Cheltenham Festival

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

Nicky Henderson resurgence is good news for cross-channel racing and the Cheltenham Festival overall

Veteran English trainer’s run of success has helped give British jump racing some much-needed pep in its step

Lossiemouth sidesteps Constitution Hill clash at Cheltenham

Ireland will still have a challenger at Prestbury Park in the Gordon Elliott-trained Fils d’Oudairies

Lossiemouth has chance of revenge against Constitution Hill at Cheltenham Trials Day

Willie Mullins’s French-bred mare has two and a half lengths to make up on her English rival from Christmas Hurdle clash at Kempton

Nicky Henderson sets himself up for Cheltenham festival resurgence with latest big-race success

Veteran English trainer aiming to give Constitution Hill pre-festival spin at Prestbury Park this weekend

Constitution Hill a heavy odds-on favourite to regain Champion Hurdle crown in March

Star Irish mares Lossiemouth and Brighterdaysahead entered for both Champion and Mares’ Hurdle

‘I had a bet on four horses. Incredibly, three came in. I paid off my student loans with the winnings’

Me & My Money: Gerard Teahon, founder and chief executive of Uniquely

Rising star The New Lion snapped up by JP McManus

Darren Yates planning to leave racing at the end of the season after selling top novice hurdler.

JP McManus’s new purchase The Wallpark on target for tilt at Grade One glory in Ascot’s Long Walk

Rachael Blackmore forced to settle for minor money at Naas on her comeback from a neck injury

Ile Atlantique team weighing up January options

Willie Mullins-trained six-year old made a perfect start to his chasing career when landing the QuinnBet Beginners Chase at Navan recently

Lossiemouth stamps her authority on Champion Hurdle betting with defeat of Teahupoo

Willie Mullins says he will try and keep Lossiemouth and State Man apart until Cheltenham in March

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

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