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Inothewayurthinkin has won the Boodles Gold Cup at Cheltenham and dethroned the dual champion Galopin Des Champs. A great week for the Cheltenham Festival’s leading all-time owner got even better as he claimed the blue riband of chasing on Friday. Well placed throughout the race, Inothewayurthinkin is a first Gold Cup for trainer Gavin Cromwell, and is another Grade 1 this week for rider Mark Walsh. Inothewayurthinkin is the first supplementary entry to win the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup, as he was added to the field on Saturday, 8th March at a cost of £25,000. Bred by Noreen McManus, the…
Starman Favourite to Lead First Season Flat Sires in 2025 (UK & Ireland) Starman Heads the Market As the 2025 flat racing season approaches, attention turns to the freshman sires with their first crop of runners. Bookmakers have released odds for the Leading First Season Flat Sire in the UK & Ireland, and Starman is the clear favourite at 1/3. Starman won the Group 1 July Cup in 2021. He has proven popular with breeders due to his speed and consistency. His offspring are expected to be fast, early types suited to two-year-old races. That gives him a strong…
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL NEWS: LEADING JOCKEYS, TRAINERS & OWNERS PLUS FINAL STANDINGS IN THE PRESTBURY CUP AT THE END OF GOLD CUP DAY Leading Jockeys at The Cheltenham Festival 2025 Jockey 1st 2nd 3rd PAUL TOWNEND 4 1 1 Mark Walsh 4 – 2 Danny Gilligan 2 1 1 Rachael Blackmore 2 – 3 Jonjo O’Neill Jr 2 – – Nico de Boinville 1 4 – Keith Donoghue 1 3 1 Sean Flanagan 1 1 2 Harry Skelton 1 1 2 Danny Mullins 1 1 1 Ben Jones 1 – 1 Sean O’Keeffe 1 – 1 Harry Cobden 1 – –…
CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL NEWS: WILLIE MULLINS REFLECTS ON HIS 10 FESTIVAL WINNERS IN 2025 Friday 14th March Legendary Irish trainer Willie Mullins capped off another sensational Cheltenham Festival by matching his own record of 10 winners in a single meeting — a feat he previously achieved in 2022. With this year’s results, Mullins has now trained a record-breaking 113 Cheltenham Festival winners and was crowned Leading Trainer for the 12th time — further cementing his place in Festival history. Speaking after Gold Cup Day, Mullins reflected on a remarkable week for his stable: “It has been a fantastic week. Anytime you…
It was fitting that Ireland should have four winners on St Patrick’s Thursday at Cheltenham, with the final winner coming via Daily Present (12/1) and Barry Stone-Walsh in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Handicap Chase. It was a first Cheltenham Festival winner for the twenty-five year old amateur jockey on what was his first ever ride in Britain. The Paul Nolan-trained winner had a neck to spare over the well-backed 9/2 favourite Johnnywho in the colours of J.P. McManus. Wexford handler Nolan said: “He is a stayer, but he was too free in the race last year. The ride that…
Jodi Townend claimed her first Cheltenham Festival win courtesy of Bambino Fever in the Grade 1 Weatherbys Champion Bumper. The 4/1 winner gave champion handler Willie Mullins a 14th success in the race, with Irish-trained horses achieving a trifecta in the day’s final race. Lisgoold, Co Cork rider, Townend admitted to being “on cloud nine” following the win on only her third ride at the Cheltenham Festival, adding: “I can’t believe it – it will take a long time to sink in! I was in front plenty soon enough, she was on the way with me coming down the hill…
Majborough’s task has been made much easier in the Arkle Novices’ Chase due to the absence through injury of Sir Gino. The J.P. McManus-owned son of Capital Stud’s Martinborough won last season’s Triumph Hurdle, but returns this year as a novice chaser. A win in a beginners’ chase at Fairyhouse was soon followed up with success in the Grade 1 Goffs Arkle Novice Chase at the Dublin Racing Festival. The Race iQ information shows that Majborough is a better chaser than hurdler. His Jump Index over the smaller obstacles last season was 7.7, while his overall Jump Index over fences…
Nicky Henderson, the most successful trainer in the history of the Unibet Champion Hurdle with nine wins – See You Then (1985, 1986 and 1987), Punjabi (2009), Binocular (2010), Buveur D’Air (2017 & 2018), Epatante (2020) and Constitution Hill (2023) – will hope to claim another on Tuesday with stable star Constitution Hill. There had been speculation for much of the past few months that Lossiemouth might challenge the 2023 winner in this year’s renewal – especially after her impressive win in the Grade 1 Hattons Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse in December. Her heavy fall in the Irish Champion Hurdle,…
The Grade One Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle, registered as the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle, sees Lossiemouth among the field instead of taking her place in the Unibet Champion Hurdle. This year is the 18th running of the race, which Irish trainers have dominated since its inception – 14 of the 17 previous winners were trained in Ireland. A Grade 1 race since 2015, the Mares’ Hurdle was won an incredible six consecutive years by Quevega, bettering the previous Cheltenham Festival record of five consecutive wins held by Golden Miller (1932 to 1936). Willie Mullins has won 10 of the 17…