set the tone with Arkle victory for Willie Mullins and JP McManus

Opening Supreme Novices Hurdle named in memory of the late jockey Michael O’Sullivan who won the race in 2023

Constitution Hill’s first jockey Ben Harvey hoping for better Champion Hurdle outcome than in sole outing on star

English-trained superstar ‘a freak’, according to Irish rider beaten on champion’s sole point-to-point start

‘I feel so sorry for any young people who are gambling’: Cheltenham week a tough time for recovering addicts

Chris Joyce (31) hit rock bottom in November 2018 because of his addiction to gambling

Denis Walsh: Suffocating stranglehold of rich owners has changed Cheltenham’s nature

The romance of the festival has been smothered and underdog stories have all but vanished

Cheltenham: Lossiemouth switched from Champion Hurdle to defend her Mares' Hurdle crown instead

Brigherdaysahead and State Man lead Irish challenge against Constitution Hill in Cheltenham Festival Day One feature

JP McManus: From fearless young punter to Cheltenham’s most successful racehorse owner

McManus has had 78 Cheltenham winners – far more than any other owner – but with his strongest-ever team set to compete next week, that number is likely to grow

Malachy Clerkin: Cheltenham’s thrill is gone as the best stories are replaced by the betting, the betting, the betting

Why would you care how many winners Willie Mullins or JP McManus add to their already huge total this week?

‘My betting policy these days is to slavishly follow Willie Mullins’ - Ivan Yates

We asked a range of well-known racing observers for their Cheltenham Festival tips, and several foresee English horses challenging Irish dominance particularly hard this year

Will Willie Mullins, with nothing left to prove, bow out after Cheltenham? Don’t bet on it

Champion trainer has transformed the face of National Hunt racing and begins Cheltenham next week on 103 festival victories

Willie Mullins just 9-4 to train more winners than whole British team at Cheltenham

Record-breaking trainer could have up to 80 runners over the four days topped by Gold Cup favourite Galopin Des Champs

Moving Cheltenham forward a week would ease programming pressure and cut down endless festival run-up

Mere 19-day gap between Cheltenham and Liverpool this year discourages the running of horses at both big festivals

Cian Collins eyes Jazzy Matty victory at Cheltenham Festival in memory of Michael O’Sullivan

The six-year-old is already a proven Festival campaigner having claimed success in the 2023 Fred Winter

Jack Kennedy returns to action as Brighterdaysahead confirmed for Champion Hurdle

Champion jockey had two rides for Gordon Elliott at Leopardstown on Monday

Jack Kennedy as low as 7-1 to be leading rider at Cheltenham as he returns from broken leg

Champion jockey set to return action at Leopardstown on Monday just a week ahead of biggest meeting of the year

Opening race of Cheltenham Festival to be named in memory of Michael O’Sullivan

Family says of renaming Supreme Novices’ Hurdle: ‘It means so much to us to see his talent recognised in this way’

Willie Mullins just 7-1 to beat his 2022 record of 10 winners at the Cheltenham festival

Mullins ‘dark horse’ Kopek De Mee favourite for three festival races after getting 136 rating from British handicapper

JP McManus team delaying decision on Fact To File’s Cheltenham target

Durkan winner is favourite for the Ryanair but only has Galopin Des Champs in front of him in Gold Cup betting

O’Leary team will make decision this week on Cheltenham target for Brighterdaysahead

‘The right race is the Mares’ Hurdle - but there’s only one Champion, admits Gigginstown Stud’s Eddie O’Leary

BHA officials plan more out-of-competition drug testing in Ireland on Cheltenham Festival entries

Grand National hero I Am Maximus back at Fairyhouse on Saturday to try and defend Bobbyjo crown

Jockey Michael O’Sullivan ‘packed more into 24 years’ than many would in two lifetimes, funeral Mass hears

Members of racing community gather in north Co Cork to pay tribute to rider fatally injured in fall

Jack Kennedy hoping to get green light to return to action in time for Cheltenham festival

Horse Racing Ireland schedules two-day fixture at Punchestown as sport continues to reel from loss of Michael O’Sullivan

Sir Gino ruled out for remainder of the season with infection

Nicky Henderson’s Arkle favourite sidelined for ‘lengthy treatment’

IHRB to fully defend case brought to High Court by trainer Harry Rogers over claims of false positive drugs test

Nicky Henderson left with Cheltenham festival quandary over potential warm up race for Sir Gino

Leopardstown crowd show their love as Galopin Des Champs completes Irish Gold Cup hat-trick

Willie Mullins’s star chaser stamped his authority on the race to win by four and three-quarter lengths

Willie Mullins is 10-1 to again land all eight Grade One races at Dublin Racing Festival

Trainer says Anzadam could skip Cheltenham and wait for Aintree after facile Naas victory

Constitution Hill survives scare at the last in another dominant display at Cheltenham

Nicky Henderson’s stable star paddled through the final obstacle during Festival Trials day

Aurora Vega continues on the right path at Fairyhouse

Beautifully-bred mare cut in ante-post market for Cheltenham but could wait for other targets

Constitution Hill has unbeaten career ‘Perfect 10′ in his sights at Cheltenham Trials Day

Mouse Morris sends Gentlemansgame to tackle L’Homme Presse in Cotswold Chase clash

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