Cheltenham Festival

Willie Mullins set to take wraps off some of his biggest stars at Punchestown

Top three in Cheltenham Gold Cup betting set to clash in vintage John Durkan Chase as winter weather sets in

Ticket costs for next year’s Cheltenham Festival frozen at 2024 prices after review

Conditions to five festival races changed with National Hunt Chase turned into handicap open to professional riders

Three-time Cheltenham Champion Hurdle winner Istabraq dies, aged 32

Owner JP McManus: ‘He was a very special horse who gave us many great days of fun and enjoyment’

Willie Mullins’s dominance underscores decline of British jumps racing

The dominant domestic handler is on the cusp of being crowned champion trainer on both sides of the Irish Sea

The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman Award for March: Rachael Blackmore

Having won the Gold Cup on A Plus Tard and two Champion Hurdles on Honeysuckle, Blackmore secured the third jewel in the festival’s crown on 17-2 shot Captain Guinness

JP McManus opts for Paul Townend to ride I Am Maximus in Grand National

Champion jockey aiming to pull off jump racing’s unofficial ‘Triple Crown’ in single season

Two-time Champion Hurdle-winner Honeysuckle gives birth to first foal

Henry de Bromhead-trained horse won at Cheltenham in both 2021 and 2022

Gordon Elliott ‘very disappointed’ in comments from Grand National-winning trainer

Dr Richard Newland proposed blanket ban on Irish-trained runners in Britain on the back of Cheltenham festival dominance

Cheltenham’s old appeal increasingly redundant thanks to Ireland’s top-dog status

Too much of last week’s Cheltenham Festival action was too humdrum for the festival’s long-term good

Cheltenham: Irish re-establish dominance on final day as Willie Mullins adds Gold Cup to his haul

Retired football managers turned horse owners Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp run out of luck after extraordinary winning streak on Thursday

Cheltenham 2024 day four as it happened: Galopin Des Champs wins Gold Cup for Mullins

It’s Gold Cup day as Ireland looks to hit back following a successful Thursday for British trainers

Willie Mullins takes first step towards next Cheltenham century as Majborough lands Triumph Hurdle

Irish dominance restored on final day of the festival with the Prestbury Cup score falling 18-9 in favour of the visitors

Galopin Des Champs overcomes adversity to win second Cheltenham Gold Cup

Jockey Paul Townend equals Pat Taaffe’s record with a fourth Blue Riband success as Willie Mullins adds a fourth winner in six years

Willie Mullins gearing up for what could be another final day festival bonanza

Champion trainer Willie Mullins saddles seven runners as he pursues fourth Triumph Hurdle success in five years

Galopin Des Champs set to join legends by successfully defending Cheltenham Gold Cup

Repeat of his superb Christmas display at Leopardstown likely to make Willie Mullins star Galopin Des Champs hard to beat in Gold Cup

Cheltenham: Empire strikes back on Ireland’s least successful day

Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp among the winners on day three of festival

Cheltenham day three crowd down 7,000 on last year

Just under 54,000 came through the gates on a day when the home team struck back at Prestbury Park

Charlie Deutsch aiming to scale Cheltenham Gold Cup heights on L’Homme Presse

English jockey Charlie Deutsch will bid for the Gold Cup having rejuvenated his career after serving a 2½ month prison sentence in 2018

Rule Britannia at Cheltenham as home team rallies with handful of winners

Team Skelton leads the way with Grade One double through Grey Dawning and Protektorat

Teahupoo earns Gordon Elliott back-to-back Stayers’ Hurdles at Cheltenham

Seven-year-old was third in last year’s race behind stablemate Sire Du Berlais

A century very much not out for Willie Mullins

Trainer’s Cheltenham heroics becoming routine while Ireland team for Scotland showdown to be named this afternoon

Cheltenham Day 3: Teahupoo team hope it will be successful ‘Take Two’ in Stayers Hurdle

Home By The Lee could be Stayers player in first-time blinkers

Cheltenham preview: Brighterdaysahead aiming to best several quality rivals

Progressive Capodanno potential best option in Ryanair Chase puzzle

Cheltenham day two crowd continues alarming drop in festival attendances

Wednesday’s card was reduced to six races after the Cross-Country course failed inspection

It’s not such a long way to Cheltenham for Tipperary man Fergal O’Brien

Gloucestershire-based trainer has two day three festival hopes in Crambo and Dysart Enos

Cheltenham 2024: Willie Mullins makes it 100 winners, Rachael Blackmore wins the Champion Chase

Patrick Mullins wins the final race to bring his father to the landmark achievement of a century of festival winners

It’s 100 and counting as Willie Mullins continues stunning Cheltenham run

Trainer’s son Patrick in the saddle as Jasmin De Vaux earns him 13th victory in Wednesday’s Champion Bumper

Cheltenham: Captain Guinness and Rachael Blackmore secure Queen Mother Champion Chase

Henry de Bromhead’s 17-2 shot secures Wednesday’s big prize after Willie Mullins’s El Fabiolo pulled up

‘All dominant’ Willie Mullins closes on century of Cheltenham wins

Trainer needs three victories to hit milestone, while Gordon D’Arcy calls for statement performance against Scotland

‘Old School’ Mark Walsh flying under the radar ahead of Fact To File task

JP McManus’s No 1 jockey Mark Walsh to team up with Sa Majeste in Coral Cup

Ultimate ‘could be’ horses Ballyburn and Fact To File put huge reputations to the test

Ballad singer Paddy Reilly's Fleur Au Fusil may be value option from nine-strong Willie Mullins team as he chases 13th Bumper success

El Fabiolo’s jumping to be put to the test in Champion Chase clash

Willie Mullins’s El Fabiolo may be clumsy sometimes but his Champion Chase claims are hard to knock

Cheltenham has changed: the days of the romantic underdog are rarer now

On a day of dominance for Irish-trained horses at Cheltenham, led inevitably by Willie Mullins, even the sole plucky 'underdog’ winner of the day - Chianti Classico - was Irish-bred

Slade Steel confirms successful transition period for De Bromhead-Blackmore team

Corbetts Cross lands National Hunt Chase in a canter to seal apt success for Emmet Mullins

Cheltenham Festival 2024 day one as it happened: State Man claims Champion Hurdle

Another stunning day of Willie Mullins dominance at Cheltenham

State Man leads the way as Willie Mullins dominates opening day of Cheltenham

Jockey Paul Townend wins a first Champion Hurdle title on 2-5 favourite

Danny Mullins preparing to make the most of Cheltenham Festival second-choice pickings

Cheltenham Festival: Jockey Danny Mullins believes Il Etait Temps is the one to be on from Mullins team in Arkle

State Man short odds to claim Champion Hurdle crown in Constitution Hill’s absence

With State Man odds-on for Champion Hurdle glory, Lossiemouth looks to have her own ‘penalty kick’ opportunity in Mares Hurdle

Irish supporters in confident mood as annual Cheltenham invasion begins

Irish trainers, led by the formidable Willie Mullins, expected to dominate four frantic days of Cheltenham Festival action

Willie Mullins in uniquely dominant position as he pursues century of Cheltenham Festival winners

Willie Mullins needs just six more victories to reach landmark 100 at the biggest national hunt race meeting of the year

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