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Cheltenham Festival 2024: 100 Gold Cup Winners Gather to Celebrate Centenary

Some of Jump racing’s most famous names attended Cheltenham Racecourse, as 100 winners of the Cheltenham Gold Cup gathered to celebrate the race’s centenary. Although a race known as the Cheltenham Gold Cup had existed in the past as a three-mile Flat race in the 19th Century, its present status is very much down to […]

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Cheltenham Festival: History of the National Hunt Chase

In 2024 the National Hunt Chase at The Cheltenham Festival, will be run in honour of the late Maureen Mullins. Read about Maureen Mullins here.  Maureen Mullins National Hunt Novices’ Chase (Grade 2) 3m 5f 200y – Facts & Figures BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Grade Two National Hunt Novices’ Chase is the oldest race run at

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Cheltenham Festival 2024: National Hunt Chase to be run in honour of Maureen Mullins

The Grade Two National Hunt Chase, staged on Champion Day at The Cheltenham Festival 2024 (Tuesday 12th March), will be run in honour of the late Maureen Mullins. Mullins, who sadly passed away aged 94 on 14th February, was the matriarch of an outstanding Irish racing dynasty. Her late husband Paddy saddled half a dozen

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Cheltenham Festival Headlines a Busy Month for Horseracing

Horseracing fans are preparing for one of the most exciting periods of the year – a month which always generates massive interest in online betting circles. The March schedule is headlined by the 2024 Cheltenham Festival, which is the pinnacle of the National Hunt season in the United Kingdom and Ireland. With plenty of top-class

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Royal Ascot 2023: Dettori leaves on a high

Royal Ascot 2023: Frankie Dettori left the Royal Meeting on a high after he was presented with a bespoke number cloth and Moet Nebuchadnezzar following his final Royal Ascot ride in the Golden Gates Handicap. The 52-year-old rode his first Royal Ascot winner in 1990 and signed off with another four victories this year, headed

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Royal Ascot 2023: Royal Ascot Millinery Collective

The 2023 Royal Ascot Millinery Collective, in association with Fenwick, features designs by milliners from the United Kingdom, United States and Australia. These include: Stephen Jones OBE, Rachel Trevor Morgan, William Chambers, John Boyd, Awon Golding, Velvet and Tonic, Rachel Henry, Alexandra Harper, Sally Ann Provan, and Sarah Sokol. Royal Ascot, Tuesday 20th to Saturday

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Royal Ascot 23: New Lookbook replaces Style Guide

For the first time in over a decade, Ascot Racecourse has unveiled a new look and feel for its annual Style Guide, which has been renamed The Royal Ascot Lookbook. This year sees the British racing institution take a new direction, producing the Royal Ascot Lookbook 2023. The inspirational editorial comprises six fashion edits: Luxe,

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Royal Ascot 2023: Fabulous Frankie and the End of an Era

Royal Ascot 2023 will be fabulous Frankie Dettori’s final Royal Meeting – marking the end of an extraordinary racing era. FRANKIE’S FINAL ROYAL MEETING It’s 34 years since an unknown 18-year-old Italian rode Rain Burst to finish fifth in the 1989 Coronation Stakes. 12,422 days later, on the Saturday of Royal Ascot 2023, there will

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Royal Ascot 2023: Queen Elizabeth II to be Remembered in Racing and Pictures

Queen Elizabeth II is to be remembered at the first Royal Meeting of the new reign of King Charles III, in both racing and pictures at Royal Ascot 2023. Main photograph by Rachel Groom. PLATINUM JUBILEE STAKES RENAMED ‘THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II JUBILEE STAKES’ In memory of Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, the feature

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Derby Festival 2023: Seventh Oaks winner for Frankie Dettori as Soul Sister romps home

Derby Festival 2023: Frankie Dettori rode a seventh Betfred Oaks winner on Soul Sister – the Frankel filly scored by a length and three-quarters from 5/6 Favourite Savethelastdance. Dettori’s previous Oaks winners were Balanchine (1994), Moonshell (1995), Kazzia (2002), Enable (2017), Anapurna (2019) and Snowfall (2021). He has now ridden 23 English Classic winners. John Gosden,

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