For horse racing enthusiasts by horse racing enthusiasts
We look at the entries for two Grade 1 contests at the Cheltenham Festival – the Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle (2m4f, Tuesday 16 March) and the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle (3m, Thursday 18 March)...
Entries have been unveiled for the two-mile Grade 1 Unibet Champion Hurdle, the Cheltenham Festival’s day one highlight Reigning champion trainer Nicky Henderson is the most successful handler of all time in the Champion Hurdle...
Kyle Merrick on a Cheltenham Festival that had the wow factor Last week showed us why we wait a whole year. Anticipation with excitement that finally results in patience being rewarded. The twenty-eight races...
The Secret Racegoer heads to deepest south London for Ganley’s Irish Bar’s Festival craic Up and down the country there have been Cheltenham Festival preview nights. Many have built up a loyal following, not...
The Secret Racegoer plans his trip to the Cheltenham shopping village with the dubious help of the official Festival magazine The run-up to Cheltenham is a bit like the lead-up to Christmas. Whereas Advent...
The Secret Racegoer on doubling up at Plumpton and Cheltenham It was a week of contrast for the Secret Racegoer in his latest trips to the races. On Monday he went to a meeting...
Kyle Merrick on a successful two days at Cheltenham for team Henderson, and the horses which left an impression There are reasons why Cheltenham is headquarters of National Hunt racing. The views, the landscape,...
There was mixed reaction, to say the least, to the news that the Cheltenham Festival was to have a new race in 2021, a mares’ chase. And, significantly, it was going to replace one of...
