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
Cheltenham Festival
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
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