THE showpiece race of the Cheltenham Festival is here as punters flock to Prestbury Park for the iconic Gold Cup! Galopin Des Champs is seeking a third straight triumph in the blockbuster contest.

Who doesn’t love an underdog? At Cheltenham there have been plenty over the years, especially on Gold Cup day. So ahead of the prestigious Friday race, talkSPORT looks at some of the unlikely ...

The Irish Grand National, established in 1870 and held on Easter Monday every year at the Fairyhouse Racecourse, is one of the biggest events on the Irish racing calendar - and its pretty popular with ...

The two miles five furlongs of the Ryanair Chase hits a nice sweet spot between the skeltering speed of a Champion Chase and ...

Crowds may have declined in the past two years but for those with runners at jumps racing's most prestigious meeting the ...

John Ingles looks at some of the shock results at the Festival in recent seasons and the biggest one of all in the 1990 Gold Cup.

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The Gearoid O'Loughlin-trained six-year-old won on his chasing debut at 150-1 in December, which then saw him pitched into ...

Cheltenham Gold Cup betting is headed by Galopin Des Champs, the odds-on favourite to complete a hat-trick of victories ...

Crowds may have declined in the past two years but for those with runners at jumps racing’s most prestigious meeting, the atmosphere at the Cheltenham Festival is like being in “the Colosseum”, ...

The deafening “Cheltenham Roar” from spectators was to get its first rendition yesterday and bring the curtain up on 28 races over four days — climaxing with the blue riband of steeplechasing the ...