Cheltenham Festival

Cheltenham Day Two live - Il Etait Temps takes Champion Chase victory

All the action as it happens with seven races set for day two at the festival

Willie Mullins hits top gear with Il Etait Temps the highlight of Grade One hat-trick at Cheltenham

Top flat rider Colin Keane makes immediate Cheltenham impression with Bumper victory on The Mourne Rambler

Declan Queally: ‘Irish racing likes when smaller stables are able to compete against bigger ones’

Waterford trainer is relishing underdog status as I’ll Sort That lines up in the Turners Novice Hurdle

Cheltenham day two tips: Willie Mullins’s best hope in the opener and picks for each race

Irish trainer has six shots at notching an eighth victory in the race

JP McManus aims to land elusive Champion Chase crown with Majborough

Willie Mullins also saddles Il Etait Temps for Wednesday’s two-mile crown

Cheltenham attendance up on opening day but well short of new capacity limit

There was one equine fatality on Tuesday as Arkle Trophy outsider Hansard was pulled up

Cheltenham Day One as it happened - Lossiemouth dominates in Champion Hurdle

Look back on all the action from the opening day of the festival

JP McManus celebrates birthday with 208-1 Cheltenham handicap double

Nicky Henderson completes opening day double through Old Park Star and Holloway Queen

Lossiemouth makes the most of her shot at Champion Hurdle glory on opening day at Cheltenham

Willie Mullins enjoys double as Kargese upsets the odds against Arkle big guns

In pictures: Day one of the Cheltenham Festival

More than 57,000 racegoers were in attendance for the event’s opening day

The New Lion can capitalise on Constitution Hill’s walk-on part at Cheltenham

Lossiemouth sports first-time cheekpieces as she finally gets shot at Champion Hurdle

Willie Mullins factor crucial to Irish hopes in opening festival highlights

Glen To Glen leads Joseph O’Brien hopes of a ‘Fred Winter’ hat-trick

Staunch Nicky Henderson once again at the fore of British Cheltenham hopes

Veteran Englishman first scored at Cheltenham in 1985 with Champion Hurdle winner See You Then

Patrice Evra gives the Michael Carrick critics a piece of his mind

Also, it’s all getting a bit Spursy on Tottenham’s sinking boat; marriage counselling for football and VAR

Denis Walsh: Is there still room for dreamers in the Cheltenham winners’ enclosure?

In a festival where the premier league of ownership dominates, fairytale endings can be few and far between

Lossiemouth is new favourite for Champion Hurdle

Gold Cup’s reputation as chasing’s ‘Blue Riband’ takes a knock from Fact To File’s defection to Ryanair

Professional gambler Johnny Dineen: ‘It’s all I’ve ever done and it’s all I’m ever going to do’

The popular racing pundit and ex-bookmaker makes his living gambling on horse racing but accepts it’s not a life for everyone

AP McCoy tips Fact To File to line up in Ryanair at Cheltenham instead of Gold Cup

Noel Meade targets Imperial Cup glory with Messerschmitt in Sandown feature

Cheltenham Festival celebrity forecasts: Willie Mullins wins to be in the single digits?

Predictions vary for the number of Irish winners at festival

JP McManus: Racing’s most famous gambler has a stronger grip than ever before on the sport

Extent of dominant owner’s racing empire prompts ‘succession stakes’ speculation

Malachy Clerkin: Seven Cheltenham storylines that have nothing to do with betting

From Harry Redknapp to Jimmy Mangan, the festival tells its stories like no other sporting week in the calendar

Galopin Des Champs ruled out of Cheltenham Gold Cup

Willie Mullins-trained star was fancied to join Kauto Star as a three-time Gold Cup winner

Ominous for Cheltenham if festival does not follow attendance trends

Rachael Blackmore promoting festival’s ‘Ladies Day’ in bid to boost spectator appeal

Defending champion Marine Nationale ruled out of Champion Chase at Cheltenham Festival

Owner and trainer Barry Connell confirms that nine-year-old will miss out after suffering a setback

Cheltenham Festival: Mullins keeps punters guessing on races for star performers

Wednesday marks latest acceptance stage for day-one festival card featuring Champion Hurdle

Supreme remains ‘most likely’ Cheltenham option for Talk The Talk

Joseph O’Brien waiting to make late decision on Banbridge festival target

Colin Keane takes on Rebel’s Romance in Dubai aboard his father’s Crystal Black

Six-time champion flat jockey set to team up with The Mourne Rambler in Cheltenham’s Champion Bumper

Willie Mullins 5/1 to saddle record number of winners at Cheltenham

Gordon Elliott tries to extend lead in trainers championship with Found A Fifty in Navan feature

If it is too dangerous for Constitution Hill to race at Cheltenham, what does it say about jump racing?

At one point Constitution Hill looked like maybe the greatest hurdler ever. Now we’ll never know about that

Constitution Hill will not run in Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, trainer says

Former champion had fallen in three of his last four outings over hurdles

Relentless run of rain leaves Cheltenham surface soft ahead of festival

Cross Country hero Stumptown 5lbs higher in the weights for potential festival repeat

JP McManus just 4/1 to enjoy record Cheltenham Festival haul

Harry Redknapp says his Gold Cup contender The Jukebox Man not for sale at any price

Emmet Mullins pitches two hopes in to valuable Kempton highlight

British champion jockey Sean Bowen reaches 200 winners for the season and has McCoy record in his sights

Willie Mullins rules Triumph Hurdle favourite Narciso Has out of Cheltenham

Three Card Brag is Jack Kennedy’s pick for prime Grand National trial at Fairyhouse

Constitution Hill strikes out into the unknown at Southwell

Jump racing legend takes his flat racing bow at age of nine

Rachael Blackmore and Diane Crump before her merely exceptions in a man’s world

Attitudes to female jockeys have improved, but scarcity of opportunity highlights continued obstacles

‘I know that you expect me to ask you to stop riding’: Jockey Alan O’Sullivan, a year after the death of his brother

The young jockey reflects on a poignant ride, his relationship with racing and the continued inspiration of his brother

Willie Mullins looks to time his Cheltenham festival challenge to perfection

Champion trainer likely to leave vital decisions on Fact To File, Gaelic Warrior and Lossiemouth until late

Impaire Et Passe could return to action in Gowran’s Red Mills Chase

Dan Skelton points Deafening Silence at Haydock National Trial in advance of potential Aintree bid

Easy for Dinoblue as she defends Opera Hat crown at Naas

Gordon Elliott’s Highland Crystal remains unbeaten and could head to Cheltenham for Fred Winter

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